What if for just one day everyone in the world saw everything from someone else's point of view? What if people at war saw the world from the perspective of someone they considered an enemy? What if someone with plenty of food saw the world through the eyes of a child who was starving? What if someone who was planning to be a suicide bomber saw from the perspective of a mother who was grieving from the loss of a son killed by a suicide bomber or from the perspective of someone who had a traumatic brain injury caused by that same suicide bomber? What if some people who could see lost their sight and someone without sight gained it? What if someone who was confined to a wheelchair could walk and someone who took walking for granted was confined to a wheelchair? What if someone who was an exceptional reader suddenly couldn't make sense of the printed word and someone who struggled with reading suddenly read with ease? What if a student who was great at math suddenly couldn't add a column of figures and someone who struggled with math suddenly understood how to add multiple columns of figures with ease? What if the people with the money and the power saw the world from the eyes of the people who were poor and powerless?
What if for just one day everyone walked in someone else's pair of shoes whether they wanted to or not?
What would the world be like the next day?
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I thought this was going to be a blog about accessibility for people with disabilities. But after my first entry, I realized it was a blog about accessibility for a broader forum—people with disabilities, those who are without food or housing or health care, etc. So the content may change from week to week, but the focus will always be about accessibility in some form.
About Me
- Linda Higbee Mandlebaum
- I'm an Associate Professor of Special Education in the School of Intervention Services in the College of Education and Human Development at Bowling Green State University.
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