Mag,

No coffee yet. How close are you to a BART station? Or how often are you in
Berkeley?

I'd like to hear more about the presentations you're doing.

Pam



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> Pam, did we ever get that proverbial cup of coffee? I know we ran into
each
> other at Alta bates, but did we ever meet elsewhere?
>
>
> People don't realize that the more help we get, the more we can be
> independent, at least that is how it is for me and my supported living
lifestyle.
>
> I gave another workshop today on the philosophy of supported living. The
guy
> who ran it today, brought the book and videotape of "Christmas in
Purgatory"
> it is his photo essay expose' of the institutions in 1953-1969. and ever
since
> then there has been, thankfully, a gradual movement away from
institutions. It
> was all I could do not to cry when we saw the videotape of photos of
people
> shitting on the floors...... tied up in beds and chairs...
>
> Mag
>
>