Acutally, I think it's because some people can collaspe properly when they
fall and not fight it.  Others fall stiffly and don't do as well.  I've
noticed AB people have a harder time with falls than disabled folks, probably
because they aren't as used to it.

Kat

On Fri, 30 Aug 2002 12:55:17 -0700 Kathy Pink <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Kat,
>
> I fall and rarely get hurt.  It must be a CP
> thing.
>
> Kathy Pink
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- Kathy Salkin  wrote:
> > When I was young, I had a very strange
> ability
> > to fall gracefully and never
> > hurt myself. (My mother said it was the only
> > graceful thing I could do).  In
> > fact, there were several times that I would
> > fall with a drink in my hand and
> > not spill a drop.  Very weird.  Wish I could
> > still do it.
> >
> > Perhaps it was because it was only my right
> leg
> > that was spastic and even
> > then, rigidly spastic, not in a jerky way.
> >
> > Kat
> >
> > On Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:25:55 -0700 "J.
> > McCarthy"  wrote:
> >
> > > Best of Jennifer McCarthy:
> > >
> > > 1) As a teen, I once was walking from the
> > > kitchen to
> > > the living room with a full (uncovered)
> glass
> > > of iced
> > > tea.  As I crossed into the living room, I
> > had
> > > a full
> > > body jerk/spasm in such a fashion as to
> throw
> > > the tea
> > > up into the air.  When gravity returned,
> the
> > > ice cold
> > > tea fell all over my head, face, and chest.
> > My
> > > brother who was sitting all comfy on the
> > couch,
> > > laughed his head off! :)  I was in a cold
> > state
> > > of
> > > shock and frustration over the whole thing.
> > >
> > > 2) As a pre-teen, I went with my family to
> > the
> > > movie
> > > theater to see Halloween.  At the climax of
> a
> > > particlarly suspenseful scene, I
> > jumped/spazed
> > > and
> > > threw a bucketfull of popcorn all over the
> > > person
> > > sitting on my right! :)
> > >
> > > 3) At one party, I asked my friend to carry
> a
> > > piece of
> > > cake for me over to the seating area.  She
> > > asked if I
> > > could just do it since she was busy.  My
> > > response
> > > (said with a smile): "Okay, you have two
> > > choices...either carry this for me or watch
> > me
> > > throw
> > > it all over the floor."  She wisely choose
> > the
> > > former
> > > option.
> > >
> > > Jen
> > >
> > > --- "Barber, Kenneth L."  wrote:
> > > > Okay you guys, since I started out the
> > > morming with
> > > > a joke. I think most
> > > > people with cp have the most screwy
> senses
> > of
> > > humor.
> > > > Tell my why you think
> > > > that is. Give me one of your "best of
> (put
> > in
> > > your
> > > > name here)"
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > =====
> > > TTYL,
> > > Jennifer
> > >
> > >
> >
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