Hi KJ,

  So are you going to be living there, or just going there for classes?

Gary


On Sun, 10 Oct 2004, Kathy Pink wrote:

> First of all, I would like to apologize for the last e-mail I sent regarding
> this topic.  At that time, I just got a hard directory at work to work on.
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> No, Mag, I'm not going to Cornerstone .  But, However, I am going to a local
> nursing home.  They have a DD (Developmental Disability) Unit.  I was there
> visitvisiting and interviewing (getting ready to beadmitted) Thursday.  They
> said they need help teach me about money.
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> Date:         Sun, 12 Sep 2004 11:22:28 -0700
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> From:         Tamar Raine <[log in to unmask]>
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> Kathy Jo,
> what did the specialist say?  What was the outcome of the meeting?  will
> you be going to cornerstone in October?
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> Tamar Mag Raine
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> Oakland Mayor's Commission on People with disabilities
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>> [Original Message]
>> From: Kathy Pink <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Date: 9/12/2004 11:06:09 AM
>> Subject: Re: Your summer
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>> It isn't only my parents that say I can't live alone.  I have a history of
>> hurting myself and others.  My county social worker says I need 24-Hour
>> Care.  I met with The Independent Living Specialist , my social worker,
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>> my parents Thursday.  My parents and my social worker were mad with me
>> because I contacted the Center Of Independent Living.  No two CP Cases are
>> alike.  I can't afford 24-Hour Care.
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>> My parents are going to Branson in October and they said I can't stay here
>> because it is their house.  People that worked here have stolen, some
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>> Kathy Jo
>> Kathy Jo Pink
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Kathy
>> Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 8:14 PM
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>> Subject: Re: Your summer
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>> He's wrong.  There's assistive technology to help you with such things,
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>> not that, aides can help you.  What will you do when your parents die?
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>> need to start planning ahead and getting ready to be on your own.
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>> Kat
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>> On Monday 06 September 2004 8:34 pm, Kathy Pink wrote:
>>> My dad said in order to live independently you have to be able to talk,
>>> walk, or feed yourself and I can't do any.
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>>> Kathy Jo Pink
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>>> From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Tamar Raine
>>> Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 9:51 PM
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>>> Subject: Re: Your summer
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>>> I can get in and out of my wheelchair, and I can feed myself, though I
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>>> somebody to cut my food.  and I talk ok, not great, but i can
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>>> But regardless, each of us is different, and please don't compare
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>>> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
>>> persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
>>> Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
>>> -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
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>>> IM: tamarmag48
>>> Oakland Mayor's Commission on People with disabilities
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>>>> [Original Message]
>>>> From: Kathy Pink <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Date: 9/5/2004 12:29:23 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: Your summer
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>>>> Mag,
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>>>> Can you walk, talk, or feed yourself ? Kathy Jo
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>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
>>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Tamar Raine
>>>> Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 5:15 PM
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>>>> Subject: Re: Your summer
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>>>> Kathy Jo,
>>>> You know I have an average of 5 hours of assistance a day. Others need
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>>>> assistance and yet they have their own apartments. So, you can do it,
>>>> even if they say 24 hour care is too expensive, it is your right to
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>>>> where you want to live. The law is called Olmstead, and I know that
>>>> States are having trouble helping everybody that needs it, but I urge
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>>>> not to give up. it may take a year. but don't give up.  in the
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>>>> there are things you can do, like have somebody teach you about money.
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>>>> Mag
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