I was watching TLC recently and saw a commercial for a new reality show, Table for 12.
ANOTHER ONE??? I said. Good God. Who cares? TLC already has Little
People, Big World, Jon & Kate Plus 8, & 18 Kids and Counting.
C'mon, regular families, tons of kids. We have enough of that. Well
apparently not. I was lucky enough to start reading media dis & dat
and caught an article about the show this morning. Rebecca, one of the
4 year old sextuplets has CP--LIKE ME!!! Except, well, she is legally
blind and is much higher tone, but whatev. In the article the parents
said they are doing the show to educate the public about CP. HOW COOL!!!
I
once got into an arguement with a friend who said the Rolloffs were
exploiting themselvess for the money. I got all uppity (as is my
nature). They are doing it for the money of course, but they are really
doing it as a service to this country. They are educating people about
dwarfism and disability in general and showing people that we don't
have the plague or something. "How's Your News?"? Same thing.
I
think it is so cool that disability is all over TV, bringing awareness
all over the country. But why? Why now? Why has disability become so
popular? What do you think? I don't know, but I also don't know if I
care why. I'm just happy, end of story.
On the second episode
tonight the family went to the aquariam and the staff made sure that
Rebecca had a sensory experiance with some creatures that they brought
over for her to touch. I had sympathy pains. I was hypersensitive when
I was little. A lot of people with CP do. I went through a lot of
therapy to get over that. Feeling for her if she is hypersensitive.
Touching a starfish... EWWWWW! To be hypersensitive and blind (if she
is) could cause problems I imagine. The 2 episodes repeat Saturday and
then there are 2 new episodes next Monday, one that centers on taking
Rebecca for her first hypotherapy session. I LOVE PONIES!
Please watch Monday and support disability awareness. This show could break down a lot of barriers for all of us.
