Brent, my point EXACTLY... You don't want the harrassment or fight with
the the FAA, right?  You want to be treated as a  pilot instead of a
pilot who happens to have C.P.

Did the college tell you you couldn't major in music?  If not, why
didn't you? At least you'd have the satisfaction of knowing you tried
it  I'm sure the professors would've worked with you. Mine sure did.  I
worked  a  January terrm on "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"  in college
theatre.  I bet if I'd wanted to major in Music they'd have found a way
for me there, too.. A lot of ab's wish  they could play music but they
can't. The TV series  M*A*S*H had an episode on this situation..  The
disability rights movement is just that.  The movement wants to stop the
harrassment and humiliation of people like Jennifer and you so that you
don't go through the harassment of fighting with the FAA, and Jennifer
can be mom to Ava and the other  without going through the humiliation
she went through.;..  Remember, it was only when the African American
identified himself as being African American that the civil rights
movemrent was born.  I know there were some African Americans who
thought the civil rights movement was insane, too  :-) .

This will be my last post on this topic as well... :-D   I know when to
shut up... :-P

Mike...

Brent Edwards wrote:

>Having cp means I have to fight with the FAA every time my medical
>certificate is up for renewal.
>
>Having cp meant that I couldn't major in music in college. Having cp means
>that I can't play the piano in real time. It means that I can't play
>stringed or woodwind instruments at all. It means that I have to work five
>times harder to play the brass instruments I do play than any AB.
>
>Having cp means I will age faster physically and probably not live as long
>as a comparable AB.
>
>Yes, I have extremely mild cp. And I would become AB in a heartbeat if such
>a thing were possible.
>
>I am sorry. I flatly cannot comprehend the people in the disability rights
>movement who are so wrapped up in identifying as disabled they wouldn't want
>to be AB. And, not to be impolite, but please don't waste any time or
>bandwidth trying to convince or convert me, because frankly I think that
>viewpoint is more than a little insane.
>
>Respectfully,
>
>Brent Edwards
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