Re: FW: photography opening and speech by a young woman with Down syndrome

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This is a great speech. Please ask her if I can translate that into portuguese and show to our comunity, to. Just now we are having discussions about how everybody insist in treating teens and adults with DS as children and not giving them the opportunity to express themselves. Tks Pat mum to , 3, BrazilKathy Ratkiewicz <Kathy_R@...> escreveu: I am passing this on with Eleanor’s

permission: -----Original Message-----From: Down Syndrome [mailto:DOWN-SYNLISTSERV (DOT) NODAK.EDU] On Behalf Of T Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 2:14 PMDOWN-SYNLISTSERV (DOT) NODAK.EDUSubject: photography openingNext Tuesday the Northwest Down Syndrome Association and the Oregon Health Sciences University are cooperating on the opening of a photography show at the University. There are 20 photos of people with Down syndrome interacting with community members. The photos have been printed on cloth banners 15 feet tall which will be arranged in the display space along with information and a continuous video. There

will be live music and speeches by the university president, a politician, a board member and .. my daughter Eleanor.The point of all of this is to encourage university staff to treat people with disabilities with respect.Eleanor is 19 and she wrote this speech herself over the past day or two. I am pasting it below for anyone interested in getting a glimpse at the world according to a young woman with down syndrome. Enjoy.My name is Eleanor . I am very happy to be here today.People with disabilities like to be treated just like anyone else. All people should be treated nicely.Sometimes people with disabilities are not treated very nicely.Sometimes people just hover over us and say "just sit over there. You can't be part of

the group." They think they're too good for us.They don't have time to sit down and talk to us. They don't have time to help us.I call people like that air heads.Don't be an air head.When you talk to me make eye contact. Pay attention to what I say. Listen to my words. Show some respect.If I say I'm sick I am sick. Listen to me.If I say my tooth hurts, listen to me.When I speak I demand to be heard. I'm nice to you.Be nice to me.I am more than a person with a disability. I am a human being. And I have feelings just like everyone else.Speak to me just like you would like to be spoken to.That's all there is to it.Free Our People! T. FacultyUniversity of Phoenixmtbclarionemail (DOT) phoenix.edumtbclarioncomcast (DOT) net503 504 0318Pacific Time

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Pat

Eleanor says that she would be flattered and happy to have her speech translated in Portuguese. Thank you and good luck in your work.

Peace

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Re: FW: photography opening and speech by a young woman with Down syndrome

This is a great speech. Please ask her if I can translate that into portuguese and show to our comunity, to. Just now we are having discussions about how everybody insist in treating teens and adults with DS as children and not giving them the opportunity to express themselves.

Tks

Pat mum to , 3, BrazilKathy Ratkiewicz <Kathy_Rcomcast (DOT) net> escreveu:

I am passing this on with Eleanor’s permission:

-----Original Message-----From: Down Syndrome [mailto:DOWN-SYNLISTSERV (DOT) NODAK.EDU] On Behalf Of T Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 2:14 PMDOWN-SYNLISTSERV (DOT) NODAK.EDUSubject: photography openingNext Tuesday the Northwest Down Syndrome Association and the Oregon Health Sciences University are cooperating on the opening of a photography show at the University. There are 20 photos of people with Down syndrome interacting with community members. The photos have been printed on cloth banners 15 feet tall which will be arranged in the display space along with information and a continuous video. There will be live music and speeches by the university president, a politician, a board member and .. my daughter Eleanor.The point of all of this is to encourage university staff to treat people with disabilities with respect.Eleanor is 19 and she wrote this speech herself over the past day or two. I am pasting it below for anyone interested in getting a glimpse at the world according to a young woman with down syndrome. Enjoy.My name is Eleanor . I am very happy to be here today.People with disabilities like to be treated just like anyone else. All people should be treated nicely.Sometimes people with disabilities are not treated very nicely.Sometimes people just hover over us and say "just sit over there. You can't be part of the group." They think they're too good for us.They don't have time to sit down and talk to us. They don't have time to help us.I call people like that air heads.Don't be an air head.When you talk to me make eye contact. Pay attention to what I say. Listen to my words. Show some respect.If I say I'm sick I am sick. Listen to me.If I say my tooth hurts, listen to me.When I speak I demand to be heard. I'm nice to you.Be nice to me.I am more than a person with a disability. I am a human being. And I have feelings just like everyone else.Speak to me just like you would like to be spoken to.That's all there is to it.Free Our People! T. FacultyUniversity of Phoenixmtbclarionemail (DOT) phoenix.edumtbclarioncomcast (DOT) net503 504 0318Pacific Time

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I did just that and will try to translate the comments back. The first one was: "She said it all !" Patchael T <mtbclarion@...> escreveu: Pat Eleanor says that she would be flattered and happy to have her speech translated in Portuguese. Thank you and good luck in your work. Peace T. FacultyUniversity of Phoenixmtbclarionemail (DOT) phoenix.edumtbclarioncomcast (DOT) net503 504 0318Pacific Time Re: FW: photography opening and speech by a young woman with Down syndrome This is a great speech. Please ask

her if I can translate that into portuguese and show to our comunity, to. Just now we are having discussions about how everybody insist in treating teens and adults with DS as children and not giving them the opportunity to express themselves. Tks Pat mum to , 3, BrazilKathy Ratkiewicz <Kathy_Rcomcast (DOT) net> escreveu: I am passing this on with Eleanor’s permission: -----Original Message-----From: Down Syndrome [mailto:DOWN-SYNLISTSERV (DOT) NODAK.EDU] On Behalf Of T Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 2:14 PMDOWN-SYNLISTSERV (DOT) NODAK.EDUSubject:

photography openingNext Tuesday the Northwest Down Syndrome Association and the Oregon Health Sciences University are cooperating on the opening of a photography show at the University. There are 20 photos of people with Down syndrome interacting with community members. The photos have been printed on cloth banners 15 feet tall which will be arranged in the display space along with information and a continuous video. There will be live music and speeches by the university president, a politician, a board member and .. my daughter Eleanor.The point of all of this is to encourage university staff to treat people with disabilities with respect.Eleanor is 19 and she wrote this speech herself over the past

day or two. I am pasting it below for anyone interested in getting a glimpse at the world according to a young woman with down syndrome. Enjoy.My name is Eleanor . I am very happy to be here today.People with disabilities like to be treated just like anyone else. All people should be treated nicely.Sometimes people with disabilities are not treated very nicely.Sometimes people just hover over us and say "just sit over there. You can't be part of the group." They think they're too good for us.They don't have time to sit down and talk to us. They don't have time to help us.I call people like that air heads.Don't be an air head.When you talk to me make eye contact. Pay attention to what I say. Listen to my

words. Show some respect.If I say I'm sick I am sick. Listen to me.If I say my tooth hurts, listen to me.When I speak I demand to be heard. I'm nice to you.Be nice to me.I am more than a person with a disability. I am a human being. And I have feelings just like everyone else.Speak to me just like you would like to be spoken to.That's all there is to it.Free Our People! T. FacultyUniversity of Phoenixmtbclarionemail (DOT) phoenix.edumtbclarioncomcast (DOT) net503 504 0318Pacific Time Abra sua conta no , o único sem limite de espaço para

armazenamento!

Abra sua conta no , o único sem limite de espaço para armazenamento!