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From: Bill.Higgins@p17.f122.n249.z1.fidonet.org (Bill Higgins)
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Subject: Judy Snow
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Date: 4 Oct 90 19:00:29 GMT
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Index Number: 10885

Hi Ed,

 Allow me to quote the letter you mailed on 30-Sep-90

 EA> From: eraEd Arnoldcar.ucar.edu (Ed Arnold) Date: 30 Sep 90 04:17:32 GMT
 EA> Organization: Scientific Computing Division/NCAR, Boulder, CO
 EA>
 EA> Index Number: 10678
 EA>
 EA> writes:
 >>Index Number: 10537
 >>
 >>I am adressing this to you becasue you have been kind enough to be
 >>the ice breaker for me on the SIG. I would like to address the topic
 >>of marriage etc.  One of the biggest griefs in my life is that it is
 >>felt by my community that I must NOT marry given my condition. There
 >>is no one that will even make me an introduction.

 EA> Well, Aaron:
 EA>
 EA> I assume you mean that no ABLEd person will make you an introduction.
 EA> That's their problem.
 EA>
 EA> Let me tell you about a little book (actually, more like a pamphlet) I
 EA> just read.  The book is entitled "Circles of Friends", by Robert and
 EA> Martha Perske, and was published by Abingdon Press (Nashville), 1988.
 EA>
 EA> Story 4 in the book, "Friends Circle to Save a Life," tells the story
 EA> of Judith Snow.  I happened to meet Ms. Snow last year and her
 EA> disability is quite obvious: she doesn't move much of anything below
 EA> her neck, except for one of her thumbs that operates the motor on her
 EA> chair.

  How did you come to meet Ms. Snow. I have heard her talk on several
  occasions here in Kingston Canada as I'm a  member of the Board of Direct
   of the ILRC. I've found her views to be very interesting and informative.

 EA>
 EA> Yet, Ms. Snow was engaged in 1987, and is now married.  This happened
 EA> because she has broad-reaching interests and is involved in virtually
 EA> everything, in spite of her disabilities.  The key is involvement.

  Indeed, involvement is the key to staying active and to keep reminding
  people out there that we do exist and that our needs are just as many as
  abled bodied persons.

 EA>
 EA> Let me tell you a little secret.  I am ABLEd, but I work with a
 EA> committee that includes a woman who is a C5-C6 quad.  I like her a
 EA> lot.  I would like to ask her out, and I think she might take me up on
 EA> it, but ... I'm already married.  So, such things aren't impossible;
 EA> it's just a matter of meeting enough persons who are open enough to
 EA> see through the disability.

  Does this quad have a link to the disabled users echo?? I'd like to strike
  up a thread with her.

TTFN!! (Just being social!!)

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