However, one might criticize society for failing to accommodate people in wheelchairs. No reasonable person blames a pair of glasses for fogging up it is merely following some law of physics.
Perhaps the issue here is one of sources of inconvenience. Yet, even though most of us would consider the former as disabled, we probably wouldn’t with the latter. They are also occasionally inconvenienced by their tools–a wheelchair getting stuck in a doorway or glasses fogging up in a warm room. What then, if you consider a person without a leg in a wheelchair and a person with terrible eyesight wearing glasses? Both of them are reliant on their tools to move around or see. These people might then argue that you must take functional inconvenience into account missing a leg is likely to be an inconvenience while missing an eyebrow isn’t. Yet, what if a person in our society was missing an eyebrow (permanently), had never hiccuped, or only blinked three times a day? Would you label that person as disabled? The majority of people would intuitively answer no, even though such cases veer from the norm. It seems reasonable to assume that if everyone around Emmanuel had one leg, him having one leg would not cause a stir. At first glance, disability might seem to be about being abnormal most people have two legs instead of one. Here, you can pause for a moment to consider what counts as disability.
People do not hesitate to label him as a disabled person.
Read aloud video by Reading Rhinos Guidelines for Philosophical Discussionīaby Emmanuel is regarded as a curse in his community because he is missing a leg. When his mother passes away, Emmanuel decides to honor her by showing other people that “being disabled does not mean unable.” He bicycles around Ghana, inspiring those with and without physical challenges, proving that it is possible to accomplish something big with just one leg. However, his mother teaches Emmanuel not to let this physical impairment prevent him from doing things other kids do.
Questions for Philosophical Discussion » Summary Emmanuel’s Dream examines what it means to be disabled and allows for a discussion of different models of disability.Įmmanuel is born with one leg.
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