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Date: | Fri, 25 Aug 2000 14:55:35 -0700 |
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If opportunity comes, go for it!
Cindy
On Fri, 25 Aug 2000 00:32:42 -0400 - Joy - <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
> I'm really in a quandary... I don't want people to pity me because of
> my
> disability. But, I do enjoy the privileges that I sometimes get
> because of
> it. I know that I get opportunities at times that wouldn't be given
> to
> other people. For example, today I went to an Al Gore speech, and
> he not
> only shook my hand, but knelt down and took a picture with me. I'm
> not
> going to say that that wasn't awesome. But, I feel hypocritical,
> because I
> don't want people to treat me differently... but I like it when
> it's
> different in a good way (like cutting in lines, or a front row
> seat). Does
> that make sense at all? I don't know how to explain it. How do you
> guys
> deal with this?
>
> ~Joy~
>
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