This week's choice news snippet is brought to you from washingtonpost.com, who ran a story about an 8 year-old girl - a wheelchair user with CP - appearing in a production of The Nutcracker alongside 17 non-disabled ballet students. And the headline? .
In a reference to the girl's wheelchair, the report goes on to state: "Unlike the other dancers, Mary's leather slippers won't touch the floor". But there are many more such gems in the full story ...
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Comment number 1.
At 10th Dec 2008, spindle651 wrote:Is anybody listening to what the PM is on about. Most of us pensioners have up graded our houses by doing what he has sugested by contacting Warm Front many years ago. The Β£250 winter fuel payment is of no help whats so ever. Having just received the payment I find I am still going to be Β£440 short for this winter.How does our pension cover that we have to go out to work. Why can't prices go down as quick as they go up.
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Comment number 2.
At 16th Dec 2008, bulekingfisher wrote:It was upsetting to call Mary special she was only doing what come's naturaly it felt like the media was guilty of MAN-SLAUGHTER by creating an ARTIFCAL IMAGE
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