Here here!!!-Gary
On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Anthony Arnold wrote:
> I don't know about anyone else here, but I feel allowing somebody like Kathy
> Jo to go outside wheeling alone is a wonderful first step towards greater
> developments in independence. As a child, my parents allowed me to wheel
> the streets in our housing development and than to places like the mall and
> so on. Once I even got caught in a rain storm, and luck had it I was by
> Hardee's, and had them help me with the pay phone to call home, my parents
> were worried but surprised when my call came. After experiencing my life
> and rehabilitation sometimes not being given to me by a doctor or therapist,
> I highly recommend trying to live life by taking yourself to Hardee's, the
> mall or wherever. I'm sure that Beth the OT is going to agree with me,
> therapists like her can lay out the ground work, but if the individual
> doesn't take that anywhere, that isn't going to be very effective. I can
> have the top of the line therapists but what good are they, if I don't use
> whatever they teach me outside of my therapy sessions.
>
> Thanks,
> Anthony
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kathy Pink
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 9:33 AM
> Subject: Re: More Woes
>
>
> Mag
>
> Yes , I could do that , I think. Kathy Jo
>
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> --- Magenta Raine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Kathy Jo,
> > tell me if you're able to leave your house by
> > yourself, to just go for a
> > walk? I'm trying to get a sense of what you
> > really can do, or cannot do.
> >
> > Hugs,
> > Mag
>
>
> =====
> My Ya-Hoo ID: kathyjopinkus
>
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