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Originally Posted by Sly
I'm sure that she would be completely shocked finding out that she is limited in life. Wow. Such news!
I've seen male cheerleaders, fat cheerleaders, ugly cheerleaders, cheerleaders that can't jump, cheerleaders that can't dance, cheerleaders that don't even give a shit. Telling someone they can't cheer on the team and help out with cheerleader related events because they don't have a few limbs seems fairly shortsighted. If somebody wants to help out on the team, why would you say no? Find something for them to do.
Any lawsuit or huge ruckus is uncalled for, which is what this whole situation seems to be. But most of the attitude and judgments in this thread about people that are disabled is pretty shitty, and unfortunately it's how most people in the real world seem to look at the disabled.
I can't tell you how many times I've been told that I can't do something, shouldn't do something, or something would never happen for me... fortunately I'm a stubborn fuck and did most of them anyway. I get quite annoyed when I see a person telling others that they will never be able to do something because... they are a woman, they are black, they are short, they are fat, they are disabled, they are too young, they are too old... it's all bull shit and the product of a weak mind that can't see beyond the preconceived notions of society.
This girl has no legs, no arms, yet has more ambition and balls than most fully abled people do. She'll do just fine.
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QFT.
I actually saw this thread a couple days ago, and thought about this issue. This is from someone who WAS a cheerleader.
Fact is, some teams are very competitive and depending on the school size, their advisor etc, it could be a team that requires the girls to be quite skilled in order to be able to be part of competition. And if that is the case many girls won't make the cut, or will be in the back, or won't get the good parts, etc. I was actually on a really competitive dance team for a couple years in high school. MANY girls didn't make it, it was lots of tears and drama. It wasn't exactly cheerleading but this is my point.
Now cheerleading. Of course they weren't going to use her for the base of the pyramid or to do cartwheels or other super athletic things (most girls can't do anyways), but they could have let her be part of the team and do other things. A big thing these girls do is cheer at games, they could AT LEAST let her do that! They just sit on the side of the field and cheer. If the girl wants to do it, and can take the idiot comments she'll no doubt get, more power to her! I don't know that they could put her in the middle of complicated physical routines, but it's kind of shitty imo. It isn't like it is a basketball team, or sports team. Cheerleading is about spirit and pep rallies, and I think it would have been ok.
Then again maybe, despite her disability, she's just a pain in the ass brat and they didn't think she would get along. I'd probably bet that is the case, given her reaction. LOL
/end useless opinion. lol