RE: The "Special" Olympics is dumb
January 20, 2014 at 2:37 am
(This post was last modified: January 20, 2014 at 2:48 am by Violet.)
(January 16, 2014 at 6:59 pm)Minimalist Wrote: I think the olympics is commercialism and nationalism run amok.
And it's just brilliantly done, too
(January 16, 2014 at 7:52 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: Sometimes. But some autistic people cannot compete amongst non-limited people, same with a vast majority of the para-athletes. A lot of times, it's not necessarily about the competition, but the inclusion of the athlete and the family. Belonging somewhere can be really important.
Spethyul.
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
