you go girl!!!
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> Hello everyone,
>
> Sorry I'm a little quiet. I'm not myself, but don't
> worry Meir. You didn't
> scare me off. On the contrary, I really appreciated
> your response and
> everyone else's too. I couldn't get back online for
> a long time after I posted
> and then I was sort of speechless after reading
> through the posts. It just got
> to me to have support and I didn't know what to
> say.
>
> To answer a few things that were asked or mentioned
> -- I'm in LA and the
> beach is Will Rodgers (a very public beach).
> Neither time was I near the water
> - in fact, when the worst thing happened I was
> sitting fully clothed - shoes
> and all - on the beach (he saw me walk from my car)
> so I don't think they
> were worried about me swimming. Plenty of people
> walk on that beach and never
> swim. Its not unusual there. They just saw the
> way I walked and jumped to
> conclusions. And they weren't even polite about it
> - that's not acceptable for
> public employees at a beach. We pay their
> salaries. Even if they are
> ignorant, they can be polite.
>
> And Mag, I love your idea about a day at the beach
> for my friends with
> disabilities. If only I knew enough people to go
> for it. With my luck though, the
> nice guards would be on duty that day - there are
> some good ones which just
> proves to me that the bad ones don't have to be that
> way. It is possible to
> hire and/or train good people. It does piss me off
> too now that I've begun
> thinking how inacessible these beaches are. It's
> not right and I'm ashamed I didn't think of it more
> before but most people I
> know who have disabilities couldn't even get to the
> sand.
>
> Linda, I am working on a letter to your son. It's
> hard for me not to write
> a really emotional letter, so I'm going slowly and
> editing so that it's short
> and clear. Thank you very much for the contact.
>
> Gosh, I want to thank every one.......... Kendall, I
> contacted the
> disability comission and they've sent papers, but
> all they can do is file an informal
> complaint. I have a friend at PAI I'll talk to
> Thurs. And Ken, I've already
> called a law office because the only guy directly
> above the head of the
> lifeguards.........not hopeful. Not at all.
>
> Deri - I like the insensitive moron theory! I don't
> think it's a labor
> dispute though I do wonder if there is some internal
> problem. A few years ago,
> all the guards were totally cool. I even know a kid
> with CP whom they used to
> carry down to the beach because he was too big for
> his mom to carry. That
> would flip these guys out now.
>
> Heather, Kat, Linda (maxaudio) and Meir - thanks for
> the encouragement!!
> I'm sorry to read about your incident Meir and I'm
> glad you're ok.
>
> If there's someone I didn't mention, yell at me.
> There's not one email i
> didn't appreciate.
>
> it's gotten me down because i have a lot to deal
> with (cp being the least of
> it at times). i know a lot of people have lots to
> cope with so i'm no big
> deal, but i really needed one thing to be hassle
> free. now even the beach
> seems complicated.
>
> i will let you all know what happens and thanks
> again for all your support!
>
> susie
>
>
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