I have an elderly friend who has severely spastic CP; he used to walk home from his job at an university library to his apartment, just off the main campus.  When he would cross at the light, he would take his time, and pay no attention to impatient drivers.  He said he was just trying to do the best he could and they'd just have to wait. Amazingly, no one ever hit him.  But that was more than 10 years ago, and I don't know if they'd be so patient now.  I honestly think people are much more rude than they used to be.


        Kathy


"St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Yeah, I know.  I remember a few years ago a woman who was blind somehow fell
into the Metro tracks.  I think she was killed but I can't remember.  This
was a long time ago now, but I remember how we we (at the firehouse) were all
talking about how we were convinced that she was pushed.

A young couple in 7-11 thought I was something funny to laugh at the other
night.  It feels so good to be the brunt of sick humor, you know.

What are ya gonna do?  I gave them a long look as they left the store.
They'll think about the event again, when they're not together and without
the influence of "group stupid."

Or...maybe they went to bed together that night, and he suffered a remorseful
thought about me just before that critical moment.

Is it my fault if all the cherios fell off?  I'd like to think so.


In a message dated 11/20/2001 1:59:22 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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> Betty,
>
>  It's not you, believe me.  I read, in the NY Times about a year or so ago,
> that attacks on disabled persons were on the rise, and no one knew why.  It
> was speculated that there  might be an increase in intolorance, or perhaps
> rudeness, or simply that people are becoming more impatient.  I remember
the
> author telling how, on the Washington, DC Metro platform, a blind woman was
> attacked simply because she was in the way of a sighted man who wanted to
> catch a train.  Ugh.
>
>         Kathy S.