PLEASE SPEAK FOR YOURSELF! 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 >Reply-To: "St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List" > >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 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 > > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search >http://shopping.yahoo.com _________________________________________________________________ Surf and talk on the phone at the same time with broadband Internet access. Get high-speed for as low as $29.95/month (depending on the local service providers in your area). https://broadband.msn.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears