I'd like a cure.
--- 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 <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: "St. John's University Cerebral Palsy
> List"
> ><[log in to unmask]>
> >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 <[log in to unmask]> 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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