oh, i have not worn a long sleve shirt since i was in school. my mom would
buy long sleve shirts only if there were no short sleves then she'd cut the
sleves off and hem them.

i sometimes just get up spastic and sometimes not. i get worse as the day
wears on and i get tired. if i get up spastic then i know i am in for a bad
day.

-----Original Message-----
From: Cleveland, Kyle E. [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 1:41 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Bobby


I do the same a lot of the time, Ken.  For the life of me I can't button my
right shirt sleeve, so I try to button it beforehand and then wriggle my
hand through.  Works ok until I get a sleeve that's too tight.  In that case
I ask Laura to help.  If she's not available I'll wait 'til I get to work
and ask a friend.  I used to be embarassed, but I figured embarassment was
pointless.  If you ask the same people for help then they already understand
the deal and don't make a whoop over it.

Dressing the boy wouldn't be a problem if I could do it about an hour later,
it's just that I'm so spastic for that first hour or so.  Anybody else have
problems being really tight in the morning, but loosening up as the day
wears?

-----Original Message-----
From: Barber, Kenneth L. [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 1:23 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Bobby


if it is buttons, i'll tell you what i did for myself. i switched to polos
mostly and when i do wear a button up, i button up enough the night befor
that i put it on like a polo and with that much done at least the holes are
lined up and 2 or 3 are all the buttons remaining.

-----Original Message-----
From: Magenta Raine [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 11:49 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Bobby


Kyle, would adaptations on the kid's clothes help?  Are buttons hard? Maybe
check out through the looking glass. www.lookingglass.org they have a ton of
info for parents who have disabilities.