Re: Deaf members | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Chris Hansen (itschrishansen![]() |
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Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2021 12:08:58 -0700 (PDT) |
Non-sequitur (riffing off this post with apologies in advance) One of the hats I wear is as a disablilty activist, so I’ve noticed this and thought about it a lot also. I agree that we find out about each other’s unique characteristics- I also think that some of these conditions make it hard for people to contribute and be included as valued and respected citizens in our western individual-centric communities, so in some respects this attracts people to cohousing. I have found a disproportionate number of introverts in cohousing also (having attended local, regional and national coho events) and think this may contribute to it also. Cheers Chris Burlington Cohousing Vermont On Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 1:53 PM Sharon Villines via Cohousing-L < cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote: > > After I had been living in cohousing for about 2 years, I began to feel > like we were a whole group of disabled people and what did this portend for > cohousing? We had multiple levels and types of hearing loss, obesity, > hoarding, various types of vision loss, two with MS, three heart problems, > brain damage, stuttering, at least 4 with birth defects, serious allergies, > autism spectrum disorder, at least 4 with dyslexia, and I’ve forgotten what > else. > > Ultimately I realized that it was the effect of knowing everyone better, > the freedom to share such information, and better diagnostics so people > could name what their condition. Almost all of these would have been > invisible in a typical neighborhood or workplace. > > Sharon > ---- > Sharon Villines > Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC > http://www.takomavillage.org > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://L.cohousing.org/info > > > > -- Chris Hansen 32 East Village Drive Burlington Vermont 05401 USA Ph 603 3988730
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- Re: Deaf members Sharon Villines, April 25 2021
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