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>From: "Constance Tate" <[log in to unmask]> >To: "janet paterson" <[log in to unmask]> >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 <[log in to unmask]> >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