Thanks, Kendall, for amplifying what I was trying to say.  I can see  
the need for such sigs on a parents' list, but here, where most of us  
are the CPs, I feel it can be a bit degrading.  I hate having a label  
slapped on me, and I think such sigs aren't really appropriate here.  
I see it rather like being in hospital and hearing a doctor refer to  
you as "the broken leg in Room Four-oh-five." (and yes, that did  
happen to me, and I was most annoyed at the time!).

Now, that is not to say that I'm going to make a rule and enforce it;  
that'd be silly.  I'm just voicing my opinion.

Kat

On 13 Mar 2006, at 14:28, Kendall David Corbett wrote:

> I belong to another list for people with hydrocephalus, and there's a
> mix of people with the condition and parents of kids with hydro, and
> most people include a brief descriptor of why they're on the list in
> their siglines.  I think it's kind of nice, because as new people  
> join,
> it's kind of like a built in introduction to them.  As folks stay  
> on the
> list, they get to know us as individuals, and the sigline  
> descriptor is
> not as necessary.
>
> I see your point though, Kat; it's kind of like people are still  
> meeting
> our (or a child's) disability first.  I just reread my sigline for
> C-Palsy, and it doesn't mention Janet's or my CP at all.
>
> Kendall
>
> An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
>
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 11:59 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: New to list - intensive suit therapy - hand surgery?
>
> What kind of surgery?
>
> And as an aside, what's with the labels all the parents of CPs put in
> their
> sigs?  I know y'all have your sigs on the parents' lists, but  
> frankly I
> find those a wee bit offensive.  Just my tuppence.
>
> Kat
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: lynette smilelaughgiggle [log in to unmask]
> Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:44:03 -0600
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: New to list - intensive suit therapy - hand surgery?
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> My son has upper body spasticity and we are looking at surgery on his
> hands.
>   Has anyone experienced this with their child?  Cody has a baclofen
> pump,
> got us through puberty....still a never ending battle.
>
> Blessings,
> Lynette LaScala, mom to Cody (post near drowning,CP)
>
>
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