On Tuesday we started talking about how accessible places are for disabled people. Most places are getting better. Matt said the University of North Dakota was made very accessible, and Williston State is pretty good I think. However I thought it was crazy how you brought up that Matt would not survive in China. Nothing there is accessible for people with disabilities there are stairs everywhere. The thing that caught my attention the most was when you said that a lot of people there if they are beggars would mutilate their children so people would then in turn give them more money. This is something that I just cannot believe. We also talked about how everyone has disabilities or things that they are not good at, and every one becomes disabled sometime by the aging process. We also talked about learning disabilities. They are different because it is a harder to tell right away if someone has one. Also society sometimes just thinks these people are stupid. When really they just learn different ways, or learn different things better.
On Thursday we had Mary from San Diego State talk to our class over skype. She was quite the character she talked to us about LGBTQ, or lesbian, gay, bi, tran, and queer. She talked about how her campus has done a lot to be supportive of lgbtq, and how they created safe zones which create a supportive environment for lgbtq. I thought it was interesting because she believes she made the choice to be a lesbian that it was her choice she was not born that way. This is different then what you hear sometimes it seems to be a big debate on whether people are born lgbtq or they choose to be that way. She also said South Africa is the only country to consider lgbtq rights in their constitution and have same sex marriage. I thought it was really cool to meet Mary, and see that people that are lgbtq are normal people too.
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