[misc.handicap] Never thought!

cas@mtdcb.att.com (Clifford A Stevens, Jr) (09/04/90)

Index Number: 10052

OK, I've discovered a problem.  It's my voice.  Not what I say,
but how I say it!  I sound like a retard!  And just imagine trying
to keep a job, and trying to find a new one when everyone thinks
your mentally deficient!  It doesn't matter what kind of exhibets
you have, you could have coauthored w Hamming, but noone would 
even *THINK* of reading your exhibets, or calling your references!

In my case it's worse.  Before, I was mentally deficient, but my brain
retrained parts of itself, so my nueropsych has determined I'm back to
normal!   But, due to my voice, I'll never get the chance to prove it! 

I imagine it's a problem also overcome by HI folks, but I don't know
how!  Maybe they never knew what it was like to sound like an uninjured
person, and are so glad to be saying anything!

I can read the comments now!  "At least your talking!  And walking!" and
"You're imagining the situation!", but even though I know it could
be worse, I don't know if that's worse or not. Because maybe if I was
worse off, I wouldn't have even tried coming back!
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Militant Survivor!
	Cliff Stevens	MT1E228  att!cbnewsj!ncas  (908)671-7292