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Reasons Revisited

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The Swiss Way of Dealing With Disabilities

The Swiss way to deal with the disabilities, I basically grew up being ashamed of my condition. Nobody talked about it, including in the family. Don't demand anything, wait till it's given for you freely and then be very grateful. And I unlearned that in New York. New York is special. Everybody's a freak here. So I can be a freak. What they do do is, just say, oh my God, you have such cool glasses. Love your hat or even, hey, love your shiny wheels. But I still feel in Switzerland, there's a huge last obstacle. We are not meant to be in positions of power where we can decide about our own

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