ORIGINAL: bigtim
pardon me but its called having a "special need", being a friend or frat bro. of somone who is deaf or disabled, and being the parent of a handycapped child is quite a huge gap in expierence sir, having no parental connection your relatoinship with your friends are quite a bit different.
it is not pandering to congratulate someone who is trying to make a difference in someones life, who may or may not have dificulty partisipating in RC aircraft.
I personally thought it was a insitfull way of teaching a person who is deaf to fly while allowing them some independence.
deaf people are not stupid but to think they don't somtimes need a hand partisipating is.
A little history for all, they thought Hellen Keller was hopless untill a insiteful woman discovered how to comunicate with her through trial and error.
Great,
Then why post it here? Is this an instructor's forum? Is this where we talk about how best to help students with special needs? Or is it simply a means of telling the world how great we are for doing what we do every day? I fly with deaf people at 4 different clubs.
While I agree that communication is important and the ORIGINAL POST was sincere and without malice, I would like to point one thing out. The responses as I read them, are over the top in every way. WAY TO GO!! YOU HELPED SOMEONE I REJECT AND I NOW FEEL BETTER BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE TO DO IT MYSELF.
Look, it's really simple. Those of us with 'special needs' don't need to be highlighted or embelished upon. We are who we are and frankly, it's no different from anyone else who needs practice to master a skill.
It's just not very nice to be reminded that you are somehow 'less' than your friends and colleuges.
Now, leave it alone.