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, [log in to unmask] ---------- 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. [log in to unmask]