Colorado State University's student senate is proposing a bill that would support 'disability simulation' events. This would encourage students without disabilities to use wheelchairs or blindfolds during an event so they can understand what it's like to live with a disability.

Research supports that these events do not promote inclusion. They often reinforce a dangerous stigma that people with disabilities are somehow less capable and that we deserve pity or praise for simply doing our everyday tasks.

Does simply sitting in a wheelchair or being blindfolded make someone understand our experiences with disability? What about the social/emotional aspects that come with a disability that cannot be simulated?

Please share your thoughts on disability simulation events. Should this bill be passed? I want to hear YOUR voice and YOUR opinions.

A link to an article on the proposed bill: collegian.com/2020/01/category-news-ascsu-discusses-potentia...

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