at their ease because i say, "look, it's ok, we can laugh, you do not have to worry "about what you are going to say. "we will be friends." that is really important. because people, yeah, you are right. at heart, they are still worried about disability because they have been told that disability is a terrible thing. yeah, i know that in your advocacy work, and you have worked in academia, but you have also worked at the united nations and around the world in disability rights and advocacy. your point comes to a pretty simple one, in essence, that what we call disability is primarily difference. yeah. and we need to understand that if society creates the right conditions, that difference need not be a negative. indeed, it can be a positive, but at least it can be a level playing field so people can be judged on their merits and not