Linda,
I think you've become my new favorite "devil's advocate!" I'll have to rent
the movie with Al Pacino (or was it Dustin Hoffman?) with that title. He
played Satan's attorney. ;-{)}
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 6:51 AM, Cleveland, Kyle E. <
[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Ain't that a kick in the head!? - Dean Martin
>
> LOL!!!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
> Of Kathy
> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 7:56 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Genetic Link to CP??
>
> Well, I don't consider myself a "defect," either (or else I'd be sitting
>
> at home doing nothing, like a lump) but unfortunately AB people think we
>
> are. :( Hell, I know plenty of deaf/HOH people who don't want to
> identify themselves as disabled because they don't want to be seen as
> defective - of course that means they don't wear the hearing aids or
> cochlear implant processors that could help them so much.
>
> You really stirred up some hornets with this one! ;)
>
> Kat
>
> Linda Macaulay wrote:
> > James,
> >
> > Read or don't read what I post to the list. Form your own thoughts
> > and opinions and express them as you like. I got the email and
> > thought it would be worthy of some comment....and apparently I was
> > right ;)
> >
> > For the record, I like who I am and certainly don't think I am
> > DEFECTIVE...One of the reasons the article title made me react so
> > vehemently "No Way!" However, I was intrigued and read on and perhaps
>
> > there is a grain of salt to a genetic connection that may make
> > conditions such that CP COULD occur. Certainly doubt it would ever be
>
> > found to be like Down's Syndrome or other genetic diseases.
> >
> > Linda
> >
> > On Jul 30, 2008, at 5:41 PM, James Fee wrote:
> >
> >> [log in to unmask] wrote:
> >>> Hang on, I don't think Linda was calling CP a genetic defect, just
> >>> that CP
> >>> could be caused by genetic mutations.
> >>>
> >>
> >> I don't think she CALLED it anything, just suggested we read an
> >> article about it might be..
> >>
> >> Jim Fee
> >>> Kat
> >>>
> >>> Original Message:
> >>> -----------------
> >>> From: James Fee [log in to unmask]
> >>> Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:17:51 -0400
> >>> To: [log in to unmask]
> >>> Subject: Re: Genetic Link to CP??
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I really wish people would get this straight, and I don't know why
> >>> if urks me SO MUCH that they don't, perhaps its a male virility
> thing.
> >>>
> >>> There is a genetic defect that causes a lower of calcium in the
> >>> bones, children born with this defect break bones wille-nillie...in
> >>> fact some parents have been accused on child abuse because of it.
> >>> But the broken bones ARE NOT a genetic defect the lower calcium is.
> >>>
> >>> ITS THE SAME WITH CP, DAMN IT. CP (simplified to the ridiculous) is
>
> >>> broken nerve fibers. SOMTIMES those broken nerve fibers ARE CAUSED
>
> >>> by a genetic defect in the Mom, BUT CP IS NOT a genetic defect.
> >>>
> >>> Okay, I'll go back to my corner now.
> >>> Jim Fee
> >>>
> >>> Linda Macaulay wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Here's something I found on BabyCenter -- take a look!
> >>>>
> >>>> Australian study seeks genetic roots of cerebral palsy
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> http://www.babycenter.com/204_australian-study-seeks-genetic-roots-of-ce
> rebr
> >>>
> >>> al-palsy_5234805.bc
> >>>> (If clicking doesn't work, simply cut and paste the link into your
> >>>> Web browser.)
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> When I first saw the title, I thought "No way!", but then in
> >>>> reading it, maybe...
> >>>>
> >>>> Heck, my mom and I both have Factor V Leiden which is a genetic
> >>>> mutation to be more prone to blood clots. When we learned I had it
>
> >>>> and then mom too, we realized that was probably why she had so many
>
> >>>> miscarriages and that I came early...placenta bloodclotting...thus
> >>>> why I must take injections of blood thinner when pregnant and be
> >>>> monitored closely...
> >>>>
> >>>> Any thoughts?
> >>>>
> >>>> Linda
> >>>>
> >>>>
>
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Kendall
An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
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persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress
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