tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31220410.post4680348548053344093..comments2024-02-27T12:03:02.477-05:00Comments on Ruth Harrigan Artist: Defending my lifeRuthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170658770134559035noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31220410.post-69223287962419064982009-06-18T18:16:34.119-04:002009-06-18T18:16:34.119-04:00Terri- That is a great answer!
Bill - And the goo...Terri- That is a great answer!<br /><br />Bill - And the good news is that more of us are around to spread positive portrayals of life with an SCI, quad or para. Those portrayals, hopefully, will work to change attitudes.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00170658770134559035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31220410.post-7909203545398635052009-06-18T17:31:07.223-04:002009-06-18T17:31:07.223-04:00Yikes, you gave me the wrong answer. Surely we hum...Yikes, you gave me the wrong answer. Surely we humans have come farther than this. I know plenty of people are who are high level quads and have great lives. I was hoping you would have felt my thinking was antiquated and that life with a SCI is portrayed in a positive fashion. I guess I remain naive all these years later.william Peacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00223601480542461802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31220410.post-14713100150192527242009-06-18T17:22:25.058-04:002009-06-18T17:22:25.058-04:00It is horrifying that this occurs. It occurs with ...It is horrifying that this occurs. It occurs with other diagnoses as well.<br /><br />And it is horrifying that these thoughts are so much the norm that people aren't even embarrassed to say those things to you.<br /><br />I had a physician look at my daughter and say "this should never have been allowed to happen" (and nothing had 'happened'--he was referring to her being alive.)<br /><br />I went to work that night and couldn't even work I was so upset. My boss gave me an answer that I have used far too many times since with good effect: "Whatever would make you say something like that to me??"<br /><br />AARGH! (ps: the captcha on this says youlead--thought that was appropriate!)Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14802459265546733391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31220410.post-88008160652428531682009-06-18T16:33:00.210-04:002009-06-18T16:33:00.210-04:00You write:
::My real fear, based on constant negat...You write:<br />::My real fear, based on constant negative social interaction, is that value judgments are being made where they have no place. Thus I wonder if my experience so long ago is out of the norm today::<br /><br />I don't think it is out of the norm today. I think a lot of these stories either go untold or because these value judgments are so pervasive, unrecognized - when lives are cut off, no one sees what could have been.<br /><br />Thanks, Bill , for writing about this.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00170658770134559035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31220410.post-28347973131269477262009-06-18T16:20:26.137-04:002009-06-18T16:20:26.137-04:00You will not get an argument from me that many of ...You will not get an argument from me that many of the assumptions people make about disability in general and life as a quad are nonsense. However, antiquated notions abound and are shared by MDs, nurses, PT, OT, and many others in the medical field. My real fear, based on constant negative social interaction, is that value judgments are being made where they have no place. Thus I wonder if my experience so long ago is out of the norm today. Do doctors under the guise of compassion paint a bleak portrait of life post SCI and encourage people to die? I suspect this takes place more often than I want to accept.william Peacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00223601480542461802noreply@blogger.com