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