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Date: | Sun, 9 Oct 2005 12:23:49 EDT |
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In a message dated 10/9/2005 12:03:27 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
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Also, I agree with Mag in that I think you're labelling yourself in a
negative way. I have CP and am in a wheelchair because I wore out
my hip joints but I don't consider myself disabled and never have.
It's all how in you see yourself and the world, I suppose. If
someone tells me I'm disabled, I just stop and stare and them -
unnerves 'em every time! ;)
Hi,
I'm quite a lurker here - this may be my first post ever (at least in quite
a while).
I am so glad to read what you wrote above. I grew up not believing I was
disabled - or even that people with more involved conditions were - we all have
our own set of abilities.
Then I moved to a certain state I won't name and began working in the
disability community.
I've had an enormous amount of trouble from people I work with for "not
acting like a person with a disability" and "not taking my disability seriously."
Sometimes, I think these people (not with disabilities themselves, but with
family members with disabilities) get a charge out of being the Helpers. I
have CP, but didn't need their help and it confused them. Just a
theory...........
Also, I do wonder why some people with disabilities indentify with the
disability label and some don't. To each his own - I just wonder what makes the
difference.
I had begun to think, in the back of my mind, that there is something wrong
with my thinking. In reality, I know there are others who share my view - it's
just nice to read it so clearly.
Have a great Sunday.
Susie
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