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<blockquote data-quote="slsh" data-source="post: 154889" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Loth - I saw that "keep staring" t-shirt a couple years ago and just kick myself for not getting it for Boo!!! It's just *perfect*. I haven't been able to find it in a brick store since.</p><p> </p><p>This is my all time favorite site - scroll to the bottom for t-shirts (argh, control V isn't working - it's <a href="http://www.thenthdegree.com" target="_blank">www.thenthdegree.com</a>, click on catalog, then scroll to bottom for shirts - warning, some are rather militant).</p><p> </p><p>Wish I could tell you the stares stop - they don't. What does happen is we learn to block out most of them. The people who's heads swivel still really burn my toast. I do tend to invite the children who gawk to come over to meet Boo. One more reason why I am adamant that there should be full inclusion for kids whose only "disability" is a severe physical one... but I shall not climb up on that soapbox again, LOL. I should probably invite the adults too but... they should have better sense. I *do* say in a very LOUD voice, when he's greeted someone and been ignored yet again, "BOO, HOW POLITE OF YOU TO SAY "HI" TO THAT WOMAN IN THE PINK FLOWERED DRESS WHO IS IGNORING YOU COMPLETELY". </p><p> </p><p>I think what ticks me off even more though is how Boo became invisible the second he got his first wheelchair (he was 3). One day everyone and his brother would ooh and ahh over how cute he was in his umbrella stroller with a Tumbleform insert (tow headed kid with a wicked smile, glasses, blazing blue eyes) and *the very next day*... poof, he gets a chair and no one would make eye contact with him. So I had a shirt made that said in bright red letters "Aren't my new wheels great?!?!?" He's still pretty much invisible most of the time but he's also much better about speaking up - which completely freaks people out because his CP speech is about the worst I've ever heard, LOL. </p><p> </p><p>It's a long and eye-opening road.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slsh, post: 154889, member: 8"] Loth - I saw that "keep staring" t-shirt a couple years ago and just kick myself for not getting it for Boo!!! It's just *perfect*. I haven't been able to find it in a brick store since. This is my all time favorite site - scroll to the bottom for t-shirts (argh, control V isn't working - it's [URL="http://www.thenthdegree.com"]www.thenthdegree.com[/URL], click on catalog, then scroll to bottom for shirts - warning, some are rather militant). Wish I could tell you the stares stop - they don't. What does happen is we learn to block out most of them. The people who's heads swivel still really burn my toast. I do tend to invite the children who gawk to come over to meet Boo. One more reason why I am adamant that there should be full inclusion for kids whose only "disability" is a severe physical one... but I shall not climb up on that soapbox again, LOL. I should probably invite the adults too but... they should have better sense. I *do* say in a very LOUD voice, when he's greeted someone and been ignored yet again, "BOO, HOW POLITE OF YOU TO SAY "HI" TO THAT WOMAN IN THE PINK FLOWERED DRESS WHO IS IGNORING YOU COMPLETELY". I think what ticks me off even more though is how Boo became invisible the second he got his first wheelchair (he was 3). One day everyone and his brother would ooh and ahh over how cute he was in his umbrella stroller with a Tumbleform insert (tow headed kid with a wicked smile, glasses, blazing blue eyes) and *the very next day*... poof, he gets a chair and no one would make eye contact with him. So I had a shirt made that said in bright red letters "Aren't my new wheels great?!?!?" He's still pretty much invisible most of the time but he's also much better about speaking up - which completely freaks people out because his CP speech is about the worst I've ever heard, LOL. It's a long and eye-opening road. [/QUOTE]
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