Susan Boyle Stands for Something Besides a Song

 

The following article from The Guardian comes to us via Inclusion Daily Express.

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Susan Boyle Is Great For The Learning Disability Cause
(The Guardian)
June 8, 2009
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND– [Excerpt] As someone with a learning [intellectual] disability, it’s been great to see Susan Boyle getting so far on a talent show. You rarely see people with a learning disability in the media, and in the last few weeks Boyle has rarely been out of it.

But, like anyone who is put in the media spotlight, she has found it hard to deal with her new fame and growing media attention.

The main problem is that the general public don’t understand what a learning disability is and how it affects a person’s life. And that includes the producers of Britain’s Got Talent.

Some people have suggested that people who have a learning disability, such as Susan Boyle, should be stopped from going on Britain’s Got Talent. This would mean denying 1.5 million people with a learning disability in the UK the chance to take part and have the same opportunities as everyone else. This makes no sense and is discriminatory.

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Susan Boyle is great for the learning disability cause
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