Fwd Re: ivan's conundrum / dis-ability / dat-ability [from Connie Tate]

[janet paterson <janet313@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>From: "Constance Tate" <conee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: "janet paterson" <janet313@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: ivan's conundrum / dis-ability / dat-ability
>Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 09:04:19 -0600
>
>dear janet
>        are you hinting that you and ivan should share space and
>facilities?shame on you to try to take advantage of a helpless male with
>female wiles
>     .tell me who to contact in maine so i can email a strong   message
>saying that they must help rather than hinder one of their own ----
>or find themselves getting very bad publicity from pd activists aqll over
>the country.
>    hopping mad
>      connie
> Original Message -----
>From: janet paterson <janet313@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Saturday, October 23, 1999 8:20 AM
>Subject: ivan's conundrum / dis-ability / dat-ability
>
>
>> hi all
>>
>> i've been mulling about ivan's situation too
>> maybe because it's potentially close to my own
>>
>> ivan, you live alone with pd
>> so do i, at the moment
>>
>> you need in-house personal care attendants / attendance
>> i don't, at the moment
>>
>> you have been designated a disabled site
>> by the Powers That Be
>> so have i
>>
>> you are entitled to government financial assistance
>> due to impoverishment
>> so am i
>>
>> what are our living accommodation alternatives?
>> 'hospital' sounds extreme and a waste of resources
>> 'nursing home' sounds the same
>> 'chronic care ward' ditto
>>
>> you and i would be trouble on four feet in such places
>> managers of such places within a 100km radius of us
>> should be quaking in their boots
>> at the mere thought!
>>
>> what about something like 'assisted living'
>> where help is optional
>>
>> if i,
>> as a Designated Disabled and Dollar Disadvantaged Site,
>> am entitled to grab bars in my bathroom installed at no charge
>> by the Authority of the Powers That Be
>> why would i not be entitled to
>> home care assistance
>> [be it washing my hair or my floor]
>> or
>> a motorised wheelchair
>> or
>> a vacuum cleaner
>> or
>> dental care
>> or
>> education assistance
>> or
>> a replacement bio-engineered arm
>> or
>> .......[fill in the blank]
>> under the same terms?
>>
>> if such an item promoted my ability to live independently
>> and thus more productively
>> as well as
>> [hellloooooo!]
>> at a lower cost to the PTB?
>>
>> [not that cost/benefit ratios as applied to healthcare
>> don't still make my skin crawl]
>>
>> i'd best stop all this mulling now
>> before i get into real trouble
>>
>>
>> janet