Someone on this forum said, "quadriplegics are like snowflakes, they are all different."
I sometimes feel offended when some person who has a different injury than mine and much more support than I have is presented in the news as a role model. The TV show seem to present the idea that the reason this person is overcoming their difficulties is because of their strength of character and positive mental attitude and persistence. The implication is: the rest of us just are not trying hard enough and have a bad attitude. The reality is: some of us are having a pretty rough go of it. But nobody wants to see a story about that on television. Dave Krehbiel From: RONALD L PRACHT [mailto:r.pra...@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Saturday, July 4, 2015 1:07 PM To: Quad-list Post Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Old I was told once that if you cry you will cry alone. These special quads have learned the art of giving people what they want to see and hear and cry at home behind closed doors. It has allowed them to be a roll model and receive support. The one thing that all super quads have is support.......they have much family, friends, checkbook, donations, caregivers. The average quad just doesn't have all that behind them and sadly the disabled community is more like I have it and you don't rather than helping every disabled individual get the support they need. There isn't anything fair about how things are dolled out to help the disabled.Its who you know, are you worth spending money on (Voc Rehab) and the sqeaky wheel gets the oil. Ron On Saturday, July 4, 2015 11:48 AM, greg <g...@eskimo.com> wrote: They are faking it! > meds I take, thank goodness not all days are real bad...I have some > pretty good days but on other days I feel like I'm turning into a > grumpy old man--i don't see how Joni Erickson Tada and a few others > can be soooooooooooo cheerful all the time, I try but it is a > stuggle ! Happy 4th to yopu all today !!!
