>  I need to know how the following would impact you
>
>   1. someone who tries to do everything for you, to the point others
comment
>  Would you stand up for yourself, or let it go in the name of not looking
> "sensitive"

        I'd protest and say thanks but no thanks!  Why would I care about
looking sensitive?
>
>  2. someone you met for 30 seconds tells you they need someone else to be
> around to interpret for them rather than simply asking you to be patient
or
> even finding out if they can understand your speech

        As a hard of hearing person, I'd understand; this would not bug me

>
>   3. someone telling you they like being around you because they remind
you
> of their old friend with cp
>

        Why?  Not everyone's the same.

>  4.  someone telling you how their old friend with cp used to not like to
> walk so its amazing that you do

        Ditto
>  5. someone (NOT family or friend) telling you it scares them for you to
be
> independent.
>
        So what?  None of their business.  But no one has ever said that to
me, at least to my face.


>  6.  You move in a new place and someone (not family or friend) tells you
> that you are taking too long to unpack because you are disabled and by
> yourself.

            Not an issue

> 7.  A doctor (not your own) tells you that you should be sterilized.

            Never happened and never would have
>
> 8. After raising one child by yourself, someone (not family or friend)
tells
> you that you are incapable of raising a second child
>
            Not an issue, but none of their business

> 9. Finding someone to love and want to live with and some agency tells you
> that the two of you can't live together because of your disabilities
>
         Do they actually do this?  Boggles my mind

>  How would you all react to all of this ?
>

        Like I said, this boggles my mind. Do people actually do all this?
Guess I've been hanging with the right sort of people.

Kat