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Attitude
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By Danny Powell
OtmKock Staff Writer
Attitudes play an important part
in the lives of handicapped
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think of themselves or the
attitudes of other students.
"Handicapped students are just
like everybody else," Steve Brown,
a USC quadraplegic, said. "Just
because I can't use the lower part
of my body, it doesn't mean that
my uram is 111 my uig iuc.
"A LOT of people don't see
beyond the wheelchair," Linda
Rogers, a sophomore who uses a
wheelchair, said. "I hate for people
to feel sorry for me because I don't
feel sorry for myself."
"Just because they're in a
wheelchair, you shouldn't, first of
all, look at that person as a
wheelchair, and secondly as
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? they are all individuals," Steve
Michaluk, a graduate student in
rehabilitation counseling, said.
"The possibilities for what they
can do are infinite," Bud Thurber,
director of Special Services
Developmental Center, said.
"People tend to focus on the things
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"PEOPLE THINK that when
you're blind, you're also deaf,"
Sam Leonard, a blind sophomore,
said. "Some people think we are
subhuman."
"One of the main goals is to
make people aware that the
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May field, president of University
Handicapped in Action, said. The
purpose of the organization, he
said, is to deal with the attitudes
toward handicapped students.
Mavfield said the ctrouD was
getting started after an unsuccessful
start this past spring.
He said the organization is growing
steadily with 14 active members.
SOME HANDICAPPED students
did not want to be a part of an
organization for the handicapped
because of the negative attitude
other people might have toward
them, he said.
The President's Council on the
Handicapped has four areas of
"main thrust," according to AI
Corbett, chairman of the council.
The main thrust includes: "1) To
make sure we meet the legal
requirements of Section 504 (of the
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"A problem is the public's lack of
[lowledge on how to approach the
andicapped," West said.
PEOPLE WHO work with the
andicapped should not try to be
xnal missionaries. Susan Heape,
counseling intern for the USC
rogram for the Handicapped,
aid. The philosophy of self-help is
1 effect for the students and they
at Special Services) would like to
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Thurber said a "servant's attude
is required for people who
rork with the handicapped. You
ave to be dedicated; it's not an
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"Productivity makes a Derson."
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"MORE AND more areas
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becoming conscious to the needs of
the handicapped," Robert Kelly, a
graduate assistant to Special
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