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My last varsity game was scheduled for Thursday, but I just picked up another, a tournament game, at a high school for deaf kids. I've worked there before, and have posted about it here on the Forum. Very good boys varsity program, which would give many public high school vartsity teams a run for their money.
I was talking about my additional game at work today. Many of my colleagues know that I'm an official, and ask me a lot of questions about officiating. I explained to them that not only have I worked at the deaf school before, but that we actually have a deaf official on our local board. He also happens to coach the deaf school boys varsity team, and he's both a good coach, and a good official. My colleagues asked me about officials with other disabilities. We don't have any on our local board, but I'm sure that some Forum members might know of some. I'm sure that there are some officials out there with prosthetics. How about wheelchairs? Is it possible for an person to officiate a game in a wheelchair, and I'm not talking about wheelchair basketball. Could this be a safety issue for the players? Aren't there laws that would prevent local boards from discriminating against a wheelchair bound official?
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