----- Original Message ----- From: Betty Alfred <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, December 11, 1999 1:16 PM Subject: Re: Disabilities w/family & strangers > In a message dated 12/11/1999 1:31:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, > [log in to unmask] writes: > > << Betty , you don't have Cerebral Palsy? If I may ask what is your > disability > > Certainly you can ask Kathy. I have peripheral neuropathy which affects my > arms and legs. For me it is acting a little like MS, if that helps describe > it better. Betty , may I ask another question. . . What are you doing on a Cerebral Palsy list? > > Betty brought up a good point here about a cousin. In my real life , people > don't want to hear about my disability problems , expect people who will > give me sympathy and I don't want or need that. > >> > I agree. I was thinking the same thing myself when I was writing about my > cousin. People don't understand about that sometimes. I didn't understand > myself before I had a disability. I thought I was totally clued in though. > I wish that some of the people with disabilities that I knew in those days > had talked about this a little bit. I would have wanted to learn more. But > maybe they were and I wasn't listening. I just didn't know the depth of some > of the more serious problems. I didn't know how few of us were in the > workforce, problems with rehab issues, etc.etc. I had a lot to learn and > still do have a lot to learn. > Betty Kathy >