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Anee,
Could you tell me more about the teen-centric lists and chats? Sounds
interesting. Thanks!
~Joy~
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From: "Anee Stanford" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 3:48 PM
Subject: Re: This list, Its clientelle, and some possibilities
> Hi-
>
> There are many fronts that progress needs to be made. In the school
yards,
> in the workplace, in the healthcare field, in the comunity. In middle
school
> the kids would alawys startel me for the fun of it. In high school I
used a
> scooter and everyone used to "honk" at me. I think Sandy is absoultly
> right in what she has said but I would like to sugest a bit of an
expansion
> of sorts. We all must advocate for each other...not just kids and not
just
> adults--ALL OF US, TOGETHER, FOR EACH OTHER. It's amazing how much kids
can
> do when they are inspired to do it. We have to ispire them to do it--or
they
> have to be inspired to do it as was the case with me. The imortent thing
is
> not how they get the insperation but that they do get the insperation.
>
> Last year one of my friends asked me to go and talk about disability
> awerness. She asked me to vist the school she was working at and talk to
her
> class aought that I might be able to help boost the self-esteem of one the
> students who happened to have spina biffida and was haveing how shall I
put
> it an attitued/outlook problem, low selfesteem...you know the drill. I
think
> that things like this could help too. Not just in supporting the student
> with a disability but in educating there classmates that disability is ok.
>
> Alot of problems could be helped by more united advocey I think. More
unity
> among those with disabilities. Not just from the age group point of view
(I
> think the mentoring thing is a great idea)...but from the point of view
that
> many of what I call the disability camps don't work together to achive
> things--and to know that we are not alone in the challanges that we face.
We
> the CPers have alot to learn from the blind camp, the deaf camp, the SCI
> camp, and on and on.
>
> I joined this group when I was like 15 because I wanted to talk to people
> who faced the same challanges as I did and had the same experiences as I
did.
> We had moved from a place where there were lots of others who had
> disabilities including cp but my highschool in mckinney texas only had one
> other physicaly disabled student who was mainstreemed.
>
> Oh by the way there are several mailing lists for kids with CP and there
is
> an internet chatroom having to do with teens and disabilities (they meet
on
> Thursdays.) On aol there is a chat for teens with CP.
>
> Well I guess I've rambled on long enough,
>
> Anee Stanford
> http://www.geocities.com/aneecp/
> ICQ # 67019089
>
>
> In a message dated 8/17/00 12:03:34 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> << Must EVERY child with a disability grow up in isolation? Is the
disability
> experience really a gauntlet to be run, where we honor ONLY those who
still
> are alive at the end? When are adults with disabilities going to become
> pro-active in advocating for kids with disabilities?
> >>
>
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