Canes Enable Workshop Response

I thought that the presentation was really cool because we got to learn more about disabilities and we talked with Lawrence about his. I liked how he was so open about his prosthetic leg and how he wasn’t ashamed. I also liked it how Debbie told us about different disabilities and she spread awareness about them.

I learned that so many places in the world are actually not that accessible for people with disabilities and that we need to be more aware of that. Lawrence probed to us that even with one leg he can do almost everything that we can do. He can hop, dance, crawl, ski and do so many other things with just one leg.

I was really surprised that having one leg did not hold him back that much. He was very flexible, and could move around with ease. His prosthetic leg was very different that I expected it to be. In a way it looked very real, and it was very mushy and bendable. All of the different styles of canes were very cool too.

Everyone in the whole world should realize that we actually don’t have that many places that are accessible for people with special needs. We need to start to take action and spread the word. For example, even adding in braille to an elevator or adding in a few more wheel chair parking spaces would make a huge difference. If we do some simple things, it will make a huge difference.

Danny Greenberg