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WelcomeWelcome to Children of Eir. The reason for this site is to bring together those individuals who are Disabled Folk or who are support persons for Disabled Folk. To me this does not specify that you must follow a Heathen or Asatru path. There are many who practice a Northern Traditional Path or even other paths who will find this site and be able to make use of it. The focus of this site is primarily on the Deities of the Northern Path, but many of the links here will be universal as to getting aid from organizations for the Disabled. The articles here will be written from my perspective which I admit is the perspective of a Northern Practitioner and you will either agree or disagree with them. I can do nothing about that. When I first started to conceptualize this site, I saw myself as reaching out to a very small minority, as time has gone on, however, my perspective has changed at times radically.. I have come to realize a few things; first of all, it's not about what you call yourself, Heathen, Northern Traditionalist, Pagan, whatever...we are growing as the community grows. The longer folks practice, the more problems we garner with age, arthritis, memory issues, balance issues, strokes and these are just a few. There are also those of us who do military service and come back permanently affected by it. We need to look at caring for our own. This does not even begin to touch those of us who have been disabled all of our lives, whether in an overt manner that people recognize upon seeing us, or in the more invisible ways such as with mental disorders,fibromyalgia, seizure disorders or many other problems besides. All of us have a right to be part of the practicing Community. To attend Moots Events,Conventions or any other social situation, to be part of Kindreds, Hearths, or other organizations and to be able to blot, feign or sumble with honor, with a consciousness that some conscious level of consideration has been taken to our comfort, to facilitate our ability to be part of what is occuring and not on the sidelines. |
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