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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 06:52 PM Original message |
OK. Some people here need some Disability 101. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. Some times, disabilities are not obvious or visible.... |
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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. True. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 07:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Very true |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 03:53 AM Response to Reply #4 |
37. I have MS |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 07:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. I was just going to add that |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Oh, do I totally know what you mean! |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
45. AMEN! And people with non-visible disabilities are NOT *FAKING IT* |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. Great list |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. Don't assume a person with a disability "can't". Assume they can, |
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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Nice! |
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mrcheerful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
7. A persons physical disability doesn't mean they also have a mental |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
9. On behalf of my brother, thank you. |
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ChazII (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
10. Happy to be K&R #5. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
11. Recognizing our challenges, or offering us assistance |
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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Very well said. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:23 AM Response to Reply #11 |
31. In my experience, one of the better ways of helping people with disabilities |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
12. You're very young, aren't you? |
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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 07:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Aww... thank you. |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
13. Excellent post. Thank you for posting it. |
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halobeam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
16. people with disabilities can actually pull up to social services |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:19 AM Response to Reply #16 |
29. The Arc of the US manages trusts... |
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halobeam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 02:38 AM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Thanks for the info. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Here's the link to the NY Arc |
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bonito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
17. WAY AWESOME POST!!! |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
18. My wife's fibro is hardly obvious... |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
19. Some disabilitites are pretty limiting and painful and tragic |
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Cabcere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
21. I know I've said this before |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
22. Thank you AspieGrrl! Another thing to add-- |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
23. I have nothing to add |
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pdxmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
24. Please teach your children the truths on this list. Words matter, and my |
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bonito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Please remind him we're all minds here |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
25. Sometimes a disability doesn't even qualify as "disabling" |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:26 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Absolutely right. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
27. I'm not sure I like the term disability? However, |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:28 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. All of us will have a disability at some time in our life. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
28. People with disabilities have the right to self-determination. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #28 |
49. What does this mean, in practice? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. For instance... |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 06:46 AM Response to Reply #28 |
56. I don't entirely agree that that's true in the case of severe mental disabilities. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
30. I earned my disability by hard work. My body just wore out. |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
34. It is sometimes helpful to remember |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:39 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Well said |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 04:11 AM Response to Original message |
38. Thank you for posting this. NT |
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intaglio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
39. I think I learnt a lot as my mother got older |
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SKKY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
40. Nice post AspieGrrl... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
41. just because somebody isn't in a wheelchair doesn't mean they aren't entitled to handicap parking... |
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fight4my3sons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
43. Great post |
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Tindalos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
44. Excellently said |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
46. Great job! |
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badgerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
47. Disability isn't necessarily something you're born with. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
48. I fully appreciate this, but: Be careful what you wish for. Local, state, and federal |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. And a lot of it is state-based |
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Irishonly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
50. Thank You |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
53. Here's a newsletter I get every so often |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 04:45 AM Response to Original message |
54. correct |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 06:44 AM Response to Original message |
55. 1 in 7 sound awfully high. How are you defining disability? |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
57. I was at WalMart yesterday... |
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