AMEN!  I wholeheartedly agree.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Michael H. Collis <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: 3 Things


> Hi,
> I just had to chime in here with my two cents worth.  I see C.P. and
> other disabilities as a social issue, not a medical issue. Why?  It is
> very clear to me that for some of us, our greatest wish would be to have
> the ability to walk and talk normally, to be able to drive a car, to do
> things one's able-bodied friends take for granted.  It is aggravating to
> be different, as our African American friends know.  You want to be the
> same way because society says that in order to be successful, one must
> be a certain way, otherwise, society will hold you back...  To be a
> winner in today's world, one must beat the odds in some way.  Even the
> pwd's have bought into the Fallacy... That's why we hold up the
> wheechair athletes as heroes, and forget about the average person with
> disabilities, who make less then the poverty level.   If society would
> change and be more inclusive of pwd's before we ask them to, there would
> be less envy of able bodied people, and more of a sense that diversity
> across the board is good!
>
> Just my $.02!!!
>
>
> Cindy C Curtis wrote:
> >
> > Exactly Mag, I see my CP as a gift.
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> > On Sun, 9 Jul 2000 18:07:25 -0500 Perk <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> > > Mag,
> > >
> > > I don't think I can ever get to that point.  Kathy
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Magenta Raine <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2000 12:12 AM
> > > Subject: Re: 3 Things
> > >
> > >
> > > > Kathy,
> > > > I think a person who has accepted CP knows when they no longer
> > > hate the
> > > CP,
> > > > when they have greater acceptance of themselves, when they can see
> > > the CP
> > > is
> > > > a gift.
> > > >
> > > > mag
> > > >
>