I know people who had positive experiences with them, and I must say they've
cleaned up their act.
It's just that I grew up when they were not portraying CP kids in very
positive ways.  As I said earlier, though, UCP wasn't the only one - Easter
Seals and MDA were just as bad.

To be scrupulously fair, I went to a nursery school for CP kids sponsored by
UCP, although my main memory of that is being bitten by another CP kid who
got mad at me because I beat her in Candy Land.  Also, for a few summers
during elementary school, I went to Easter Seals summer camps for disabled
kids and had a ball.  Easter Seals also gave my family tickets to a Beatles
concert at the Hollywood Bowl (yes, we went, even though my parents were
rather dubious of the honour!).  It's an experience I've never forgotten.

Kat

----- Original Message -----
From: "BG Greer, PhD" <[log in to unmask]>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 8:16 PM
Subject: UCP


> UCP (National) paid for three years of my doctoral studies, which would be
my
> entire
> doctorate, so it would be hypocritical of me to criticize them. The amount
of
> my stipend would be the equivalent of $2,000/month today. The Huesermann
and
> the Firestones were big on the national UCP board. A few years, ago
Michael
> Huesserman produced the movie, "Larry Flynt". When he found out who I was,
I
> had the run of the movie set. So I can't bad mouth UCP, although I have
> severed all connections to the local affiliate.