Ms. Wheelchair loses after she's seen standing

APPLETON, Wis. -- Ms. Wheelchair Wisconsin has been stripped of her title because pageant officials say she can stand -- and point to a newspaper picture as proof.

Janeal Lee, who has muscular dystrophy and uses a scooter, was snapped by the Post-Crescent newspaper standing among her high school math students.

''I've been made to feel as if I can't represent the disabled citizens of Wisconsin because I'm not disabled enough,'' Lee said Thursday.

Lee, 30, of Appleton, had planned to go to the national pageant with her younger sister, who also has muscular dystrophy and won the competition in Minnesota.

Students at Kaukauna High School, where Lee teaches, raised $1,000 for her trip...

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-wheel02.html

A friend with bone cancer would stand, only briefly, and with great difficulty, and probably against doctor's advice, when being photographed because she couldn't bear having the chair in a photograph. I can understand both sides of this.

The conservation movement is a breeding ground of communists
and other subversives. We intend to clean them out,
even if it means rounding up every birdwatcher in the country.
--John Mitchell, US Attorney General 1969-72

And posted yesterday...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=2965030