But, the important part is keep telling them. Leave a history for others. There are more people listening than you think but, it's an uphill battle. We need to hear from you, about just being the people you are. I had a person I was talking to say how she just wants to shake awake people with autism. I told her she misses the point. I'm human but, I do try to just do the Zen thing. Beth the OT -----Original Message----- From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Magenta Raine Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 4:13 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: The Before time Who wrote this? It's wonderful! > >Mainstream media doesn't tell our stories the way they should be told. I > > these people think they can spend the night on the street and know what it > is like to be homeless, but they don't because they know that tomarrow night > they will be warm and comfortable. they think they can roll around for a > day in a wheelchair or blindfolded and understand what it is like to be > disabled, but they do not, because they know that tomarrow they will be > walking, or seeing. part of disability is knowing that you'll not every play > 3rd base the way your brother does, that you'll never be on a highschool > team, you can't even serve your country in the service. you know that 90 % > of the opposite sex would not even thing about dating you, even those that > are your friends would not ever consider you in a "dating way." > part of being disabled is knowing that tomarrow will be the same, the next > day, the day after that and on and on you are going to be disabled, then you > get old a find that it gets worse. > how can anyone tell our story