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The Cam Tait essays
THE NEXT 100 WORDS
THE NEXT 100 WORDS
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The Cam Tait essays
<b> IN 1986 Edmonton Journal REPORTER Cam Tait TEAMED UP WITH AN OLD FRIEND RANDY KILBURN FOR TAIT TALK ON K-97 RADIO IN EDMONTON.</b> <b></b><br /><b>CAM LIVES WITH CEREBRAL PALSY AND CAN BE HARD TO UNDERSTAND.</b> <b></b><br /><b>BUT HE LOVES THE SPOKEN WORD AND WRITING. </b> <b></b><br /><b>SO HE WROTE A 90-SCRPT AND RANDY READ IT.</b> <b></b><br /><b>THE IDEA WAS SIMPLE … TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES.</b> <b></b><br /><b>THE TIMING SEEMED RIGHT .. </b> <b></b><br /><b>Rick Hansen WAS WHEELING THE LAST KILOMETRES OF HIS EPIC MAN IN MOTION WORLD TOUR, WHICH ENDED IN ON A SUNNY VANCOUVER DAY IN 1986.</b> <b></b><br /><b>THERE WAS AN APPETITE … PEOPLE GENUINELY WERE INTERESTED … AND … MORE IMPORTANTLY … CARED IN MAKING A CHANGE.</b> <b></b><br /><b>HERE, IN ALBERTA, ON A BLISTERY FEBRUARY AFTERNOON THEN PREMIER DON GETTY MET HANSEN AT THE ALBERTA BORDER, JUST EAST 56 KILOMETRES EAST OF Medicine Hat.</b> <b></b><br /><b>GETTY AND HIS GOVERNMENT NOT ONLY MATCHED ALBERTANS CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO THE HANSEN TOUR, HE FORMED THE PREMIER’S COUNCIL ON THE STATUS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN 1988.</b> <b></b><br /><b>BUT CAM HAS NOT SEEN MUCH CHANGE IN PROGRAMS. AND SERVICES … AND, ATTITUDES TOWARDS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.</b> <b></b><br /><b>IN FACT HE’S SEEN A DECREASE.</b> <b></b><br /><b>CAM IS RETIRED NOW … HE IS CONCERNED THE DISABLED POPULATION IS, BLUNTLY, BEING IGNORED.</b> <b></b><br /><b>HE HAS HAD THIS WORRY FOR SOMETIME … CAM WANTS TO TRY TO GET DISABILITY IN EVERY DAY CONVERSATION, SO YOUNG PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WILL HAVE AN EQUAL CHANCE TO LIVE THEIR LIVES INDEPENDENTLY.</b> <b></b><br /><b>WITH DIGNITY.</b> <b></b><br /><b>WITH RESPECT.</b> <b></b><br /><b>WITH EVERY AVENUE OF POTENTIAL CLEARED OF SO THEY CAN JOURNEY DOWN IT.</b>
<b> IN 1986 Edmonton Journal REPORTER Cam Tait TEAMED UP WITH AN OLD FRIEND RANDY KILBURN FOR TAIT TALK ON K-97 RADIO IN EDMONTON.</b> <b></b><br /><b>CAM LIVES WITH CEREBRAL PALSY AND CAN BE HARD TO UNDERSTAND.</b> <b></b><br /><b>BUT HE LOVES THE SPOKEN WORD AND WRITING. </b> <b></b><br /><b>SO HE WROTE A 90-SCRPT AND RANDY READ IT.</b> <b></b><br /><b>THE IDEA WAS SIMPLE … TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES.</b> <b></b><br /><b>THE TIMING SEEMED RIGHT .. </b> <b></b><br /><b>Rick Hansen WAS WHEELING THE LAST KILOMETRES OF HIS EPIC MAN IN MOTION WORLD TOUR, WHICH ENDED IN ON A SUNNY VANCOUVER DAY IN 1986.</b> <b></b><br /><b>THERE WAS AN APPETITE … PEOPLE GENUINELY WERE INTERESTED … AND … MORE IMPORTANTLY … CARED IN MAKING A CHANGE.</b> <b></b><br /><b>HERE, IN ALBERTA, ON A BLISTERY FEBRUARY AFTERNOON THEN PREMIER DON GETTY MET HANSEN AT THE ALBERTA BORDER, JUST EAST 56 KILOMETRES EAST OF Medicine Hat.</b> <b></b><br /><b>GETTY AND HIS GOVERNMENT NOT ONLY MATCHED ALBERTANS CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO THE HANSEN TOUR, HE FORMED THE PREMIER’S COUNCIL ON THE STATUS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN 1988.</b> <b></b><br /><b>BUT CAM HAS NOT SEEN MUCH CHANGE IN PROGRAMS. AND SERVICES … AND, ATTITUDES TOWARDS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.</b> <b></b><br /><b>IN FACT HE’S SEEN A DECREASE.</b> <b></b><br /><b>CAM IS RETIRED NOW … HE IS CONCERNED THE DISABLED POPULATION IS, BLUNTLY, BEING IGNORED.</b> <b></b><br /><b>HE HAS HAD THIS WORRY FOR SOMETIME … CAM WANTS TO TRY TO GET DISABILITY IN EVERY DAY CONVERSATION, SO YOUNG PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WILL HAVE AN EQUAL CHANCE TO LIVE THEIR LIVES INDEPENDENTLY.</b> <b></b><br /><b>WITH DIGNITY.</b> <b></b><br /><b>WITH RESPECT.</b> <b></b><br /><b>WITH EVERY AVENUE OF POTENTIAL CLEARED OF SO THEY CAN JOURNEY DOWN IT.</b>
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