Joy- I agree- I didn't even read it to Sarah..Why would I want her to feel
there is anything bad about using a chair? She sits in hers proud--and we are
so happy she has learned to use a manual chair so well! She is 13 now & in
Kdg. she couldn't even push 6 inches..now can go all over the house &
school.        Joy





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> > I understand that this was supposed to be inspirational.  And I have a
> > lot of respect for Jennifer's accomplishments... but this quote just
> > bothered me:
> >
> > "Once, she was so far down, she was in a wheelchair," Carter said.
> > Carter prodded her daughter to fight the disease. "I said, 'If you sit
> > in that, you're never going to get back up.'
> >
> > Why does everyone consider being in a wheelchair to be the worst case
> > scenario?  Why should she have to struggle and be out of breath every
> > day at school?  There are so many ways to make life easier and more
> > enjoyable... It frustrates me that the media continues to portray life
> > in a wheelchair as a death sentence or worse.
> >