Letters 1 September 2012

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1st September, 2012
LOOKING BEYOND THE DISABILITY Three cheers for Terry Wiles, Barry de Geest and all the rest of us who are disabled (“All you see is the wheelchair”, August 18). Reading Terry’s story (nice to have an update) had me cheering, applauding and fist-pumping to an empty room from the confines of my surgical footwear. (The cat left in alarm, unaccustomed to such shows of enthusiasm.) I’m not a thalidomider (sorry, Terry), but if that’s current media speak then ...

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