Hi, Dan,

I'm Kat, from NC, a paraplegic spastic CP, 50, and a database
programmer. Grew up in So. Calif, and speak Spanish as well as a wee bit
of French and a few words of German and Yiddish. I' m curious as to why
you didn't want to take a foreign language requirement. Do you have
speech problems? I do too, but not due to spasticity but rather to the
fact that I've been hard of hearing since I was five years old.

Kat

Dan Fischer wrote:

>I just joined the list!  My name is Dan Fischer and have C.P.  I'm currently
>a student (senior) at the University of Minnesota obtaining a double major --
>Communication & Journalism.  I just had a lawyer fight with disability
>services so that my petition so I could be exempted from a foreign language
>could go to the appropriate committee.  My petition did go through and was
>approve but need 4 additional non-english cultural classes (i.e. history of
>spanish, etc).  By this May, my majors will be complete.  I have decided to
>take 2 cultural classes in the fall and 2 in the spring due to several issues
>and perhaps I can find an internship since I won't be taking 3 - 5 classes.
>I've been thinking about going for my masters and this summer and fall will
>allow myself to save money. I have been working for Target Corporation since
>August 1995 and have had other jobs as well (2 writing center positions and
>before 95' summer jobs through vocational outreach program for 9 - 12th
>graders who were handicapped).  I use a manual wheelchair and forearm
>crutches.  I also get Botox injections every few months.  I'm also power of
>attorney for my mother who has tougue cancer since last April.  It came back
>20 years later as she had radiation and minor surgery when she was 22---now
>she's 45.  She's currently in 6 weeks of radiation.
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