tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927424045052332929.post2748728306266280397..comments2023-07-04T04:16:00.268-07:00Comments on Matir Asurim: 31 for 21 - Summer Camp InclusionDandGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13078892548041115257noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927424045052332929.post-51354635037724806902014-10-30T10:49:38.627-07:002014-10-30T10:49:38.627-07:00I'm not sure that I would go so far as to say ...I'm not sure that I would go so far as to say that society *arbitrarily* labels some of these "disabilities". (The labels do seem arbitrary, if we compare today's perceived "disabilities" with what would have been considered such in the past.)<br /><br />Rather, I'd say that what we call "disability" is a fluid concept, depending on -- among other things -- the expectations we have of what an average person can do (and should be able to do), and the technology available to us to overcome obstacles. The two are interrelated.<br /><br />For example, people with prosthetic arms and legs can do things undreamed of a century ago. New technology under development will take us even farther; perhaps in a century, there will be no perceptible difference between a person born with legs and a person born without them, just as today there's no functional difference, in most cases, between someone with 20/20 vision and someone dependent on contact lenses.Daniel in Brooklinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16296850357629131645noreply@blogger.com