tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29940758.post644946396812268657..comments2023-08-03T14:08:22.552+04:00Comments on Health, wealth and all that wisdom: Disability | Oppression- Ramadan Reflections Day 3Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29940758.post-76282567870890700082007-09-18T23:44:00.000+04:002007-09-18T23:44:00.000+04:00Grandmother villages basically exist in places lik...Grandmother villages basically exist in places like Africa, where AIDs is prevalent. An excellent book that covers this is Race Against Time by Stephen Lewis.<BR/>What happens is that, the parents die young, children infected with the virus, and you have all these grandmothers left to take care of the children, if the live...<BR/>[This is an oversimplified version of the real story just to get the point across]Humairah Irfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05604144636685579043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29940758.post-17596371268788350992007-09-18T19:42:00.000+04:002007-09-18T19:42:00.000+04:00Interesting post! Yes, we as a community need to b...Interesting post! Yes, we as a community need to be more tolerant and inclusive of the diversity present in our society, be it at a level of ability, gender, race, age or status. <BR/><BR/>Btw, what are grandmother villages? Never heard of the term!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29940758.post-64509140555458962642007-09-16T09:17:00.000+04:002007-09-16T09:17:00.000+04:00Thanks for letting me know! I was so sleepy typing...Thanks for letting me know! I was so sleepy typing it.. and I knew there was a better term, but I wasn't aware of it.Humairah Irfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05604144636685579043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29940758.post-45659734819284895672007-09-16T07:19:00.000+04:002007-09-16T07:19:00.000+04:00On that note ...Would it not be nice, if people, w...On that note ...<BR/><BR/><I>Would it not be nice, if people, would go up to these people- whether elderly, young or mentally retarded- and greet them?</I><BR/><BR/>Not quite politically correct: "intellectually handicapped" is the more appropriate term for someone with a mental disability.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29940758.post-44245077092876228122007-09-15T22:09:00.000+04:002007-09-15T22:09:00.000+04:00Agreed.Disabled people need to be treated with the...Agreed.<BR/>Disabled people need to be treated with the great mercy and kindness.<BR/><BR/>Just the other day, I read an article in the newspaper about a special Olympics team in which the athletes were referred to as 'mentally retarded.'<BR/><BR/>Very Sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com