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Karin DiNardi <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
No all of us WOULD NOT take a cure, we ARE ABLE TO LIVE NORMAL LIVES NOW!


>From: ken barber
>Reply-To: "St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List"
>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Cure??
>Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 19:09:44 -0700
>
>well, yes, all of us would take a cure if it were
>avaible, but, cp is a injury not a virus, bacteria, or
>even an infection.
> there is not even a blip on the screen in the way of
>a cure. if they can get the brain to regenerate itself
>from the injury, then with theropy. of course it would
>help stroke victims, accident victims, etc. just as
>much as cp. right now a cure for this is science
>fiction. next best thing though is to accept it and do
>the best you can. once you do the best you can, then
>you can be proud of yourself. that is not science
>fiction.
>
>--- kat wrote:
> > You know, I had the same reaction he did when I saw
> > your one-lineer.
> >
> > Yes, it's good to accept yourself as disabled.
> >
> > However, I see myself as a person and a woman first,
> > not disabled first. Yeah
> > it's a part of who I am but it's not what I am. I
> > refuse to let it define
> > me. and I refuse to let others define me as such.
> >
> > Kat
> >
> > On Wednesday 22 October 2003 09:53 pm, you wrote:
> > > Why not Brent? I would choose to remain disabled.
> > It's part of the
> > > diversity of life. Ablism demands we all sound the
> > same, act the same,
> > > and get around the same I had my eyes opened by
> > reading advocacy books..
> > >
> > > Brent Edwards wrote:
> > > >Karin DiNardi wrote:
> > > >>We don't want a cure, be proud of who you are!
> > > >
> > > >Ummm...
> > > >
> > > >I may be misunderstanding you. Actually I hope I
> > am. Of course CP is not a
> > > >"disease" so there will never be a "cure", but
> > you mean that if somehow
> > > > you _could_ become AB, you would choose to
> > remain disabled??
> > > >
> > > >I accepted who I am and what my limitations are
> > long ago, but to say "we
> > > >don't want a cure" has got to be one of the
> > silliest statements I've ever
> > > >seen made here.
> > > >
> > > >Brent Edwards
>
>
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