See http://www.tell-us-your-story.com for these 12 new stories since 2/4/00: --- Shelley Miller, The Adventure of Gaming - As a twenty-something with scoliosis and clinical depression, Shelley says she’s missing out on a lot of things because of the social isolation that always seems to accompany her disabilities. See http://www.tell-us-your-story.com/_disc200b/00000006.htm --- John Calande, Being In But Feeling Out - Jack credits his therapists’ lack of professionalism and his lack of discernment for the breakup of his family when he became disabled. See http://www.tell-us-your-story.com/_disc200b/00000002.htm --- Jean M. Flynn, I’ve Refused to Be Invisible - Being socially isolated is unfair and silly, Jean writes, and she refuses to live like that. See http://www.tell-us-your-story.com/_disc200b/00000003.htm --- Catherine S. Perel, Major Area of Study: Philosophy - For Cathy, the philosophy lounge on campus was inaccessible. She was always told it was place where nothing ever happens. She now knows differently. See http://www.tell-us-your-story.com/_disc200b/00000004.htm --- Grace, Mental Health - Grace says she lives as a worker on the edge, medicated to a greater extent due to her hidden disability than many of her clients who may have more recognizable disabilities. See http://www.tell-us-your-story.com/_disc200b/00000005.htm --- Maggie Orbach, Re: Time to Open The Bottle! Maggie says, like ever other human being, she wants to live until she dies. See http://www.tell-us-your-story.com/_disc58b/00000037.htm --- David R., Looking for People with Head/Brain Injury - Hit by a car while working as a surveyor, David, 34 years old, needs help to form a support group for head/brain injury survivors in Massachusetts. See http://www.tell-us-your-story.com/_disc79c/00000013.htm --- John Calande, The Gap between First Impressions, Reality - John, who only has one hand, tells about the afternoon tea he pulled off for friends, neighbors. See http://www.build-site-traffic.com/_disc6/00000010.htm --- William S. Birdwell, Chronic Pain - William writes that doctors have been afraid to prescribe the proper drugs his wife needs for chronic pain. See http://www.tell-us-your-story.com/_disc98r/00000026.htm --- John Calande, Reply: This is so much crap! - In replying to Jessica’s essay, John describes his approach to living with a disability: It’s a way of life. See http://www.tell-us-your-story.com/_disc58r/0000001b.htm --- Eddie Hunt, Re: This is so much crap! As a quad for 16 years, Eddie says he’s changed and learned some goodness due to his disability, but he would be the first in line for a cure. See http://www.tell-us-your-story.com/_disc58r/0000001c.htm --- Terry Taylor, Re: This is so much crap! - Terry offers this possibility: For those born with a disability, a cure is not necessarily the answer. See http://www.tell-us-your-story.com/_disc58r/0000001d.htm Jim Hasse Developer, Facilitator, Marketer http://www.tell-us-your-story.com Finding What We Have in Common One Story at A Time