Agreed, Bobby.  I guess it's different when you are a crip as opposed to
being a parent of one.  I'd hate to be thought of as a combination of
complex medical issues rather than plain old "Kyle: Village Idiot."

Something that troubles me deeply is when a parent obtains their own
identity through their child(ren)'s medical problems.  It's kind of like
soccer parents who obtain some sense of self-worth because their kids do
well on the playing field.  I guess because these are inundated with large
amounts of medical data on a daily basis, their vocabulary tends to revolve
around the ubiquitous acronyms of medicalese.  Methinks it's a casualty of
our "information age."

To those parents who might be offended by this--speaking as one who has
passed through the fire of growing up with a disability--your children will
have a hard enough time "fitting in" without the albatross of one acronym or
another slung 'round their necks.

Respectfully,
Kyle

-----Original Message-----
From: greer.bobby [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 3:14 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: acronyms


I had a less benevolent thought when I saw them. I thought, does anyone out
there have children rather than acronyms with names attached

Bobby

Barber, Kenneth L. wrote:

> BEFORE I GOT ON THE LIST I ONLY KNEW THE ACCONYM  CP. THAT IS IT. and i
was
> just a little confused atfirst a seeing the others. i just set there and
> thought "what the h*** is this."
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karen K. Perlow [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 2:25 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: acronyms
>
> Thanks, Karen.  Some of the acronyms in the taglines are pretty befuddling
> to us geezers what simply have C.P.
>
> As I think I mentioned, my parents never told me the fancy name for what
> type
> of CP I have..& I never asked..lol. Maybe we should put together a CP
> mailing
> list glossary ?? I'll have to come up with some acronyms for my
brood..Watch
> out, I have a degree in Communications..This could get interesting..:))
>
> Karen