Here here!!!-Gary


On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Anthony Arnold wrote:

> I don't know about anyone else here, but I feel allowing somebody like Kathy
> Jo to go outside wheeling alone is a wonderful first step towards greater
> developments in independence.  As a child, my parents allowed me to wheel
> the streets in our housing development and than to places like the mall and
> so on.  Once I even got caught in a rain storm, and luck had it I was by
> Hardee's, and had them help me with the pay phone to call home, my parents
> were worried but surprised when my call came.  After experiencing my life
> and rehabilitation sometimes not being given to me by a doctor or therapist,
> I highly recommend trying to live life by taking yourself to Hardee's, the
> mall or wherever.  I'm sure that Beth the OT is going to agree with me,
> therapists like her can lay out the ground work, but if the individual
> doesn't take that anywhere, that isn't going to be very effective.  I can
> have the top of the line therapists but what good are they, if I don't use
> whatever they teach me outside of my therapy sessions.
>
> Thanks,
> Anthony
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Kathy Pink
>   To: [log in to unmask]
>   Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 9:33 AM
>   Subject: Re: More Woes
>
>
>   Mag
>
>   Yes , I could do that , I think.  Kathy Jo
>
>
>
>
>
>   --- Magenta Raine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>   > Kathy Jo,
>   > tell me if you're able to leave your house by
>   > yourself, to just go for a
>   > walk?  I'm trying to get a sense of what you
>   > really can do, or cannot do.
>   >
>   > Hugs,
>   > Mag
>
>
>   =====
>   My Ya-Hoo ID:  kathyjopinkus
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