Law of what?

[Bryan Kidd]

By conciously managing difference are we closing the space?
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"Things are probably not as simple as that" -Sigmund Freud
Bryan Kidd
HyPerformance Team Works
Melbourne Australia
bryan at hyteam.com.au

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> From: Maggie Shreve <Magshreve at aol.com>
> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> Subject: Re: Law of what?
> Date: Thursday, 6 April 2000 3:27
>
> Actually, I started using the law of mobility when I first encountered
Open
> Space with Harrison in Baltimore at the ODN conference -- when was that?
> Like 1994?
>
> I've worked with people who have significant disabilities for 25 years
and I
> knew, immediately, that law of 2 feet would offend them....perhaps to the
> extent that people in wheelchairs or without legs would not participate
in
> Open Space.  So, language is important -- but for different people at
> different times and different reasons.  (And someday I'll tell you about
the
> Open Space Hugh Huntington did in Washington where we struggled mightily
to
> accommodate all the people with hearing disabilities who needed
microphone
> access in a ballroom setting...NOT good.)
>
> Frankly, I was thrilled to see that the law of mobility has kinda stuck
> around.
>
> Maggie Shreve
> Magshreve at aol.com