Yvonne,

I totally agree.  Having any type of disability shouldn't prevent a person
from becoming aproductive member of society.  Medical Doctors can not
determine the full extent of a person's brain damage (that is IF they indeed
DO have brain damage) especially if they can't communicate or have problems
communicating.



Kathy











On 8/3/07, Yvonne Singer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Dear Friends,
>
>
>
> Having any kind of disabilities should not prevent anybody from becoming a
> productive member of society.  If medical doctors cannot determine the
> full
> extent of a person's brain damage, how can they assume that the person has
> very low intelligence, especially when she or he has no way of
> communicating?  In addition, how can these doctors predict the person will
> never do anything?  Doctors know that science presents a lot of trial and
> error.  They should say, "Since the person has no way of communicating, we
> cannot determine his or her intelligence at this time.  We recommend the
> person must seek therapy and education."  This way the person has hope of
> a
> better life!
>
>
>
> Even though nobody thought that I would not amount to anything due to
> having
> severe Cerebral Palsy, I am an on-line psychology professor at Middlesex
> County College.  If I had given up fighting up the good fight, I would
> have
> died a long time ago. An article, entitled Her greatest lesson is her
> tenacity (http://home.att.net/~ysinger/slartps.htm), was published in the
> Star Ledger.  I recently wrote an essay called Teaching The "Yes, I Can"
> Attitude
> (
> http://prod.campuscruiser.com/cruiser/middlesexcc/yvonnems2369/canyes.html
> ).
>
>
>
> On February 16, 2007, I submitted a course proposal to teach Psychology of
> Handicapped on-line for Middlesex County College. I quickly taught myself
> how to search for college textbooks and software because I never received
> any assistance. It was disheartening to rediscover that there are not many
> college textbooks on developmental disabilities. To my amazement, there
> are
> many textbooks about other minorities such as African Americans and Gender
> Issues. Why? It is quite simple. As long as people with disabilities do
> not
> have a voice, they must continue fighting the good fight in order to gain
> equal rights and equal opportunities. When I finally found an appropriate
> textbook, I was so thrilled! After the course proposal was approved on
> 4/4/2007, I designed Psychology of the Handicapped on-line classroom in
> WebCT 4.1.1 format. I collected numerous Internet links to support the
> course materials because the textbook did not come with SOFTWARE. I plan
> to
> teach this course as an adjunct during Spring 2008. Originally, I was
> going
> to teach it this Fall 2007.
>
>
>
> Could you please place http://home.att.net/~ysinger/ onto your web pages?
>
>
>
> If you want to talk more, email me at [log in to unmask] .
>
>
>
> Fighting the good fight,
>
> Yvonne Singer
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