Jerry Lewis was never a hero to the disabled community

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30. While not PC now 'cripple' was

used quite often by some of Lewis's generation and before. I heard it used quite often, when I was young, by my grandmother and some of the older church members when referring to my now late (early '74) obviously disabled and ill mother.

I'm not a fan of Lewis's comedic style and have mixed feelings about the telethons, but not knowing the context the quote was said in, I took Lewis's comment about cripples staying inside differently. Quite often the immediate 'gut' reaction of 'most' people upon seeing an obviously disabled person is pity/sympathy. The only way to avoid that 'pity' reaction is to stay at home so either do that or you learn to deal with it when you go out. If being seen in proper context it reads differently I'll change my opinion of course.

I'm disabled too (MS) but my main disability has different challenges since it's 'invisible'.