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To produce the first edition they borrowed $90,000 [4] and had it produced by "the handicapped at Portland's Goodwill Industries". [1]: 7 The first copy was ready in four months and after six weeks almost 8,000 copies had been sold. [4] The game sold more than 150,000 copies by 1985, the profits from which saved Rohrbacher's farm. [5]
Some people consider it best to use person-first language, for example "a person with a disability" rather than "a disabled person." [1] However identity-first language, as in "autistic person" or "deaf person", is preferred by many people and organizations. [2] Language can influence individuals' perception of disabled people and disability. [3]
For example, a disabled man and a disabled woman experience disability differently. [140] This speaks to the concept of intersectionality , which explains that different aspects of a person's identity (such as their gender, race, sexuality, religion, or social class) intersect and create unique experiences of oppression and privilege. [ 141 ]
The ugly laws had an impact on what society considers rehabilitation. "In the rehabilitationist program the aim is in one sense to make disability vanish", to "cause the disabled to disappear and with them all that is lacking, in order to assimilate them, drown them, dissolve them in the greater and single social whole".
A handicap race in horse racing is a race in which horses carry different weights, allocated by the handicapper. A better horse will carry a heavier weight, to give him or her a disadvantage when racing against slower horses. The handicapper's goal in assigning handicap weights is to enable all the horses to finish together (in a dead heat).
When you’re “upside down” or “underwater” on an auto loan, it means you owe more than the vehicle is worth. This situation is almost inevitable, per Debt.org, considering how vehicles ...
The Tractors were an American country rock band composed of a loosely associated group of musicians headed by guitarist Steve Ripley.The original lineup consisted of Steve Ripley (lead vocals, guitar), Ron Getman (guitar, Dobro, mandolin, tenor vocals), Walt Richmond (keyboards, piano, bass vocals), Casey van Beek (bass guitar, baritone vocals), and Jamie Oldaker (drums).
This allows builders to offer lower prices, which in turn can make houses affordable to a larger percentage of the population. Early tract houses were often identical, but many tracts since the late 20th century have several designs and other variations in footprint, roof form, and materials, along with options such as garage bays, for a more ...