Found this on a newsgroup and I added a couple more from my own experiences


 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"

 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

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

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

 5. someone (NOT family or friend) telling you it scares them for you to be
independent.

 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.

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

8. After raising one child by yourself, someone (not family or friend) tells
you that you are incapable of raising a second child

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

 How would you all react to all of this ?


Michael Jeffries

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