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In a message dated 11/29/2000 12:07:37 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask]
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> my sister workes in the public schools and in her opinion the generation of
> kids in middle school now will be the generation that starts putting the
> "elderly and infirmed" to "sleep."
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Yes, the elderly and infirmed will be "put out of their misery," and their
"suffering will end." Who's misery? Who's suffering?
> when i take my dirt nap, i do not want it to be because someone thinks i am
> a inconvienance.
I feel normal. I don't feel infirmed, I am just disabled and this feels
normal to me now. Someone has already suggested that I go into an assisted
living facility, where I don't have to worry about living alone, taking care
of myself, and making meals. I don't worry about living alone. I don't
worry about those things. I worry that people can't see that accessible
accommodations in my home are the answer, not going to an assisted living
facility. I feel bad that some have left me behind. That's what bothers me
sometimes. The suggestion was meant with the best intentions, I am sure, but
isn't that just a way to hide me away and forget about me? Isn't that like
dumping me?
What's going to happen when I get older and maybe have a stroke or something?
Are my human rights going to be taken away? Am I going to be allowed to
live?
Sometimes I feel a thousand miles away from my nondisabled peers. We just
don't think about the same things.
Betty
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