In a message dated 3/1/02 11:54:47 AM, [log in to unmask] writes:

> I'm sure Mr. Callahan wrote "Pelswick" so that kids
>would see the disabled as being emotionally and intellectually equal (or
>better, in some cases) than their peers.  It just needs a little
>contextualization, that's all.

Sort of like in one episode of Oz, August Hill gets re-hooked on drugs over
the death of his Mom. He winds up in the prison infirmary due to a urinary
infection, since he was so drugged up, he ceased performing the necessary
catheter hygiene. That's how they discovered he was back of drugs. If you
haven't seen the show which is gory, gruesome and inhumane, Hill is the best
adjusted one and narrates the episodes.

Bobby

Bobby