Why do we need disabled people?...(2Arty)

2Co-moderator: Sorry for being offtopic, but the question was asked publicly
I am forced to answer publicly.

>HeYa, Andrew!
Hi, Artem!
>
>Wednesday January 21 1998 19:45, Andrew Savichev wrote to All:
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> AS> ZX-Windows will become a reality!
> AS> With its help, Spectrum will finally break into schools, boarding schools and disabled children (and this, as you guessed, is hundreds of thousands of new
AS> users!!!) And this will truly be the Spectrum of the 21st century!
>
AH>Sorry for the cynicism, but why do we need disabled users?
In the sense that they don’t drink beer (vodka/cognac) with us? ;)
But seriously, world experience shows that among disabled people with diseases of the musculoskeletal system, there are many people of genius. Yes, you don’t need to look far for examples: science fiction writer Alexander Belyaev and....don’t spit...
Nikolai Ostrovsky, who is Pavka Korchagin.
The truth to this, of course, one can object that they were not like that from birth.
Well, that’s right, in those days there were no computers or networks!
And how many more Belyaevs and Ostrovskys were simply lost
to society as a result of this, God news! :(
I won’t say here phrases about how the network is a window into the world of people and into the Spectrum universe
everything is clear.
And about their purchasing power... it’s sometimes no lower than that ofnormal
teenagers, also excuse the cynicism! True, they
of course will not go to the market for floppy disks, but according to SNB principles, they will be able to sell software over networks!
Or are we afraid of competition? ...just kidding :)
In general, it's not a matter of cynicism. In the West, such people (who have received an education through networks and communicate with peers and other healthy people, become
full members of society and bring considerable benefit to it).
I think my proposal also contains practicality: the more intelligence
works for Spectrum, the better it is for Spectrum!
What is your opinion, as a prominent Spectrum figure, on this matter?

With respect, Andrey Savichev / CGS