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From: Greg.See-Kee@p0.f404.n714.z3.fidonet.org (Greg See-Kee)
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Subject: Counsellors!
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Date: 5 Mar 90 22:21:38 GMT
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 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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