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The "Special" Olympics is dumb

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The "Special" Olympics is dumb
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RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb
January 16, 2014 at 10:11 pm
(January 16, 2014 at 8:55 pm)KichigaiNeko Wrote:
(January 16, 2014 at 8:48 pm)ElleBelle Wrote: I think people tend to speak on this subject matter without knowing much about it nor ever attending one. I've attended several, and as I mentioned before...it's more a culture for them. It's a gathering place for them to make friends like themselves.

Agreed Elle.

What I am hearing more from my son is the "Us and Them" rhetoric "mainstreamers don't understand and just want to call us dumb". "We can do stuff, just not like them"

Perfect way to put it.
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The "Special" Olympics is dumb

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The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by BrokenQuill92 - January 16, 2014 at 6:38 pm
RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by Bad Wolf - January 16, 2014 at 6:50 pm
RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by BrokenQuill92 - January 16, 2014 at 6:52 pm
RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by xr34p3rx - January 16, 2014 at 8:08 pm
RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by ShaMan - January 16, 2014 at 8:09 pm
RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by Bad Wolf - January 16, 2014 at 6:53 pm
RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by Minimalist - January 16, 2014 at 6:59 pm
RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by Polaris - January 16, 2014 at 8:50 pm
RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by Violet - January 20, 2014 at 2:37 am
RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by ShaMan - January 16, 2014 at 7:36 pm
RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by SteelCurtain - January 16, 2014 at 7:42 pm
RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by ElleBelle - January 16, 2014 at 7:38 pm
RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by BrokenQuill92 - January 16, 2014 at 7:45 pm
RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by ElleBelle - January 16, 2014 at 7:47 pm
RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by SteelCurtain - January 16, 2014 at 7:52 pm
RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by Violet - January 20, 2014 at 2:59 am
RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by ShaMan - January 16, 2014 at 7:53 pm
RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by c172 - January 16, 2014 at 8:39 pm
RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by truthBtold - January 16, 2014 at 8:46 pm
RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by ElleBelle - January 16, 2014 at 8:48 pm
RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by KichigaiNeko - January 16, 2014 at 8:55 pm
RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by ElleBelle - January 16, 2014 at 10:11 pm
RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by c172 - January 16, 2014 at 10:20 pm
RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by BrokenQuill92 - January 16, 2014 at 11:06 pm
RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by KichigaiNeko - January 17, 2014 at 12:48 am
RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by BrokenQuill92 - January 17, 2014 at 9:35 am
RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by Minimalist - January 17, 2014 at 11:44 am
RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by ElleBelle - January 17, 2014 at 12:11 pm
RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by BrokenQuill92 - January 17, 2014 at 12:14 pm
RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by ElleBelle - January 17, 2014 at 12:15 pm
RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by BrokenQuill92 - January 17, 2014 at 12:18 pm
RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by Faith No More - January 17, 2014 at 12:54 pm
RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by Minimalist - January 17, 2014 at 12:56 pm
RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by NoraBrimstone - January 17, 2014 at 2:08 pm
RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by bennyboy - January 20, 2014 at 12:26 am
RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - January 20, 2014 at 2:59 am
RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb - by CapnAwesome - April 23, 2014 at 5:12 pm

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