Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Summary of the (somewhat too explicit for children) play about disability

Mother:  (comes in carrying an adult on her back in a sling)  "I can't do this anymore.  We have to do something!"

Father:  "This is all your family's fault.  If they weren't bewitched, this child would be normal.  Look at him.  He can't walk, he can't talk."

Child:  (drools water out of his mouth)

Mother:  "This is not my family's fault.  This is your fault because you are sleeping around with too many women!"  (they begin arguing)

Father: (takes a punch at his wife, who ducks.  Crowd roars with laughter)  "Well, if it is not your family's fault, it is the neighbors.  They have bewitched the child."

Community Elder:  (appears on the scene and explains what disability is in very simple terms)

Father:  (to wife) " I am sorry I was blaming your family.  I owe them a chicken."

Community Elder:  (calls all families with disabled children to the tent)




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