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Therapy pool article needs clarification.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)

Aquatics International

| February 01, 2005 | Lepore, Monica | COPYRIGHT 2005 Hanley-Wood, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

I would like to make two comments about the article, "Good Therapy" by Mike Koch in the July/August 2004 issue.

While I appreciated what I learned about ideal therapy pools from Koch's perspective, I would like it if the writers for Aquatics International would not use the term "wheelchair-bound" patients.

It is a phrase that denotes that the person is passive, shadowed over by their wheelchair. It is a very old-school term in the medical model. It relays a pity factor that does not empower people with disabilities. Most disability culture and disability study texts and articles have stayed away from that term for now.

A second comment is in relation to Koch's comments about the pros and cons of hydraulic floors ...

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