Some cripples put a lot of their time and energy into trying to make it easier for cripples to play video games. And it seems that they’re having some success. Apparently, they’ve complained effectively enough to get Sony to design a new, more accessible controller for PlayStation.
I wish them luck. This is an
access battle I will not be joining.
It’s not that I don’t agree
that the people who design video game stuff exclude cripples. It’s clear that
they do. And it’s not that I don't agree that this cripple exclusion is bad. It
is.
But this strikes me as one
of those kinds of cripple exclusion that I find to be fortuitous. It’s probably
a good thing for me that video games are pretty inaccessible. Because I know
that if I could easily play, I’d probably spend all day playing and then I’d be
super pissed off at myself for spending all day playing. That’s the reason why
I stay the hell away from casinos. I know if I gave myself half a chance I’d play
the slot machines for hours on end, like a fucking zombie.
Churches are another example
of fortuitous cripple exclusion. When I was a kid, because I was crippled, the
Catholic church gave me a pass on doing the stuff uncrippled kids had to do,
like going to church and Sunday school. The Catholic church didn’t expect much
out of cripples, so there weren’t many paths to participation for us. Have you
ever seen a crippled altar boy?
Thus, there are also
cripples who put a lot of their time and energy into trying to make it easier for
cripples to go to church. And why not? If there are crippled kids out there who
are bound and determined to be altar boys, I suppose they ought to have that
opportunity.
But that’s another access
battle I will not be joining. I want all of the crippled kids of today and
tomorrow to be able to enjoy their exclusions, just like I did.
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