In a message dated 12/09/1999 9:17:58 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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<< I would like to turn the focus on this message on adults. . .  I ran in to
 two adults that told me everyday for fifteen years that I could walk and get
 over Cerebral Palsy later in my life.  (They are sisters.) They claimed they
 loved me.
  >>

I call them "snake oil" salesmen Kathy.  I get this all the time.  It's
practically destroyed some old friendships, and relationships with some
relatives.  As soon as they found out I had a neurological impairment, they
decided that they would throw every vitamin regimen and mountain man cure at
me they could think of.  I avoid some of them like the plague now, because
they won't let up.  Every encounter is their open door to "practice
medicine."

I don't know why, but I figured if you had a disability that has always been
a part of you, that people would consider it sacred territory and leave you
alone.  I didn't think they hit on people with CP too.  I guess I have a lot
to learn.

Betty