I would love your story--my daughter & I visit a few nursery schools in the
area every year & read books on kids with disabilities to them & let them
try out her old wheelchair....always fun. Started as a girlscout project-but
they keep calling---Joy
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>From: Magenta Raine <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Parent's issues
>Date: Wed, Feb 16, 2000, 3:43 AM
>

>In a message dated 2/15/00 10:58:48 PM Pacific Standard Time, [log in to unmask]
>writes:
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>>
>>  A few parents have asked me for example, how to explain to a group of young
>>  children in nursery, kindergarten level how their child is the same and not
>>  to be so afraid of them. I basically tell them to be honest with them and
>>  tell them that something went wrong at the time their child was a baby that
>>  damaged their brain but that they are just like you. Some kids wear
>glasses,
>>  others look different, others have different color skin, but we all like
>the
>>  same things and do the same things.
>i have a lovely little story that i wrote dealing with these issues and it's
>for that k-2nd grade crowd.
>i will be happy to send copies 2 anyone who asks.
>