Guys & Kat, 







I must have missed Mr. Conrad's original post that everyone seems to be
talking about lately.







Kat, Sorry to hear that you are suffering with a cold.







Kathy Jo





















 

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From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List

Date: Saturday, May 31, 2003 03:05:48 AM

To: [log in to unmask]

Subject: Re: A call for more compassion &understanding

 

Guys,

 

Please let's get one thing straight - Mr. Conrad didn't say his child was

'suffering' from CP; that was a term used by someone else who wanted CP kids

and teenagers to participate in something, I don't remember what. Frankly,

I got stuck on the term he used, 'suffering,' and didn't read any further.

Mr. Conrad simply reacted strongly to the person's use of the word.

 

I think what's happening here is that we've got so many messages that it's a

bit difficult to remember who said what when. That is why, I plead, no BEG,

you all to quote the parts you're referring to, even from the original

message.

 

Thanks.

 

Kat (who's suffering from a cold)

 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Gary Peterson" <[log in to unmask]>

Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy

To: <[log in to unmask]>

Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 2:41 AM

Subject: A call for more compassion &understanding

 

 

> As Bobby said, the majority of us are CP adults over the age of 18.

> There's another list for parents of CP kids, but I can't remember

> what it is. You might want to look for that one and post your

> request to that one, instead.

>

>

> Kat

>

>

> Hi Kat &all,

>

> While I think it's great that we offer Mr. Conway &daughter as many

> resources as possible, at the same time, I would ask all of us here

> to please be a bit more compassionate of he and his daughter's

> situation.

>

> While I make it a part of my life's work to let those around me

> know that I do not "suffer" with my CP, (Please forgive me Mr

> Conway if I've miss spoke here) but it sounds as if you &your

> daughter are suffering a great deal right now. Speaking for

> myself, I think the last thing on earth we on this list want to do,

> is argue judge or other wise question a parent's definition of how

> he and or his child might be feeling!! Lets please put our own

> discomfort, politicks, semantics, and other crap aside for the

> moment &do as much as we can to reach out to this Gentleman and his

> family in their time of need!!

>

> Bobby, if Mr. Conway has chosen to sign off the list, would you

> please forward this to him?

>

>

> Thanks-Gary