tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post3379397226436375055..comments2024-03-19T07:36:33.915-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: Douglas StreetDave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-40556443167579046792008-09-26T11:38:00.000-04:002008-09-26T11:38:00.000-04:00Dear Dave:I have been thinking about how I can exp...Dear Dave:<BR/><BR/>I have been thinking about how I can express this and I have not settled on something satisfactory, probably it is too emotional for me. But it is one of those things I just have to say or burst.<BR/><BR/>All those people who lived and suffered and died in all those institutions. Somehow, the progress we make now is related to them, it was not in vain. They are inspiration and motivation to say never again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-30977350110119205302008-09-25T23:44:00.000-04:002008-09-25T23:44:00.000-04:00hey Dave, i hear you. you have tout me alot about ...hey Dave, i hear you. you have tout me alot about fighting for what we want and what are rights are man i am doing it all and even helping others and now i have made a Self-Advocate group on facebook and i am still working for CLBC and still have the group of Self-Advocates going in 100 mile house and it is going good and all i have to say is THANK YOU!!!!! for everthing that you have helped us with:):):)Triciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822477131196778810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-85477628695552446282008-09-25T15:38:00.000-04:002008-09-25T15:38:00.000-04:00Thank you thank you.After two days of struggling t...Thank you thank you.<BR/><BR/>After two days of struggling to write a response to the local paper about a piece that didn't get it quite right once again, after two days of head mired in the intricacies of advocacy, I needed to stumble across this today. There is a reason to keep on keeping on. Thank youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-12486813041141574122008-09-25T12:32:00.000-04:002008-09-25T12:32:00.000-04:00Yes, I remember when in nursing school, visiting t...Yes, I remember when in nursing school, visiting the big state institution, and a new "experimental" program (private, cost tons). It was like night and day. I was puzzled that the government didn't help more.<BR/><BR/>So we celebrate where we have gone... and we have gone far. But I am still puzzled that the government doesn't do more.....<BR/><BR/> And I see articles promoting "make the parents pay if they don't abort", and I fear. I fear that normal living for those with disabilities will always be tied to whether the parents have money to pay or not.<BR/><BR/> Sorry to dtract from your happy tune.. especially since it IS a cause for celebration. But if unemployment for the mentally disabled is 75% we are still only a third of the way there. So don't take your running shoes off yet!rickismomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07817042750959998664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-52085100488146634542008-09-25T10:31:00.000-04:002008-09-25T10:31:00.000-04:00Beautiful Dave,I can hear the music from here!Beautiful Dave,<BR/>I can hear the music from here!linahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00675640977094855867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-82437196485357632142008-09-25T10:19:00.000-04:002008-09-25T10:19:00.000-04:00Me too Dave, me too!We have come so far. Let's dan...Me too Dave, me too!<BR/><BR/>We have come so far. Let's dance about that.<BR/><BR/>We have so far to go. Let's keep dancing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com