George... now DARN.... I responded to your "registration message," and it
never got posted.  Guess it's lost somewhere out in the dark void of the
ether. (I don't know what that means, but there's a nice flow to the words,
anyhow) <grin>

What I had said was another state, which I believe was Kansas (and if I'm
wrong, i hope that any Kansans out there will forgive me) actually HAD it's
disabled citizans register as that at their local Dept. of  Motor Vehicles.

Once an individual registered, their driver's license was invalidated without
any prior medical exam or the driver/patient's past medical records being
reviewed by a physician to SEE if they had an impairment which would affect
their ability to drive.

This was told to me by someone who lives in the state in which that happened,
and his was one of the invalidated driver's licenses... one of many hundreds,
according to him.   He's disabled because of a back injury, but feels he's
perfectly capable of driving.  He has had to hire an attorney as apparently
other disabled persons in his state have had to do to regain their driving
priviledges.

Again, this isn't anything I've taken time to validate as being true, however,
I have no reason to disbelieve the indivudal who told me his story.

Barb Mallut,
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From:   PARKINSN: Parkinson's Disease - Information Exchange Network on behalf
of George Lussier
Sent:   Wednesday, October 09, 1996 4:44 PM
To:     Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN
Subject:        : Nebraska PD Registry and Rita Weeks

        Dear MS.Weeks,
   I do appreciate your respone to my statement of alarm concerning the
above noted issue,It still don't,however, calm me down even though you
speak with a frankness that is somewhat disarming.I must admit that I do
admire your opening line"OK I'm from Nebraska".And you could have added
that you would be happy to talk or duke it out.
   I have some thoughts that the average Nebraskan would prefer to duke it
out rather then yield to a mandatory registration. Nebraska has a 1,600,000
population and I would venture that some 1,550,000
would claim blood roots with their kinfolks who settled the Great Plains
allowing for Nebraska to enter the Union as the 37th state in 1867. While I
would guess there would be a few heady folks up in
Lincoln and perhaps Omaha who would advocate for this registration act I
would think that the folks in North Platte or Broken Bow or Ainsworth
wouldn't be so inclined.I'll Put my money on the notion that the average
Neraskans isn't even aware that this piece of legislation exist and if you
think that the combinations of physician/ pharmacist will catch most of
your PD population you may be a bit surprised to know just how many people
would go out of state for their medical care and for their medications.
It's only a 4 hour or less drive from Omaha to Kansas which, I believe ,
has a fine Program for PDer
at the U.Kansas;less than 10 hour from Omaha to Chicago etc.
   I did call the offices of Nebraska Parkinson Action Information Network
on Monday am. The woman I spoke with was quite well spoken but perhaps a
bit taken back when I voiced my concerns. She did agree to send me some
literature which hasn't arrived as of this afternoon.By the By your
response was the only response to my message except for one chap who took
the opportunity to remind me most kindly that typing with all CAPS is a
problem for one's eyes.
   So I await the stuff from the NPAIN. And I hope you all out there in
Nebraska appreciate  that only in closing did I make nention of the state
of the football at the U.N.
    My Very Best
     George Lussier {glussier@ ultranet.com]

             P.S. I think I will Survey this readership for their response
to this issue.

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