I sometimes ask myself what we would know of Stephen Hawking if he had been
as severely disabled as he is from infancy.

In a message dated 05/22/2000 8:33:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
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<< my wife works for the county school for the profoundly retarded (both
 handicapped and retarded.)(can't be mainstreamed)  the people thare are
 constantly in a fight just to keep their facility. they want to send these
 kids to a ranshacle area (i know the area) so they can use this facilty for
 a elementry school for an affluent neighborhood. thses kids are not
 inportant to most of the people or the county bureaucrats. no one cares if
 they have quality facilities.
  >>