0n (25 Nov 05) Kevin Klement wrote to Cindy Haglund...

 KK> Hi Cindy,

 KK> Monday November 21 2005, Cindy Haglund writes to Kevin Klement:


 >  Hmm...  invite them to Fido? :) here in particular?

 KK> They are, James Bradley.. is one of them. :)

 Ask him over. I remember him in another echo....

 > I like the 'small town' feel to our Fido echos. (The ones I
 > am in anyway.)

 KK> Me too, fidonet is much more friendly, the internet is cold.

Yeah. Speaking of cold. I often learn more, and retain what I learn
by talking about it with someone here who knows than I do 'looking it
up on the Internet'. There's something about the interaction with
someone here- especially someone you've grown to like and respect-
this makes the learning go down easier and 'stick'...


 >  Word gets round and then what? You find out, here anyway,
 > it makes no difference. :)

 KK> Nothing, just the local fidonet users now knew I was in a chair, most

 It's to our own advantage I suspect to let on about that which
doesn't really matter here (in terms of communication)- only
when/where and two whom we deem it necessary. Can't go upsetting the
poor 'abled' folks now can we? :) :)
                                     
 KK> people were alright with it. It did make some uncomfortable. I think
 KK> for them, it's just the unknown..

And THAT let us all remember: the 'uncomfty' is WHOSE problem? :)
THEIRS. You can do just so much to win people over, and after that if
not well ... ptui to the phobics. One thing is for sure, this
experience lets you know who your true friends are; and/or who the
truly abled are. Those ware not bothered at all by differences. Who
readily accommodate you and given that you accept yourself as you are
they do too.
...................

 > I mean sh#t, we are the ones with the
 > challenge- but the way SOME people act- uh you wonder who
 > the challenged person is.

 KK> Ya.. it's like the person is complaining about small petty things,
 KK> it's like your talking to a guy that broke he neck and left him in a
 KK> wheelchair.. gimme a break...

 This is exactly what I mean by what the hardest part of being
disabled is. The attitude of the so called 'abled'.


 KK> Automatic Dysreflexia (Hyperreflexia)
 KK>       OTHER COMPLICATIONS OF SPINAL CORD INJURY: AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA
 KK>       (HYPERREFLEXIA)

Thank you for this info Kevin. I'm hoping stem cell research, in OTHER
countries not hung up as certain Americans are- will succeed in
finding workable answers to this and many other conditions.

PS: Do you recall a certain wife of a certain asshole in chief who
said ignorantly enough wrt stem cell research " It's unfair to those
suffering the condition (she was referring to Alzeimers as though they
would care...they can't)- to pursue this research.

I read recently, I think it is in Japan- researchers are finding other
sources of stem cells than aborted fetuses. The manipulation of
specificity is more difficult but is met with approval even by the
ignorant types who want to think abortion will simply go away somehow
and gee it's better to just dump the fetuses.. *(yes I know about the
potential of exploitation but what's new about that?)

...................................

Cindy


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