sometimes we are thrown in the bucket or maybe i should say thrown in the can.
--- On Sun, 7/20/08, Kathy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Kathy <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Hi...I'm Annie
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Sunday, July 20, 2008, 6:52 PM
> Frustrating thing is, Mag, that every time I get an email
> from UCP that
> talks about freedoms, it seems to target only those of us
> with
> caregivers. Well, I'd venture to say a majority of us
> are living just
> fine without caregivers and would like to see more research
> on those of
> use who don't need them (at least not yet). I
> sometimes think that
> because we don't need help that people are accustomed
> to, we fall into a
> bucket that gets dropped out of sight.
>
> On a completely unrelated tack, I saw "Mamma
> Mia!" just now and loved
> it! It's so much fun and I was bopping to the beat in
> my chair!
>
> Kat
>
> Tamar Raine wrote:
> > I think we should all write to UCP, asking for a
> nation-wide study of older people with cp. it's very
> frustrating.
> >
> >
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> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Michael H. Collis <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 1:00:49 PM
> > Subject: Re: Hi...I'm Annie
> >
> > Hi Annie,
> >
> > Unfortunately, no, there is not much out there for
> adults w/ C.P. The Baby Boom generation were the first
> C.P.er's to become integrated (to a point) in society.
> Before that, people would hide those of us with C.P. or put
> us in an institution. I think Ken, Kat, Mag, and Kyle
> would agree. The reason why we were somewhat more
> integrated in sociaty was because of the Nazi's T4
> program, in which the lives of those deemed less than
> perfect (MR, CP, Autism), were murdered, and our parents
> wanted better for us.
> >
> >
> > ---- Original message ----
> >
> >> Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:57:24 -0700
> >> From: Annette Koonce
> <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Subject: Hi...I'm Annie
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >>
> >> Hi.....my name is Annie. I'm 62 year old
> woman in Arkansas who was born in Cape Town South Africa.
> My parents brought me to the States when I was three for
> treatment of my CP. I am a psychotherapist who was forced
> to retire in 1996 because I totally lost the use of my
> legs. I am now completely dependent on my daughter. (The
> state pays her to care for me). I am hoping to hear from
> other adults because so little is known about those of us
> who have CP in later life.
> >>
> >> I read the 1993 article from the state of New York
> which was cited in a previous email. I must say I wasn't
> impressed by it.... surely there is some other information
> somewhere which is more current! Can anyone out there help?
> >>
> >> Thanks so much. I can't wait to get to know
> y'all on the list.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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