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Hilary & Michel, My concern is with the people in our society who are undiagnosed through no fault of their own, except perhaps that they live in the inner cities of our large metropolitan areas. Some years ago I challenged the Parkinson Foundation of Canada to conduct an inner city census to get an idea of who had what and was undiagnosed. we do so little for the inner city residents except to belittle them and libel them by stereotyping them as lazy n'er do wells. To my shame nothing was done. -----Original Message----- From: Hilary Blue <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Saturday, August 28, 1999 5:19 PM Subject: Re: cyber PD and serendipity >Yes, I agree with you 100%. It would be wonderful if every PWP had a computer >and access to the internet. ANd I regard that as a basic need. For me >personally, I think I would stifle without the ablility to communicate with my >fellow human beings. And as my hand writing shrinks to nothing, and my voice >fades to a mumble, the internet assumes more and more importance. > BUT, and this is a great big but, there are many of the basics that some >people would consider even more important than computers !!! >I refer to >housing, >food, >clothing, >medication >and >CAREGIVERS. >>From time to time, we see appeals on the list. >Or hear stories of people in need. >My concern is with those people. >What say you? > >Hilary Blue > > >Michel Margosis wrote: >> >> > My concern is always with those who don't have >> > access to a computer or to the net. They are the ones who suffer is >> > isolation. If I could advocate for anything it would be to give every PWP a >> > computer with free internet access >> > >> Thank you, Joan, for your note. With respect to your thought expressed >> above, our support group (Capital Chapter of NPF) did exactly that. One >> of our members had a source of usable computers that were surplused by a >> large company and these PC's were donated to individual PWP. In my >> mind, that is a worthwhile activity for any support group. >> >> Michel >