Martha.Johnson@f778.n115.z1.fidonet.org (Martha Johnson) (11/14/90)
Index Number: 11670
I don't know how bad your head injury is, but if you think you can live
alone could you find a friend to help you move out from your parents'
thumb and then you and your girl friend could go on with your lives.
Although I have been blind all of my life I lived with my moather till my
late twenties. I did have some one who helped me move out and I didn't
tell my Mom until the very last moment. Of course my mom hated the
personwho helped me and she also gave me the sob story that she laid on
the bathroom floor for two hours, I think she said that she thought she
had heart attack. She has since passed away in 86, and I am all the
better for living alone. I thought I would feel scared by myself, but it
seemed that I was always had lived alone. I wouldn't have it anyway.
Good luck in what ever venture you might take.
Martie
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Internet: Martha.Johnson@f778.n115.z1.fidonet.orgcas@mtdcb.att.com (Cliff Stevens) (11/16/90)
Index Number: 11714 Unfortunately it is *VERY* common for us survivors to be treated as children! The problem is that too many of us are so cognitively affected we really do have to be taken care of. But just remember the slogan of the National Survivors Council, "We want to be supported, not taken care of!". ------------ Militant Handicapped Survivor! Cliff Stevens MT1E228 att!cbnewsj!ncas (908)671-7292