It’s Hard Not To Stare

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Tim Huff. It’s Hard Not To Stare

to parents, teachers and caregivers

A Discussion Guide for Parents, Teachers and Caregivers. Page-By-Page Discussion and Helps

Notes for educators, parents and grandparents:

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As Ontario’s first Lieutenant Governor with a physical disability, I adopted accessibility as the overarching theme of my term of office. I defined accessibility as that which enables people to achieve their full potential.

I chose this definition because I wanted people to understand that while the ubiquitous blue and white wheelchair symbol shows the location of physically accessible facilities, it doesn’t mean that all barriers to accessibility have been removed. While such things as ramps, automatic doors and wheelchair parking spots have helped people with disabilities greatly, another kind of barrier still stubbornly remains.

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Tim Huff’s It’s Hard Not to Stare: Helping Children Understand Disabilities is a remarkable contribution to the dialogue that is taking us closer and closer to being a fully accessible society. He does this through words and images that gently, respectfully but bluntly pose questions and observations about people with disabilities. Words like: “It’s hard not to stare at some people, sometimes. Are they okay? Will they be fine?”

In the end, important lessons are conveyed for children and as important, for all of us too.

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