The journey itself helped enormously, though I was very conscious that the main focus of conversation with the two of them related almost exclusively to their disabilities. But round the fire on the Saturday night it was Doug who completely broke the ice. As the sun set and the grass dampened he said quite audibly: "I must be the lucky one, I'm the one who's got a seat." Thereafter, his disability was no longer the focal point of attention or concern. The majority of the other young people visibly relaxed. Their natural curiosity about Doug's disability exhausted, they took turns in pushing Doug around and talked more freely and widely about topics of common interest: schooling, home life, music and leisure.
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