Karen,

    Good for your hubby. I just wished I could have been there and heard him and
watched the look on that woman's face!

        When I was young and first in Memphis, someone asked me to be on a panel
of professionals talking to Girl Scout Den Mother regarding disability issue.
There were
several physicians on the panel including a  well known pediatric neurologist.
During
the Q & A, this one lady asked the neurologist if it was true that all people
with CP were retarded. The physician, who is a real character, turned to me and
said, "I think I will ask Dr. Greer to answer your question." He had a big grin
on his face. I said, "Yes ma'am all CP's are retarded. I am CP and I am
retarded, but I was lucky that I grew up in Texas, and special education is sooo
good in Texas, that the retarded often obtain their Ph.D.!!!" The lady was
decimated and it took the panel about 5 minutes to quit laughing.I was "famous"
with the panel members from then on.

Bobby

Karen K. Perlow wrote:

> In a message dated 01/15/2001 6:16:06 PM Central Standard Time, [log in to unmask]
> writes:
>
> << Of course we got the cretins who asked if the kids were disabled, or
>  suggested we should have been sterilised before "being allowed" to marry,
>  but
>  these were few.
>   >>
>
>     I know this reply is behind , but I was just reminded of my story on this
> subject.Everyone including our family was worried about whether I'd be able
> to carry the baby ( before AND after birth ).When I wasn't around the wife of
> a guy my hubby knew asked, "Is she going to have the baby the "normal" way ?
> " You can imagine his reply since he doesn't suffer fools lightly ! LOL He
> put her in her place & her husband told her she shouldn't have asked a
> question like that.I think that's when I started to despise the word NORMAL..
>
> Karen