Why not Brent? I would choose to remain disabled.   It's part of the
diversity of life. Ablism demands we all sound the same, act the same,
and get around the same    I had my eyes opened by reading advocacy books..

Brent Edwards wrote:

>Karin DiNardi wrote:
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>>We don't want a cure, be proud of who you are!
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>I may be misunderstanding you. Actually I hope I am. Of course CP is not a
>"disease" so there will never be a "cure", but you mean that if somehow you
>_could_ become AB, you would choose to remain disabled??
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>I accepted who I am and what my limitations are long ago, but to say "we
>don't want a cure" has got to be one of the silliest statements I've ever
>seen made here.
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>Brent Edwards
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