Hi Emma, yes I can understand exactly where you are coming from. I
have mild-moderate (never been really quite sure how disabled I really
am, doctors have never really explained, and my parents always treated
me as though it was all a `put on' and I could just `get over it' if I
tried hard enough) spastic CP, use a scooter to get around outside and
have lived independently ever since
I left home at 17. Lately my physical strength and co ordination have
been worsening and I have had some bad falls. So I am now needing
more assistance than I ever have before and it is hard to cope with
sometimes.
Why won't the uni provide you with assistance? Is it funding
constraints or because they don't think you are `disabled enough'?
Have you tried getting help from your local advocacy organisation, say
PWD?
You are NOT a `whinging disabled kid', you have a legal right to
assistance.
Hang in there
Rayna
On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 12:18:55PM +1000, Emma G Murphy wrote:
Hello,
thanks to those who have introduced themselves to me. I guess I joined =
this list because=20
just recently I've been feeling "disabled" for the first time in ages. =
Can anyone=20
understand that? I live fully independently, and have very mild cp =
which mainly affects=20
my ability to write (tho' I get sore backs). I've just returned to a =
new uni- Adelaide,=20
australia- after a few years off, and due to the disability office not =
providing me with=20
some basic equipment, I'm suddenly reduced to a whinging disabled kid =
who can't do=20
anything for herself. It is incredibly demoralising., I can't really =
explain it very=20
well. I just thought that if anybody understood this frustrating and =
unjust situation, it=20
would be others with cp. Anyway. I'm tryin to transfer to another uni =
at the moment,=20
because I'm tired of fighting and it's not really what I had planned =
when I came back to=20
uni.
Anyway, more about me. I'm 22. From Victoria originally- that's where =
my family is. I'm=20
studying linguistics, spanish, an aboriginal language and will take up =
french next year. =20
I write poetry occasionally, and have a dog called shed. Shed as in the =
shed- her=20
birthplace!!
I look forward to getting to know some of you more
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