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ken barber <[log in to unmask]>
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that's what we want to change is what most people
think. if most people thought correctly we'd not have
as many problems. 

--- Tamar Raine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> very true. And I agree, however, most people think
> of it as a disease.  
> 
> dont mind me, I'm being contrary.
> 
> miss my dad, I feel like throwing a tantrum and
> screaming "i want my daddy back, damnit!"
> 
> Mag
> 
>  
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> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: kat <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2007 8:00:05 PM
> Subject: Re: Is CP...
> 
> 
> The dictionary can define it any way the
> lexicographers want - it 
> doesn't change the fact that the very word "disease"
> creates all sorts 
> of negative connotations that aren't true.
> 
> Kat
> 
> Tamar Raine wrote:
> > the dictionary defines dis-ease ; a disordered or
> incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or
> system of the body resulting from the effect of
> genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons,
> nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or
> unfavorable environmental factors; illness;
> sickness; ailment
> >  
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> > http://www.zazzle.com/TamarMag*
> > Tamar Mag Raine
> > [log in to unmask]
> > www.cafepress.com/tamarmag
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> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2007 5:49:53 PM
> > Subject: Re: Is CP...
> >
> >
> > thank you Kat! that was exactly what i meant!
> >
> >
> > Cindy Holub
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: kat <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Sent: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 7:56 pm
> > Subject: Re: Is CP...
> >
> >
> >
> > Goodness, I'm being contrary these days!  I beg to
> differ - CP is NOT a 
> > disease, it's a condition.  To me, a "disease"
> implies an infection or a 
> > progressive er ... disease that worsens with time.
>  To imply that CP is 
> > a disease, to me, stigmatizes it and belies the
> fact that it's not 
> > contagious, not is it on infection.  It's simply
> the result of injury to 
> > the brain.   I don't think anyone calls spinal
> cord injury or stroke 
> > diseases.  At least I don't.
> >
> > Kat
> >
> >
> > Tamar Raine wrote:
> >   
> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >> it's not contagious like polio, but it is a
> disease. 
> >>  
> >>
> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >> http://www.zazzle.com/TamarMag*
> >> Tamar Mag Raine
> >> [log in to unmask]
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----
> >> From: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2007 4:07:09 PM
> >> Subject: Re: Is CP...
> >>
> >>
> >> it is a condition not a disease.
> >>
> >>
> >> Cindy Holub
> >> [log in to unmask]
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Meir Weiss <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Sent: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 6:53 pm
> >> Subject: Re: Is CP...
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Both and more
> >>
> >> It is a vague umbrella word
> >>
> >> That catagorises a myriad of choices   of  brain
> damage 
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Cerebral Palsy List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of 
> >>     
> > Kathy
> >   
> >> Pink
> >> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 18:30
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Subject: Is CP...
> >>
> >> A Developmental Disability?
> >>
> >> A Neurology disease?
> >>
> >>   
> >>     
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