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Hi Naomi, This discussion prompts me to tell of my experiences while doing street collections for fund-raising: I am not normally a wheelchair user, but I DO find standing quite onerous, so when I am collecting, I borrow a wheelchair. The public have a quite different reaction to me now! Quite a lot actually make a point of coming to put money in MY collecting tin, rather than that of my (standing) colleague. Quite a lot of them also make a point of talking to me, and many touch me - a pat on the arm or something - which, if you'll excuse the pun (?) I find rather touching. It all gives me a new viewpoint on disability. It's also more successful financially! Jeremy > << Incidentally, I am sure everyone has noticed how conversations about the > sufferer with such people tend to be conducted in the third-person. > It's almost as though he/she wasn't really all there! >> > > Mark, I also find them speaking louder as though my husband were deaf! > Naomi Meyer, CG for Dave age 68, 25 years. [log in to unmask] > -- Jeremy Browne, Hampshire, UK [log in to unmask] Shaking Hands BBS, Fidonet 2:252/160 (+44 1252 626233, also FAX)