Living and Partly Living
HIS was the underlying theme of June Opie’s contribution to Nothing Daunted (2YA), a series of talks on their lives by men and women who are physically handicapped. I heard her talk in the Opie country which also fostered Dr Doris Gordon. Perhaps there is something in the Taranaki air that gives added strength to these women of | spirit, who will not be denied. Miss Opie was able to explain vividly the difference to living that being handitapped has made. In her case it has added a unique flavour to life and has | brought her a heightened awareness of | the kindness of her fellow men and women, which she regards as the handi- | capped’s great advantage over the unhandicapped. Miss Opie spoke freely and with an amused detachment of the hazards of daily life for the paralysed, of things she can do and what she wil! never be able to do again, and of th perils that lie in offers of help from kindly but over zealous strangers. A good talk that served to make the ordinary person, who feels inadequate or oversympathetic towards the handicapped. aware of the thoughts, feelings, needs and, above all, the philosophy of a handicapped person who is obviously liv-
ing to the iui.
N.L.
M.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 41, Issue 1049, 2 October 1959, Page 21
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215Living and Partly Living New Zealand Listener, Volume 41, Issue 1049, 2 October 1959, Page 21
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