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Tamar Raine <[log in to unmask]>
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Tamar Mag Raine
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----- Original Message ----
From: kat <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2007 8:33:35 PM
Subject: Re: Is CP...


**Hugs** I know, Mag, I know.

It's hard but you will get through it - just remember to keep thinking 
of all the good times.

Kat

Tamar Raine wrote:
> very true. And I agree, however, most people think of it as a disease.  
>
> dont mind me, I'm being contrary.
>
> miss my dad, I feel like throwing a tantrum and screaming "i want my daddy back, damnit!"
>
> Mag
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> http://www.zazzle.com/TamarMag*
> Tamar Mag Raine
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> www.cafepress.com/tamarmag
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: kat <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2007 8:00:05 PM
> Subject: Re: Is CP...
>
>
> The dictionary can define it any way the lexicographers want - it 
> doesn't change the fact that the very word "disease" creates all sorts 
> of negative connotations that aren't true.
>
> Kat
>
> Tamar Raine wrote:
>   
>> the dictionary defines dis-ease ; a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment
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>> http://www.zazzle.com/TamarMag*
>> Tamar Mag Raine
>> [log in to unmask]
>> www.cafepress.com/tamarmag
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>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2007 5:49:53 PM
>> Subject: Re: Is CP...
>>
>>
>> thank you Kat! that was exactly what i meant!
>>
>>
>> Cindy Holub
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>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: kat <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Sent: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 7:56 pm
>> Subject: Re: Is CP...
>>
>>
>>
>> Goodness, I'm being contrary these days!  I beg to differ - CP is NOT a 
>> disease, it's a condition.  To me, a "disease" implies an infection or a 
>> progressive er ... disease that worsens with time.  To imply that CP is 
>> a disease, to me, stigmatizes it and belies the fact that it's not 
>> contagious, not is it on infection.  It's simply the result of injury to 
>> the brain.   I don't think anyone calls spinal cord injury or stroke 
>> diseases.  At least I don't.
>>
>> Kat
>>
>>
>> Tamar Raine wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>> it's not contagious like polio, but it is a disease. 
>>>  
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>>> http://www.zazzle.com/TamarMag*
>>> Tamar Mag Raine
>>> [log in to unmask]
>>> www.cafepress.com/tamarmag
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>> From: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2007 4:07:09 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Is CP...
>>>
>>>
>>> it is a condition not a disease.
>>>
>>>
>>> Cindy Holub
>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Meir Weiss <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Sent: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 6:53 pm
>>> Subject: Re: Is CP...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Both and more
>>>
>>> It is a vague umbrella word
>>>
>>> That catagorises a myriad of choices   of  brain damage 
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of 
>>>     
>>>       
>> Kathy
>>   
>>     
>>> Pink
>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 18:30
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Is CP...
>>>
>>> A Developmental Disability?
>>>
>>> A Neurology disease?
>>>       

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