GE - Fw: ANST-Announce - The SCA and Disabilities

[kimberly wells]

This is from a dear friend of mine and I thought I would share..

hugs,
Lady. Kyrstyn of greenwood


----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Culver" <rbculver at hotmail.com>

Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 7:44 PM
Subject: ANST-Announce - The SCA and Disabilities


> Wesan ge hal!
>
>    Be the folk of Ansteorra and the Seneschals of Known World all well on
> this First Day of Spring!
>
>     This is a call for personal testimonies, articles, advice, and
whatever
> else about addressing and overcoming disabilities to live this Glorious
> Dream.
>     The tentative title is "The Book of the Enabled" as I want this
> collection to be about what folk have enabled themselves to do in light of
> any difficulties.  For right now I am dividing it into these categories:
> Fighting (encompassing both chivalric and rapier), Service, Arts &
Sciences,
> Heraldry, Chirurgeon, and Youth.  However anything will be most welcome.
>     Until I improve my computer capability, I would prefer hardcopies and
> scannable art be sent by snail as to at least get the organizing started.
> Hopefully in due time, either with an increase in my luck or with the help
> of volunteers, I can then accept computer files on-line.
>     I would ask any  and all submissions, with appropriate release forms
of
> course, be sent to me by 13.Sept.2000.  If this is not enough time, please
> let me know and we will work something out.  My hope is to have it
completed
> as early as Yule of this year and no later than a year from know.
>     Please forward this to those whom you might think would have an
interest
> in this endeavor.
>
>     In the mundane year of 1990 I was diagnosed with severe ulner
neuropathy
> in my right hand.  This disorder atrophied the muscle in my hand to the
> point of not being able to write for about a year and a half much less
> pursue my dreams of professional musicianship.  When I first took interest
> in Living the Dream in 1992, I, being only 19, took to Chivalric fighting
> and realized my loss of strength in my dominate right hand was barely
> sufficient to wield a sword for much more than a strike or two.
>     At the encouragement of others and playing on a natural ambidextrous
> ability I switched to left handed fighting.  Still I was saddened at the
> thought I may not be able to attain my fighting aspirations of the time
and
> took to feeling sorry for myself.  Then, at one event, I saw an amazing
> fighter who inspired me to do what I could and _that_ was what was
> important.  This fighter was Ansteorra's own one legged knight, Sir Kief.
> Since rejoining the Society this past year, I was also inspired by a man
who
> fights from  a wheel chair and is a master bowman.  His name is Lord
> Fearghus MacKenna of the Barony Of Elfsea.   Seeing these folk living the
> Dream with such joy touched me and made me think perhaps there are people
> out there who would pursue the Dream if only they had the same ability to
> see, or at least read of, the deeds of people in Our World.
>     This is why I have sought to do this.  I feel there must be a way to
> inspire those who may not realize how much they can offer to The Dream.
> Also the pride is there in seeing what our friends can accomplish and how
it
> shows us how much we can accomplish together.
>
>
> May the Heavens shine on our Endeavors,
>
> Cyniric Cyniwarding
> acting herald - Canton of Glaslyn,
> Barony of the Steppes,
> Kingdom of Ansteorra
>
> Richard Bruce Culver
> 804 Eagle Drive, # 18
> Denton, TX  76201
> 940.243.9912 (no calls after 9 p.m. Central)
> rbculver at hotmail.com
>
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