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    It excites me to see how people’s perceptions change as they become familiar with those who have been labeled disabled. What initially seem to be huge barriers to communication start to fade.

    By John BuntingJuly 1991
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    The self-portrait is one of my first photographs.

    The picture of my grandmother was taken two days before she died. The children on the wall are me and my sister; the picture in the middle is my grandmother, when she was twenty-one.

    By Karen BluthJune 1987
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    By Lewis DowneyNovember 1986
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    Aquatic Yoga With Dangerous Foods

    These illustrations are from Aquatic Yoga with Dangerous Foods by Ric Haynes, whose fishy drawings have appeared previously in THE SUN.

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    Predestination Vs. Free Will

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    By Mark MitchamNovember 1983
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    Cement Sculptures

    The fine work that Andy Fleishman began in wood a few years ago now continues in cement. This seems almost impossible to imagine. Cement? Where would the fluidity come from, the delicacy of connection?

    By Andy Fleishman, John RosenthalSeptember 1983
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    By Barbara TyrolerAugust 1983
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    By John RosenthalFebruary 1983
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    Jealousy

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    If ONE person occupies the No. 1 place in your attention and affection while you hold only 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 364th place in this person’s attention and affection, try the following remedies for your painful affliction.

    By Natalia d’ArbeloffFebruary 1983
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    The Gabriel Books

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    “The Gabriel Books” are a series of small cartoon books.

    By Natalia d’ArbeloffDecember 1982
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