Greg.See-Kee@p0.f404.n714.z3.fidonet.org (Greg See-Kee) (03/06/90)
Index Number: 7083
AP> <"she thinks I should just wait at home and do nothing
AP> until she <"calls!
AP> it seems that your rehab counselor is not very
AP> compasionate, is not very able to listen to you as
AP> you, and a whole lot more.
AP> I do wish that agencies for The Disabled would hire
AP> competent people. Is that a fairy's wish?
Yes. At the moment.
Not enough is known about what it is like to be disabled. The
social taboos are so strong, that we have all internalized the
horrors & fears of living this "taboo lifestyle".
As we chat here, we gain a new perspective -- that it is indeed
ok to feel and experience the world, as we really experience it.
I find that transferring my confused, amorphous feelings into
some kind os sentence -- this process of verbalizing is
increasing my ability to convey what it means to be ME, to the
people around me.
Those who use this conference as a way of defining their lives,
are doing an essential first step into preparing the rest of the
planet to recognize, yes, there is a worthwhile life after we are
born disabled, or after we become disabled.
[End of Sermon - when I grow up, I'm going to be a
preacher!]
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Internet: Greg.See-Kee@p0.f404.n714.z3.fidonet.orgPeggy.Mackenzie@f260.n271.z1.fidonet.org (Peggy Mackenzie) (03/22/90)
Index Number: 7244
Hi! I am new to this echo, but I just had to drop a line and say how
great it is to see someone else who doesn't believe that just because
one is handicapped that they should rush right out to try and be
healed. I have always thought that if it will serve God's purpose
somewhere down the line, I will be otherwise I am doing what I was
intended to do...help others understand what it is like to be me.
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