http://www.disabilitypride.com/2009/02/01/the-trouble-with-jerry/ the intersection of living with a disability, parenting with a disability and parenting kids with disabilities Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:53:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.disabilitypride.com/2009/02/01/the-trouble-with-jerry/comment-page-1/#comment-41544 Beth Huntington Mon, 25 Jul 2011 01:10:34 +0000 http://www.disabilitypride.com/?p=43#comment-41544 compassion is not pity. it is love for each other. i do not have md or als. i have spinal cord injury. i wish someone would host a telethon that brings in over 50 million per year to help find a cure for me. when he began, society's views were far-more archaic than now. children in wheelchairs did not even go to school and disability rights were unheard of. perhaps mr lewis did, actually, pave the way for more open social dialogue. his quotes taken out of context is just unfair. if you read the 1990 article from which the offending words come, you may view this in a different light. thank you for the opportunity to respectfully disagree. compassion is not pity. it is love for each other.
i do not have md or als. i have spinal cord injury.
i wish someone would host a telethon that brings in over 50 million per year to help find a cure for me. when he began, society’s views were far-more archaic than now. children in wheelchairs did not even go to school and disability rights were unheard of. perhaps mr lewis did, actually, pave the way for more open social dialogue. his quotes taken out of context is just unfair. if you read the 1990 article from which the offending words come, you may view this in a different light.
thank you for the opportunity to respectfully disagree.

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