[Dixielandjazz] Letter to the Editor

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

One of the toughest things is the person who doesn't "look" handicapped.  My 
daughter is one of those.  Due to a skateboard accident when she was 11 she 
has poor vision in one eye, poor hearing in one ear, doesn't feel things 
normally on one side and can't stand for long periods of time yet she is 
very bright.  Those things make it very hard for her to keep a job without 
the handicapped designation.  She hates it and tries to hide it most of the 
time. She refuses to get a handicapped plate but needs one.  In most persons 
eyes if you don't look handicapped you aren't which is hard at times.  Even 
doctors don't believe she is head injured until she shows them the scar 
where they removed the top of her skull to fix it.  If Doctors don't 
understand how can the general public?
Larry Walton
St. Louis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hal Vickery" <hvickery at svs.com>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 5:40 PM
Subject: RE: [Dixielandjazz] Letter to the Editor


> This serves as an opportunity for me to mention something else people
> sometimes don't think of.  You can be handicapped and not need the use of 
> a
> walker or a wheelchair.
>
> My son is 27 years old and looks perfectly fine.  However, two years ago
> this coming November he had scoliosis surgery.  He went through 8 hours of
> surgery to remove 6 discs and a rib.  Then he went through another twelve
> hours of surgery to put in the hardware to straighten out a 123-degree 
> curve
> in his spine as much as possible.
>
> Most days he's okay, but there are times when his back is extremely sore,
> and he can't get around all that well.  So he has a handicapped sticker.
> Most days he doesn't use it, but on those days when he's hurting, he does.
>
> Hal Vickery
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
> [mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of
> JBruno868 at aol.com
> Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 5:22 PM
> To: dingle at baldwin-net.com
> Cc: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Letter to the Editor
>
>
> In a message dated 8/13/2006 2:06:56 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> dingle at baldwin-net.com writes:
>
> Don (who  leaves notes on the windshield  people that park in the one
> handicap  slot at the post office while their only real hndicap is a lack
> of  consiration and disdain for laws. The notes, I had some printed up,
> are  not very courteous --
>
>
>
>
> I have some stickers that say "This jerk parks in  handicapped spots". I 
> put
>
> them on the cars with hope that they aren't discovered  for a long while.
> Lol
>
> Thanks for the support.
>
> Jazz Hugs
>
> Judie
> _______________________________________________
> Dixielandjazz mailing list
> Dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> http://ml.islandnet.com/mailman/listinfo/dixielandjazz
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Dixielandjazz mailing list
> Dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> http://ml.islandnet.com/mailman/listinfo/dixielandjazz
>