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During my time as active at Gamma Zeta we had a "disabled" brother; quadrapalegic. (how the hell do you spell that?)
That pisses me off: a "disabled" brother. NO BROTHER IS DISABLED! That's what us BROTHERS are HERE FOR. To HELP each other out so NO ONE is ever "disabled". It makes no difference if a brother is deaf or needs help in a subject. We're here to help each other out to overcome whatever there is.
Plain and simple; we treated him exactly like any brother. He got made fun of. We went out drinking. He was in ritual. He held chapter offices. He did EVERYTHING he was capable of. We treated him no different, because he WASN'T different.
"The way around this is understanding and planning for events that can
incorporate the widest group of people possible."
We never "planned around" him. We never thought "we can't do this because it's not accesible" or "we should try to accomodate him more". Never.
He was going to be a part of the event. We didn't care if it took 3 brothers to carry him up the stairs. We made the necessary plans.
He is one HELL OF A BROTHER and has earned my eternal respect.
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