[HPforGrownups] GLBT & PWD wizards (was PWD wizards)

[Snuffles MacGoo]

No: HPFGUIDX 8406

Amy said "Yeah, I would've liked to see Alicia ask Katie to the Yule Ball. "

YES! You've got Susan and my vote.

Amy said "Well, it's a thought for book 5.  Although if JKR has any sense she 
pays NO attention to the wishes of her fans, even when they are as high-minded 
as
ours <g>."

<g>

"Re: PWD's, I don't get at all why they can't be wizards and go to Hogwarts.
Just because we don't see any PWD's in the books so far, except Mad-eye (and
Lupin I suppose . . . he has a magical equivalents of a physical
disability), it doesn't mean there's an impossibility there.  JKR makes it
clear that magical ability is like a talent for drawing or perfect pitch; it
is just a talent that some, not many, humans have in abundance.  Why would
it only occur among the TAB's (temporarily able-bodied)?"

<g> See it seems to me that magical ability *would* occur across the population 
spread, including PWD's if they existed in this world. But because having 
relatively poor co-ordination (CP etc) would impact on the 'swish and flick', 
using a w/c would be near impossible in Hogwarts (no lifts!), some forms of 
intellectual disability are associated with poor impulse control (hey, so are 
some forms of being alive!) and this could lead to dangers, not just for the 
individual and those around them but also for the magical community in general 
- in terms of visibility and so on.

I just think that PWDs don't exist in the JKR universe.

storm


-----Original Message-----
From:	Amy Z [SMTP:aiz24 at hotmail.com]
Sent:	Tuesday, January 02, 2001 1:03 PM
To:	HPforGrownups at egroups.com
Subject:	[HPforGrownups] GLBT wizards (was PWD wizards)


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