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Skriven 2006-04-16 14:03:00 av George Pope (172.survivor)
    Kommentar till text 304 av Ardith Hinton (1:153/716.0)
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AH> GP>  -- I get more exposure than I need living in a seniors'
AH> GP>  building (rent subsidies for disabled work that way!)
AH>
AH>
AH>           Aye, there's the rub!  Is this building intended for seniors... o
AH> it intended for adults with physical disabilities, the majority of whom are
AH> it happens) older than you are?  Whether because of fuzzy thinking or polit
AH> expediency or clever marketing or some combination of same a lot of things
AH> to be labeled in a lot of people's minds as Especially Designed for Seniors
AH> find it frustrating when Nora needs these things, just as you probably do.
AH> I get it from the other direction when people think Nora should be doing xx
AH> yyy because that's what the "in" crowd is doing nowadays.  They believe we
AH> to be told what's "in" where we already know it wouldn't work for us... (si

It was originally seniors-only, then with the increase in disabled adults, we
had to be housed somewhere, so these were deemed more appropriate than the
other designation ("family") but what happens is the seniors really resent the
disabled coming into "their" territory! :(

AH>           Well... it's all relative, isn't it??  When Nora first had her st
AH> she was totally paralyzed on the left side.  Now she can walk a short dista
AH> climb a few steps on occasion, and hold something like a pepperoni stick in
AH> left hand.  But all of these tasks require careful preparation and/or help
AH> another person.  So we're certainly not out of the woods yet....  :-)

Well, it's all up to her. . . :)

AH>           As did we.  Be aware, though, that without a lift you may have to
AH> in (more or less) crabwise & place one leg either side of the mast.  Dallas
AH> checked out the URL's you included here, BTW... thanks.   :-)

Anything useful?  I think CMOS'd be the best, IMO. . . :)

AH>           I think so.  Those days are a bit of a blur in Nora's mind now...
AH> your visit meant a lot to all of us, and she's taking your advice about wor
AH> hard at her therapy very seriously.  Somewhere I still have a copy of the A
AH> art which you sent her, and which I stuck on the wall opposite her bed....

Cool! :)  Hope it all works well for the young lady!

Because I care,
|<+]::-)  (Cyberpope(the Bishop of ROM!))

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