I must say that, while I agree that this story is rather sad, I can’t help but see a bright side. It concerns a class photograph in which a disabled young man is pictured sitting separated from his young classmates. Of course, semiotically that sends out precisely the wrong message: it implies that all wheelchair users are diseased and should be kept apart from ‘normal’ pople. No wonder the boy’s mother was so upset. Yet the fact remains they are in the same photograph: yes the boy could have been positioned closer to his friends, but what matters is they are friends. The picture proves this boy is being included. Not so long ago, there would have been no boy in a wheelchair at all in this picture, as such children were all dumped in special schools. That’s why I can’t feel too negatively about this image: there may be a gap, but at least they are all in the same frame.