Not Crip Enough For The Title?
APPLETON, WI, APRIL 6, 2005--Since Janeal Lee was been stripped of her "Ms. Wheelchair Wisconsin" title after her photo appeared in a local newspaper showing her standing next to her scooter, amidst the high-school students she teaches, the story has grown into a national embarrassment -- after runner-up Michelle Kearney refused the title -- and Lee's sister, Sharon Spring, 26, says she's giving up her crown of Ms. Wheelchair Minnesota. In her resignation letter, she wrote that "I no longer feel comfortable supporting an organization that... chooses to perpetuate stereotypes and requests its participants to hide their abilities while in public."