Yes!! Go Rayna!

Pam (quad athetoid/spastic cp, m.a. in counseling, college
counselor/admissions officer)


> Hey Beth,
>
> A thought just occurred to me (and that's my allotment for this month
> ;-), along with the pics of the kids, seeing as they ask you `why do
> kids need a job', maybe tell them that that is part of what any good
> childhood therapy does, provides kids with a basis for becoming
> productive contributing memembers of society later on.  Although you
> are concerned with dealing with their needs now as kids, your work is
> vital for laying the foundations for being happy employable adults who
> are able to give back to society.  Perhaps use the members of this
> list (names omitted or fictionalised of course) as an example, there
> is such a variety of things everyone does, tell them about the many
> different qualifications we've all got, give them examples of the
> skills and abilities on this list alone.  Show them what your kids can
> become with the right help and enough resources.  Show these people
> the future - not the future AB's usually think `cripples' have, but
> the real future and potential that all of us embody.  Maybe if you
> could find some pictures of adults with disabilities working,
> socialising, having families - cause we ALL know that's what is
> missing from those poisonious telethons - a real vision of our future.
> Show them reality, and the long term effects of the good work that you
> do, Beth, maybe that will help - at the very least it
> might get them thinking and changing attitudes.  Just a thought. :-)
>
> Rayna
>