I simply can not get enough of these stories that ask able-bodied individuals to spend a day in a wheelchair. New Jersey's Caldwell College took on this challenge. Students and faculty spent a day on wheels. Here's some of the reactions at day's end:

"I hope what our campus community takes away from this Disability Awareness Day is that every day we need to be aware, alert, conscious of disabilities; those that are obvious and those that are hidden. It is not about sympathy or pity. It is about awareness, empathy and kindness," Benowitz said.

Dr. Blattner said it was very important for the lessons learned to go "beyond today," and that everyone learn to be sensitive to the needs of students who have disabilities. She said that as a person who likes to help other people, it was difficult for her to ask and receive help from others when she needed it while using the wheelchair.

Read it all here.

Janelle

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