I would like to welcome all of the new members.

I was born on July 5, 1971.  It was a complicated birth. . .  I couldn't cry
, breathe or suck.  The doctors thought I would be a vegetable the rest of
my life.  As a result of all of this , I was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy
at the age of three a half .  I am very physically disabled because of all
of this.  I can't walk , talk , or feed myself.  When I was four years old ,
I was the Cerebral Palsy Poster child.  I went to Day Care for that had
disabilities and Early Childhood.  Then I went through all of school.  When
I was in fourth grade , I was put in to a special education class in school.
I used to to drool a lot and I had a surgery to stop that.   When I was a
freshman in high school , I had what looked like seizures but actually it
was suicidal attempts. I won the award for the outstanding handicapped
citizen for the state of Wisconsin.  I went to college and double majored in
Data Entry and Accounting.   I update telephone directories for a living.  I
do about twenty to thirty a year.  I do it right from my home.   I also make
and sell my own greeting cards.  As I mentioned before , I have had a lot of
problems with depression and suicide.  From 1992 to 1998 I was in counseling
and from 1994-96, I was hospitalized seven times because of this.  The
reason of all of this is because I couldn't cope with having a disability.
My family consists of a father , a mother and three brothers.   I also have
seven nieces and nephews .  I collect angels.  I'm really involved on the
Internet.  I'm on three  ListServs, ICQ, AOL Instant Messenger , and mIRC.
My ICQ UIN # is 16632777.  My screen name for AOL Instant Messenger is
KJPink.  The servers that I'm usually on on mIRC is  BrightNet or ChatWorks.
I have a Home WebPage .  It is at
http://homepages.msn.com/WindowsWay/kjpink/.

Kathy






----- Original Message -----
From: Denise Sampson <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 8:19 PM
Subject: New to the group.


> Hello everyone i am new to the group and just wanted to introduce myself.
My
> name is denise and i have a son that was born with hydrocephalus and has
> developed cp from it i really joined this group to learn more about cp i
> really don't know much about it. anyway my sons name is justin and he is
two
> years old now, but is only seventeen pounds. he has a shunt in his head
for
> the hydro and he is also blind. i have been reading letters for this group
> and it has been neat to read about others like justin. he receives
physical
> therapy every week and has to wear a brace on his arm and hand so he
doesn't
> keep it drawn up to his side all the time but sometimes i wonder if this
is
> really going to help maybe someone can give me some kind of advice or
> something. anyway i am glad to be apart of this group.
>
>
>                                  thanks  denise
>