Yvonne,
I'm well aware that you live several thousand miles away from me, so be sure that I am NOT trying to seduce you. However, I do have a slightly bizarre request... I'm trying to start a business of offering "executive" massages to men with a range of disabilities/impairments- from stammers to autism, spina bifida to cerebral palsy etc... I would be incredibly grateful for any practical advice you may have- about anything at all which you think might be useful- from the wording of the advertisements to the actual "product" itself.
I am not a druggie, a pimp or a weirdo, I'm just trying to fund my degree (which, quite coincidentially, is in Psychology).
Look forward to hearing from you,
Frankie xXx
Subject: Hi
From: sunil thomas sthomaska1@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 23:53:12 -0700 (PDT)
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Hi Yvonne,
i am a paraplegic. met with a car accident (14 years back), when i was 19. i had just joined med school then. i am doing my PhD now. my work relates to brain repair after injury. thought i will spend my spare time communicating with young people with brain or spinal injuries. share my experiences, make friends, contribute what i can. didn't know how to go about it. searched the internet. found your name.
looking forward to hearing from you
sunil
Subject: The article posted on your website by Kevin Coughlin
From: "Scott Goethals" sgoethals@message.nmc.edu
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 07:30:24 -0400
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Hi Yvonne,
My name is Scott Goethals, and I am writing a paper addressing web assessibility. I would like to use the article you have posted on your website titled "For the disabled, the web is not a very friendly place". I see the article is written by Kevin Coughlin, from the Star-Ledger.
I was unable to find the date published. Would you happen to have this information? Any information you could forward to me regarding this articles origin would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Scott
Subject: Cerebral Palsy Help!
From: "Nanita N" aboutcp@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 14:05:28 -0700
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Dear Webmaster,
Greetings! I am writing to you regarding your website http://home.att.net/~ysinger/. Your website has some great information / resources for people with disabilities. We have some really useful information on our website http://www.about-cerebral-palsy.org/ for people with Cerebral Palsy. People with this disease / disability can even get free information and evaluation from doctors and can possibly qualify for lifetime benefits. I am more than convinced that if you add our link to your site, we can help our users find some good information. Please use the following information to add our link to your web page http://home.att.net/~ysinger/me.htm.
Our Website Details:
URL: http://www.about-cerebral-palsy.org/
Title: Cerebral Palsy - A Resource for Parents and Families.
Description: Describes Athetoid, Ataxic, and Spastic Cerebral Palsy in
children, including history, causes, symptoms, therapy and treatments.
I will be more than happy to add your link to our website as well. Please, let me know if you need any further questions. I can be reached at 1-800-880-9002 Ext: 6048
Thanks,
Nanita
1-800-880-9002 Ext: 6048
Subject: (no subject)
From: lauren Sadler gilmoregirl224@optonline.net
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 12:46:39 -0400
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
hi i just wanted to say i wish u the best of luck in all that u do and i hope u do get to become a phscologist. e-mail me back if u want to -Lauren
Subject: This is NOT a Porn Message1
From: "PAUL E. GRIMES, BLOOMBERG/ 499 PARK" PGRIMES@bloomberg.net
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 09:40:05 -0400
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Yvonne, I was looking for something on a VERY MINOR, non-invasive stupid problem of mine and I stumbled onto your site. You seem like just AN AMAZING person! You seem to demonstrate the courage and character that only hero soldiers get credit for! SO I took the time to say HELLO and offer you my profound CONGRATULATIONS (and we have NOT met)! I live in NJ, commuting into NY City each day by NJ Transit. I work up near Central Park. I don't even expect a response from you so this is just a friendly HELLO to someone I quickly admired EVEN
THOUGH we have never met! All the best, YVONNE and keep on slugging on! YOU MUST PROVE TO BE AN INSPIRATION TO MANY PEOPLE YOU NEVER EVEN REALIZE YOU'VE TOUCHED IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY ! ! ! All the best, Yvonne ! SIncerely, Paul Grimes
Subject: Yvonne Help!
From: "Tom Poteet" tpot@neondsl.com
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 20:30:15 -0500
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Whew! I got lost in your site. I clicked on the 2nd part of your site before turning off the music and after about the 5th run thru I was going nuts. I wanted to go on, but had to close it, in hopes it would shut off... That is how I saw the control on the 1st screen. I suggest an "onFocus" script, I forget the actual Javascript/command might be onFocus tag, but, for when your 1st page is not on Top, it can shut off, or mute the Pomp & Circumstance, letting your visitor browse at their leisure, or you could target your bottom window. I know you're proud of graduating, I'm proud of the BA I got this May, in Psych too...:)
Subject: hello!
From: "Rene Ungerecht" kerrwyn@pcez.com
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 14:45:33 -0700
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Hi Yvonne,
My name is Rene. I came across your "World" on the
I teach a Women and Disabilities class at Portland State University, Summer Session and do workshops on the subject as well. The term is coming to a close. May I intrude on you to use some of your writing next year? I will, of course, be more specific when the term is closer to starting and will accredit you with being the author.
Waiting to hear from you
Hi Yvonne,
I just saw your web site and I am impressed!
Let me introduce myself. My name is Tom Rost, and I am the CEO of Team America Technologies Inc., a new nonprofit corporation that will be providing great jobs, training, housing and a great life for challenged Americans. Soon, I will be looking for motivated people just like yourself to help and be part of this new and very exciting company. You can visit my web site at http://www.teamamericatech.com/ to get a bigger picture of what we're doing. There are so many people that have the same struggles in life that you have gone through due to their disability, and I plane to change this.
If you're looking for a new and very rewarding challenge, please let me know. You can a-mail me at tom@teamamericatech.com I will look forward to hearing from you.
Please take care,
Tom
hi YVONNE i am having trouble getting this e-mail thing to work i am quite a rookie at this something about my default client not being properly installed if that makes any sense to you please let me know if you know how i can fix this until then i am afraid ps i read some of those web pages i just cant talk back or what ever we share some ideas warmly JEFF
i have cerebral palsy to but i can walk. I feel the same way. How do u get your confidence.
I do know you mean well--but I don't like the idea of a person having to be ``productive.'' I don't even know what that's supposed to mean. My son is nine years old. He produces love. He produces joy. He may never produce a single useful ``thing'' in his life, never perform a necessary ``service.''
Best, Jess
Will someone please, PLEASE point out for me ONE PERSON (parent) who treats the disability and not the person? And can you please, PLEASE explain to me the criteria for when the line gets crossed over? Also where, WHERE does one acquire the mind-reading skills necessary to make such judgments of other people's motivations? Autism is tough enough to deal with, who needs the burden of other's idle sanctimonious moralizing on top of it? It ain't me..
Yvonne, I'm sure you mean well. These parents on this email list are trying to help their children achieve the most that they can possibly achieve. I'm sure that's what you have in mind, also.
However, the kids are developmentally disabled and challenged in many ways, both mentally and physically. There is a difference between a person who can't learn language and a person who can't speak due to physical disability.
Thanks for all the cheerleading you are doing. I'm glad to hear that you have succeeded so well in the academic world.
Patty
Please place our org to your website:
http://www.disabilitywatch.org/
Thanks!
Bobby
Dear Yvonne,
Matawan is only an hour or so from Budd Lake. If possible I would like you to meet my daughter Maria.
We are looking to partner with other individuals with or "without disabilities" to establish MCCT. On our site http://www.mycommunitycareteam.com/ there is a good article on what we are trying to do with MCCT.
If after reading the article you would like to be involved in turning the idea of MCCT into a reality, we would welcome you on board with open arms.
Maria is very anxious to have MCCT become an incorporated entity. We need persons for the board of trustees and we need a good webmaster. At this time we are not incorporated and do not have any funds so any efforts would have to be on a volunteer basis. We plan to be incorporated in late October or early November.
We hope to be able to at least reimburse our volunteers for their expenses after we are incorporated and have more possibilities to explore fundraising.
Whether you are able to work with us or not I would like to keep in touch. Maria and I want input from the disability community at large in forming and running MCCT to make certain we do not stray from our goal to support and empower individuals with disabilities to have true choice options in directing their own lives.
I enjoyed your sites. I have added them to my favorites list. Maria and I hope to meet you soon.
Kind Regards,
Dear Yvonne,
You have succeeded admirably, and I congratulate you.
Do you wish to own a group, or to moderate a group. You may start your own group, I'm not sure of the costs, you should talk to David Brock about this. Moderators are always being looked for on the many groups I belong to. I would say join the groups for your interests, and then ask the moderators if they need more moderators, or if they are ready to give it up, and this may accomplish what you are looking for. Six of the groups I belong to, are looking for moderators, these are mostly Christian Groups, with one political group also looking. God Bless Love Jonathan
Hi Yvonne,
I was reading your website. Wow, you have a lot of info in this site. I have read some of your posting on Acolug. I am on the listserve because I am a special ed teacher and often have to deal with augmentative communication. It sounds like you are having a really rough time finding a job. That's a shame, sounds like you are more than qualified. I am married, have three almost grown children, my oldest has mild cp. I have been teaching for almost ten years now, its my dream job.
Write back if you feel like it, I read my email at least once daily.
Nice talking to you.
Yvonne,
I don't know anything about what your interests are, but when I saw Brookdale and Monmouth, I had to write. I am originally from Farmingdale (NJ that is). I use to work at what was then called MCOSS (Monmouth County Organization of Social Services) as a nurse. Where are you from?
I am presently in Arizona, which is a great place to be, although I do go back to visit my girlfriend in Framingdale and my father-in-law in Wannamasa. Every time I go back, however, I remember why I am glad to live in dry Arizona where the sun usually shines! :-)
Enid Schwartz
Laughter heals and comforts, sometimes gentle, sometimes bold.
Dear Yvonne,
My name is Xu. We are now looking for qualified professionals for our
new phase of hiring at SigEx SuperPBX and would like to talk to you at
your earliest convenience. With our new expansion, we are in need of
protocol engineers, communications and overall highly motivated
management candidates. You may not have seen the latest versions of all
our websites, but we are quite motivated by our ongoing opportunities.
We are deploying innovative border-less networks globally and we have
recently deployed for our recruiters live chats for your convenience at
http://www.cantellcommunications.com/. If on the other hand, you would prefer to schedule a conference call, please me at +33 5 59 90 12 82.
The main information site is on http://www.sigex.com/ where you will find white papers and articles about Enhanced Communications as well as some of our projects, such as SigEx SuperPBX and SigEx NanoData. You may also chat with a housing specialist for Pau so you can see what your housing availability is when you arrive. For those of you who will need fellowships for the sessions, you can find out about that at http://www.sigexfellows.com/. Our funding strategy is raising private equity and you may find that information at http://www.sigexventures.com/. And we have our European leadership
council and SuperPBX project evolution at http://www.eylc.org/. Spend some time and have some fun.
We are updating our talent list and we would appreciate if you could
provide us with your latest resume or bio and/or accomplishments
(please forward to recruiting@cantellcommunications.com) and we would
like to discuss with you at your convenience at one of the times below
or you may choose to log on to our live one-on-one career chats at
http://www.cantellcommunications.com/ to talk about your future.
Please choose one of the following times and which number to call you
on:
Thursday, October 2 at 9 AM EST, 2 PM GMT, 3 PM CET
We look forward to talking to you soon.
Best regards,
Xu Lu
From your pictures (especially seeing you need to use a headpointer to type) I figured your disability had to be very severe. I hadn't realized just how severe till now. Your description helps me somewhat, though, like you say, it's still impossible for me to fully understand and empathize. But I'm trying--and I will stay your friend for as long as you find me conducive to good company (*smile*).
I tell my students how computers have been such a boon to people with disabilities of all kinds. How truly trapped you'd be without them. Yet there's a cruel side to computers for folks like yourself, since they open up all kinds of possibilities (such as online teaching and so forth) which must still be hard to do unless people have faith in you and give you a chance.
The difficult part for you with online teaching would be doing it the first or second time--getting set up. That's always the toughest time for a teacher--teaching a new course. The amount of paperwork involved--typing up materials, curricula, syllabi, handouts, etc.--would be daunting for you since you type so slowly. Then, once you had an online course going, you'd have to attend to a stream of email which would be very challenging, depending on how many students you had in the class. Plus, you might be expected to hold chat sessions where you'd need to be able to respond fairly quickly to real time conversations.
How woud you manage with that? There are only 24 hours in the day and you have to sleep (*giggle*). One solution would be for you to have a friend work with you as your typist, and you'd dictate your answers and your emails.
After a couple of times in a course, you'd have a set of responses that you could have ready and simply copy and paste, as you may have done for some of this email you sent me today. That would be the sensible way to go. I do that all the time to save me time.
You could definitely do the job at least as well as some profs do their jobs. Most of them don't have teacher-training after all and they certainly don't appear to learn much about how to do it from experience! I know professors who've been truly pathetic for their entire 30+ year career. In other words, the argumant that you need training to teach an online course doesn't hold water. Any training you needed oyu could read up yourself, and chat with other teachers who could share their experience with you.
Ah well we'll continue our chat over time. This is enough for now :)
Bernie :)
Bernard John Poole, MSIS
Hello,
I just wanted to tell you what a true inspiration you are. I truly believe that God puts people on this earth as angels and I just wanted to let you know that you are, and you are shining!!
My little sister, who has Cerebral Palsy, asked me to look on the Internet to find newspaper articles on anything involving the brain effects on CP. She needed it for her Psychology course and when she went online she was unable to find any.
So, that is how I came upon your site. I am forwarding your site to her so that she can hopefully be inspired by you as well. I know that my sister is an inspiration to me. She is 23 years old and is going to college right now to earn a degree. I am sure that if you have the time to talk to her via e-mail you would help her understand that she is not the only one.
Thanks for your time,
Hi Yvonne,
I'm in graduate school for Speech-Language Pathology. I have a new client coming in to our speech clinic in a couple of weeks who has cerebral palsy (33 yrs old) and so I was gathering information. I came across your page and thought I'd write. I enjoyed your writing style and sense of humor.
Have you completed your education? What are you doing now? If you feel like it, I'd love to chat.
Teresa
Dear Yvonne,
Now that my test message has not bounced back to me because it was sent to an invalid address, I can feel free to write in detail to you.
As a psychology major, you may find it interesting that I sustained a very serious TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) 21 years ago while I attended a university in Pittsburgh (I was 20 years old at the time). A car struck my bicycle when I made an unexpected turn. As my coma passed its second month, the doctors in the hospital wanted to give up and transfer me to a nursing home. Luckily, my mother, who flew up when she heard how seriously I was injured, interceded for me and I was instead moved to an advanced rehab hospital.
If you want more details about my TBI, its effects, my recovery from it, or my current lifestyle, go ahead and ask away. You also may be interested in where I was born and live now. I live in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Aloha,
PS the first four letters in my email address are my first name without any vowels and my two middle initials.
Cool! I really liked your presentation. Thanks.
Leslie
Very neat and creative Yvonne, that must have been fun. Thanks for sharing with us'ns.Tommy
"But You Look So Good"
Hi Yvonne, Thank you for your wonderful Feature Presentation. It's great. Very creative and meaningful. You did a fantastic job. e-mail it to Rena. Her e-mail is rena.i.schantz@citigroup.com. Hope all is well. Stay in touch and keep me posted. Love, Aunt Gloria
Hi Yvonne,
Thanks for sharing this with me - it was such a nice surprise to hear from you. I just finished going through your presentation and it really put a smile on my face - I was hoping for even more slides!
I hope this finds you well. I would love to hear more about what you are doing. Hannah, Pradeep and I are doing fine. Send my love to mom and dad. I hope we can see you soon - it has been too long.
Love,
Rena
Thanks for sharing Yvonne. This is a very uplifting presentation. p
Paula E. Peinovich, PhD
Dear Yvonne,
You did a beautiful job with these slides. I liked them a lot. I hope they pay off eventually with some work, even it is without pay.
Best.
Hi Yvonne,
Thank you for your inspiration this morning. I hope all is well.
David Schantz
I just wanted to tell you that I enjoyed your story very much! I think God will bless you for your patience. You are an inspiration to me, and probably to many others. I wish for you to write me at this adress: lanenabella_18@hotmail.com
Thanks for sharing your life with others like me.
Sincerely, Valerie Rodriguez (just another struggling college student).
GOOD JOB, Yvonne!
I enjoyed your work!
:-) Irene, mum to Oliver
Enjoyed the slide shows, Yvonne, and forwarded them to a couple of friends. Thanks! Susan
It is very hard to get back in the workforce after becoming disabled. I am a 30 year old female. I became disabled April 2, 1996. I have no schooling besides finishing school. I want to get back into the workforce. Something to do with horses. They are a big part of mylife. For about 27 years. Traing them since I was about 13 years old. Do you know of any help out there for me? I'd be willing to do anything if I could get a good paycheck.
Christee Moffett
Hello Yvonne,
Having seen your post on the "St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List" website, I commend those like you who attempt to help improve the lives of those involved with CP.
I have CP and my book has been used as a tool to encourage many who are suffering--physically and/or emotionally. Please take a moment and read about it at http://www.bitterorbetter.walton.com/. Upon request, an e-book format is also available at no charge, sent directly into your Inbox. Thanks for your consideration.
Kind regards,
Paul Haigaian
Hello Yvonne,
My name is Debra, I am a student at the College of St. Rose in Albany, NY. I want to start out by telling you that I have never once actually read a stranger's personal webpage. However, first because of necessity, then because of sheer desire, your page became an exception.
I am an English major, and one of my requirements is a writing course. I am currently taking a Creative Nonfiction class, and one of the essays we had to write was a "Confessions of a (blank)" essay. At first my friends were encouraging me to do "confessions of a catholic schoolgirl", but something about that did not seem right to me. I had a little trouble thinking of something and it was purely accidental how I came up with my topic. You can read about how i did it in the essay that I attached, but I decided in the end to do "Confessions of a One-Day Handicap". Then, even after that, it changed again. I told my teacher I wanted to opt to do a different style of essay, and I did mine in reporter mode.
What I wound up doing was going out into the mall for a day in a wheelchair. The experience was unlike any I had ever had before. (Again, you can read about it in the essay, although I did not put in anywhere near as much as what the entire day consisted of.) When I was actually writing the essay, I somehow stumbled across your page. At first I was just glancing through to get some ideas from a first-hand account, but then I began to read some of the things about yourself. And just jumping from page to page, I began to gain so much of an appreciation for things. I have always considered myself to be pretty compassionate, I volunteer with troubled teens and hope to one day work to help provide some sort of stability in children's lives. Yet I can sadly admit that I have never once considered to volunteer for the handicapped. Or even worse, I have never even reached out to befriend one. Not to say that I ever completely disregard them, or that I am not friendly if I do talk to someone, but I feel as though I am somehow lacking now. I don't really know what compelled me to write to you, but I really wanted to do so. Your accomplishments astound me, and it makes me realize how much I take every little thing for granted. I wanted to send you my essay, I don't even care if you write back or not. I realize that it is not the best literary work every wrote, but when I read some of the personal essays that you had published on the site, they all gave me a sense that for the most part every author feels ignored. And maybe I have admittedly not been the most sympathetic of people, and maybe my consciousness of being thankful stems only from being extremely glad that I am NOT handicapped, but anyway, I just wanted to write to you, and to tell you that I did in fact notice you, and am more in awe of you and your life than you can ever possibly know. I wish you the best of luck in anything that you try. You're an inspiration.
-Debra
hi yvonne,
I saw your piece about being in the school lunch
cafeteria and how people react to you.
I like your writing style.
John (speech therapist in North Carolina)
Hi Yvonne
I've really enjoyed reading stuff on your website. I LOVE how thorough you are with your links and your information. I sure hope your point reaches some people--especially those ignorant who are not only unaware of the world of the "disabled" but who have no desire to be made aware.
Anyway...
I am mom to a 4 1/2 year old with Athetoid Cerebral Palsy. I feel like I'm drowning in a sea of blank! There are no resources out there on overcoming involuntary movement--or heck, even just about living with it! There are no resources out there about children with cerebral palsy--the early stages. There is nothing but a few wonderful websites like this, a film called King Gimp and a few fantastic writings that you can find IF YOU ARE LOOKING by geniuses like you.
I was hoping you would want to offer me insights on my son's behalf. He doesn't sit, crawl, walk, roll, stand....did I cover the physcials? He has very little trunk control. His arms are constantly moving. He does eat by mouth but only purees or small (VERY small pieces) and only with a lot of work on my part. I can sit here and name things he doesn't do for hours, I suppose. That's what most people want to know anyway.
BUT...I know I don't have to do that. I told you what I did so that you could get a picture of him to hopefully help me! While he doesn't do "all" these things, he DOES have a wonderful personality and is a smart little guy trapped in his body. My husband and I have always known and have been thankful that teachers, therapists, etc. do agree.
We are in the process of getting an augmentative communication device as well as transitioning to Kindergarten. The more I know before he starts "big boy" scool, the better!
I know it's absurd to ask this of you having never met you and knowing you haven't met my son, but I'm so hoping someone can help me know the things my Zachary is trying to tell me!
Please let me know if you'd be interested in corresponding with me. I could tell you all I can via email and pictures and if you felt like you could help me, maybe someday we could actually meet.
I thought about emailing you but didn't UNTIL I read "I Do Exist." I so saw my son in that article. I know he's really young now but when you wrote about overcoming your movements and the exhaustion you (MUST) felt from the physical demands of trying to do what everyone else takes for granted.... I just had to try.
In case no one else has, I'd like to pat you on the back for being so committed and strong. You are so someone to be admired for putting SO much effort into meeting your goals. I realize you probably get offended by comments like that because you are just living your life (as you should) for you, BUT I still think you deserve the recognition because most people are so oblivious and I KNOW the dedication it takes.
Well, if I am bothering you, please accept my apology. Thanks for sharing and God Bless.
Lori Lashley
Hi,
Names Robert, nearly 50 yrs old.
I really am impressed with you! Have you found work? I’ve tried to find work for others on the net but had no luck.
I often think if they would get onto the net as you have done they would have much better results. And have you?
I found you by switching from listening to Karaoke files on alt.binaries.karaoke and switched to see whats up on the post polio group. And there you were posting on that newsgroup.
I’ve a total disability; recently I’ve determined I must not have the dreaded post polio. Thought I had for a long time. I’ve visited the post polio board for years. From what I hear a lot of them are on ventilators and stuff these days but I’m not so unfortunate, I do have some shortness of breath while sleeping and many of the symptoms they described but not so bad as needing O2 or ventilator. I’m real lucky.
I have a neur- muscular problem. An abnormality. Doctors could not just quite pin point it. Think I’ve a bad depression too. I’m going to see mental health soon and see what’s up with that. I take St.John’s wart occasionally, supposed to boost the mood. One doctor thought I had what you have. I think. MS. The one where you could wake up one day and not have use of legs, or your arms one day. Or maybe I’m thinking Muscular Dystrophy , maybe that’s it. My memory is somewhat affected. I could search it on the net but I’m just rambling anyway. I really related to Dora on finding Nemo.
You take care. Robert
PS. Now I see your guest book page! Lots of response,. Way cool.. you go girl and ... are you single?”Robert” that’s not me.. When I’m on the net I will be kHz_Robert Well I’m glad you getting responces and I’m responding by e-mail because I wouldn’t have felt as free to ramble as I have done here. Oh the Zoberguy thing here is sort of a take on Zoro Sober+guy. Quite happy to have had enough.
Yvonne, for writing the essay on Bandaides and Blackboards web site. You have shown me a world I had ignored. Your essay was compelling, real and changed my perception.
Thank you
Jackie Armstrong
Yvonne,
Just curious about your web site. Saw it mentioned on the Polio list (St. John's). How are your days spent?
MaureenK
Yvonne:
Wonderful web page!
Peace.
Bob Roberts
Bob@IHSS.org
http://www.marincil.org/
My dear Yvonne,
On the one hand, I am delighted that you are fighting the good fight,
on the other, disappointed that you still need to.
I find it amazing that in an economy the size of the States, that you
haven't found a niche, mainly it would appear due to the
short-sightedness of others.
Best wishes,
Hi,
I found this url address http://home.att.net/~ysinger/, and i was wondering if you could grant me a link on this page. I require anything in return i will provide it gladly.
My link informations are:
http://www.hotelus.com/
description: anything you wish, but we would be happy if "discount hotels" or only "hotels" appeared in a sentence.
Hope i'm contacting the right person for this, i'm truly sorry if that is not the case.
Anyways, best of wishes for this new year.
Regards,
Marc C. Henri
Hi
Please visit http://www.dystonia-support4u.co.uk/
I have put a link to your page on my links page....
Regards
chris
I feel your pain I to am disable and have yet to find
a good paying job I believe the more persistent you
are at one group or another you will find success. By
the way I always wanted to put up my own web page with
little or any background except to follow instruction.
Can you suggest a good course of action. Also have you
contacted Just One Break in new york city they are a
placement firm might do well to forward your info to
them goggle it to find them they are at 100 wall street.n.y.
Hello Yvonne
I am writing to request your permission to reprint your article "Yes, I Do Exist." All due acknowledgement including a link back to your website will be given. The article will be printed at
http://www.lovebyrd.com/
Adela Lewis
Would like to know if you could add a link to our site.
Wheelchair & complete line of supplies.
Thank you jimmy
Hello Yvonne
My name is Sharon - and I came across your website ---indicating that you have graduated from Walden with your Masters in Psychology. I started the M.S. Course in December - and am currently on Advanced General Psychology. It is inspiring to "find" another Walden affiliate in NJ!
I am not sure how old your site is -- however, well done your work is great.
Regards, Sharon
Dear Yvonne,
Let me introduce myself. My name is Janet. In 1987, I gave birth to Bryce. Due to prematurity and jaundice, Bryce developed severe cerebral palsy. Unable to find child care for him and having to work, I place him in an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded near New Orleans, LA. It took us a year and 8 months to find a way to care for him at home but finally he was back with us where he belonged. He went on to make A's and B's in typical classes with a student specific aide and attend several ADAPT actions. Sadly, we lost him in 1999 due to respiratory arrest or possibly heart failure.
I continue to be haunted by the injustice of entitlements to nursing homes and waiting lists for community based care. I am now in graduate school in social work and preparing for research on people with disabilities and institutions. In my literature reviews, I am finding very little research, articles in scholarly journals, or books on people with disabilities and the nursing home bias. I have also tried literature searches using the terms "residential care" and "ICFMR".
In your studies, have you come across any articles that might be of interest to me? If you have something that it would be easier for you to "snail mail" to me you can send it to me at: --------. Thank you (in advance) for your help.
Regards,
In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up. -Martin Niemoeller
Hi Yvonne,
Very nice websites you have there. Please let people know about us if you don't mind. Good luck - be well!
Social Security Disability Coalition - FREE knowledge and support with a focus on reform of the Social Security Disability System: http://groups.msn.com/SocialSecurityDisabilityCoalition
Sign the Social Security Disability Reform Petition - Read the horror stories from all over the nation at: http://www.petitiononline.com/SSDC/petition.html
Linda Fullerton
Greetings Yvanne,
I added links on the following pages:
I will browse your resources more and will get the links out to the art ed lists too.
Judy Decker
Yvonne,
Hello from Virginia!!! I am a special ed teacher who is hanging in the balance between continuing to work or take disability for mental
disabilities. I really want to stay working, and got my first disability check the same month I started to work after almost a year of unemployment.
Working with special ed students is the joy of my life! I teach in rural Virginia even tho I was a city girl from PA. These students don't have as much "attitude" as city kids, and it is a joyful challenge to find out the best way for them to learn without having to spend all my time busting down the attitude walls. I have been using the Internet with special ed students (LD and EMR with the occasional physically disabled student) since the late 80's.
I have taught three students with Muscular Dystrophy. The first was the oldest brother about a decade ago, who died last December 1st, and the other two were his twin brothers. It was amazing to see how much better the twins are accepted in the high school, compared to Tremaine. Tremaine was assigned to the MR class, but the twins are in all regular classes. They will graduate in June.
For the rest of the year, I am teaching at the local Alternative School that serves seven rural counties to take the worst discipline problems out of the regular schools. Some of them are special ed, and the school had to have a special ed person on the staff. (A week before the fed's audited).
I've been on the Internet a long time and have many contacts around the world who are mostly a mix of special ed teachers and disabled persons. Several are visually impaired and use unique computer equipment. I work online with The Enabling Foundation, Dr. Robert Zenhausern provides the server and the leadership. Ann Parsons, who was born totally blind but earned a Master's in English Lit with hopes of teaching someday, is a long time friend. So is Patt Herring who is now legally blind but uses a large screen monitor instead of a speech reader, is a close friend. I had the joy of meeting Norm in Rochester at a tech conference in the 90's, who has been blind since an illness when he was 7. He had one of the earliest online college courses (Minority History), since he uses a speech reader on his computer instead of having to hire a reader to read the student work to him.
Well, it's time to shut up and listen. I hope to hear from you. Check out my web pages in my signature file, and check out The Enabling Support Foundation at http://www.enabling.org/.
Anne
Yvonne,
I've been reading your posts on the autism board. I am very impressed with what you have accomplished and your courage. I am the parent of a 20 year old young man with Aspergers and bi-polar disorder and the foster parent of 2 other very special needs children.
I want to put up a web site for caregivers (related and nonrelated) of special needs individuals which provides information, training, and support, but the time demands of caring for the above children makes it very difficult to follow through because I know nothing of web development.
My dream is to make sure that every special needs individual has the resources and opportunity to reach their highest and best possible potential.
I am wondering if you would be interested in working with me on such a project.
Sincerely,
Email- mcclem4748@comcast.net
Dear Webmaster:
My name is Daniel Ambort and I am the responsible of building a high quality network of sites linked to Dating Advice and Tips website. This site is located at http://www.dating-advice-and-tips.com/
I have been spending some time looking at your site and I think your site is a very valuable resource to our visitors (all of them very advisable visitors to your site also). I would like to submit our site for your consideration, and feel Dating-Advice-And-Tips is an interesting and rich content site to add to your Links Page at home.att.net/~ysinger/indexa.htm
If you are willing to exchange links with us, please just copy and paste the html code listed below. A link to you will be posted in our resources page at
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Best Regards
Hello, Yvonne,
I must tell you how much I enjoyed your website. I arrived there by way of the article 'Depressive Affect Among Physically Disabled Men and Women' after doing a simple search entitled 'Paul Longmore Essay' which I reread from time to time for inspiration. You have done an excellent job at amassing and organizing resources for the disabled. I read the above mentioned article as well as your own personal story. I plan to come back often to explore your site and all the many links (maybe makes some new friends) you have worked so hard on. While my path is a little different from yours I can see were both travelers on the same road. My disability is from Rheumatoid Arthritis, I was diagnosed at age 5 and now I'm 37. My disability is considered an Invisible Disability, which presents some unique problems which I'm sure you are aware of just as your disability is unique to you. I just really want to thank you for all your hard work and congratulate you for achieving many of your goals, keep up the good work. Any e-mails or questions are welcomed.
Thank You,
Mike Sartin
Dear Ms. Singer,
I noticed that you have added travel links to your site at the following page: http://home.att.net/~ysinger/
We were wondering if you would add our link. Here is some HTML for a text link for our site:
EZTrip.com Hotels-Cars-Flights
Please let us know if you have added our link or if you have any comments about our site. Thank you for your consideration!
Regards,
Bart Mathre
bmathre@eztrip.com
http://www.eztrip.com/
Dear Yvonne,
My name is Benjamin Bloom. I'm 29 and just graduated from the University of Miami with my Master of Fine Arts in Poetry. I am looking to get some of my poetry out on the net, yet I have yet to find a website dedicated to CP Poetry. I have CP, and my thesis (entitled Touge Twister) is a collection of poems dedicated to exploring CP and society's reactions towards CP. I'll send you a few now, if you're interested I can send more. I am looking to send my collection to publishers, any advice you may have would be gratefully appreciated.
All the best, Benjamin Bloom.
Hi,
My name is David, and I'm the owner of http://www.internet-health-directory.com/.
I want to let you know that I've just placed a link to your site:
http://home.att.net/~ysinger/ on my directory.
The link to your site is placed here:
http://www.internet-health-directory.com/Conditions_and_Diseases_Neurological_Disorders_Cerebral_Palsy_Personal_Pages.html.
I'm using this title to link to your site:
'Yvonne Singer's Globe'
This is the description that is being used:
'Writings and poetry from a woman with cerebral palsy.'
Please let me know if you want me to change the Title/Description that was given to your website.
I'll be very happy if you could add a link back to my site -
http://www.internet-health-directory.com/. Feel free to use any text / images from my website for the link back.
You can also go to http://www.internet-health-directory.com/linktous.html to get banners and text-links to my site.
If you've linked to my website, please let me know and i'll make sure that your website will be listed on the top of it's category on my directory.
I would also appreciate your opinion about my directory, and if you could let me know when the link to my site will be added to your site.
Best Regards,
Hi,
I was looking for information online about Walden University and I came across your website. I could not stop reading it--it is so inspiring. Anyway, I'm thinking of getting a Master's in Psychology from Walden, and I was wondering if you could share your experience with the program with me. I would really appreciate it, but if you don't have time, then I understand.
Thanks,
Mario
I am a mom of a little girl with CP - she's 7 and she has the same experience as you describe when she tries to reach out & chat with people. What's your name? Hey guys wanna play. Do you like Barbies? - many people ignore her or treat her like she's a baby. She wants to be a doctor when she grows up.
Are you still in school? Or did you become a psychologist? Or what?
I'd love to hear from you, and so would Victoria (my daughter) if you'd have time to write. I'd like to know a lot more about how to bring up a little girl who wants to be friendly but gets that reception that you know all so well.
If you have time, her email address is TickyCahill@aol.com and she'd love to hear from a real role model!
Marilyn Cahilll
My Dear Yvonne,
Just saw your website on my favourites list and thought it about time that I said hello.
Tom Johnson.
Subject: Hi Yvonne
From: "Tom Rost" tmrost@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 08:09:17 -0700
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Subject: Re:
From: See ID gimmieshelter1968@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 16:59:39 -0700 (PDT)
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Subject: hey
From: "geneen" trumanheart@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 14:40:50 -0500
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Subject: Re: Treat the person, not the disability. :-)
From: mirjph mirjph@bestweb.net
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 20:32:25 -0400
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
And he's really high-functioning, too.
Having a disability should not prevent anybody from being appreciated for their intrinsic worth as a human being.
Subject: RE: Treat the person, not the disability. :-)
From: "Pan Dora" Izznot@myrealbox.com
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 05:02:20 -0700
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net, "SJU Autism" AUTISM@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
Subject: Reply to: Treat the person, not the disability. :-)
From: Patricia Clark patty@autistics.org
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 20:22:04 -0400
To: autism@maelstrom.stjohns.edu
CC: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
http://www.autistics.cc
Subject: Re: [Disabled Rights Activists Group] Fighting the good fight
From: Disability Watch disabilitywatch@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 19:16:32 -0700 (PDT)
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Subject: Re: [ Disabled Rights Activists Group] A piece of the American pie
From: Frank Tetto tetto@optonline.net
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 17:27:30 -0400
To: disabledrightsactivistsgroup@yahoogroups.com
Frank
http://www.tetto.org/
Subject: Re: Exploring job opportunities
From: "ptla" ptla@prodigy.net
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 00:14:25 -0400
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net, POLIO@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
Subject: just to say hi!
From: "Lisa Downs" lisa@six-weeks.com
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 20:29:29 -0400
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Lisa
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 08:12:48 -0700
To: Yvonne Singer ysinger@waldenu.edu
From: Enid Schwartz jschwart@sprynet.com
Subject: Re: Exploring job opportunities
Enid A. Schwartz
Laughter is a freeing dance, performed within the soul.
-Serene West
Subject: Offering new job opportunities
From: Lu Xu recruiter@cantellcommunications.com
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 01:50:28 +0200
To: "Yvonne M. Singer" ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Thursday, October 2 at 12 AM EST, 5 PM GMT, PM CET
Friday, October 3 at 9 AM EST, 2 PM GMT, 3 PM CET
Friday, October 3 at 12 AM EST, 5 PM GMT, PM CET
Monday, October 6 at 9 AM EST, 2 PM GMT, 3 PM CET
Monday, October 6 at 12 AM EST, 5 PM GMT, PM CET
Recruiter
Cantell Communications International
recruiter@cantellcommunications.com
http://www.cantellcommunications.com/
Subject: Re: In deep thought
From: Bernie Poole poole+@pitt.edu
Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2003 11:21:01 -0400
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Associate Professor of Education and Instructional Technology
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Johnstown, PA 15904, USA
tel: 814-269-2923 fax: 814-269-7084 http://www.pitt.edu/~poole
Subject: what an inspiration you are!!
From: Coyotes222@aol.com
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 18:58:02 EDT
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Take care,
Jo Anne Thomas
Subject: Just want to chat.
From: "Chick Leach" chick3@cox.net
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 23:03:26 -0500
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Subject: hello
From: "Steven Wong" stvwh@msn.com
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 19:30:07 -1000
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Steve
Subject: RE: Yvonne Singer's Feature Presentation
From: "Leslie Daniels" leslied@tpainc.org
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 10:22:43 -0600
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Subject: Re: Yvonne Singer's Feature Presentation
From: "Tommy" tlcon@webound.com
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 10:46:04 -0600
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net, POLIO@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
~One Day at a Time - Sweet Jesus~
Tommy Lynn
http://www.sharingjesusministry.org/PPSers&JESUS.htm
Subject: RE: Yvonne Singer's Feature Presentation
From: "Gloria Schantz" gschantz@wwgw.com
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 13:55:07 -0500
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Subject: RE: Yvonne Singer's Feature Presentation
From: "Schantz, Rena I [AM]" rena.i.schantz@citigroup.com
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 14:35:54 -0500
To: "'ysinger@worldnet.att.net'" ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Subject: Re: Yvonne Singer's Feature Presentation
From: paula@waldenu.edu
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 15:08:35 -0600
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
President and Provost
Walden University
155 Fifth Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401
800-925-3368, ext 1201
FAX: 612-338-0902
e-mail: paula@waldenu.edu
http://www.waldenu.edu/
Subject: Re: Yvonne Singer's Feature Presentation
From: "Harvey Weiss" hweiss@planetmail.com
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 19:19:17 -0500
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Love,
Uncle Harvey
Subject: Thanks
From: "David Schantz" david_schantz@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 08:36:44 -0500
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Subject: Hi Yvonne
From: Lmrodrifam@aol.com
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 12:15:07 EST
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Subject: Re: [OK] Yvonne Singer's Slides
From: "Giuseppe Marche" olivermar@tiscali.it
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 20:39:09 +0100
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Subject: [Fwd: Yvonne Singer's Feature Presentation]
From: Susan Gilbert Beck emanda@chartermi.net
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 10:40:26 -0500
To: ysinger@WORLDNET.ATT.NET
Subject: Disabled in Texas
From: "Sharlene and Nolan Gregory" sharnola@eastex.net
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 01:22:18 -0600
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
CC: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
PO Box 1233
Dayton, Texas 77535
From: "Paul Haigazian" paulhaigazian@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 18:29:02 -0800
To: ysinger@WORLDNET.ATT.NET
Subject: your website
From: "Debra Mulholland" DebraM226@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 02:13:05 -0500
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
DebraM226@hotmail.com
Subject: hello yvonne
From: John Clabaugh johnclabaugh@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 16:44:12 -0800 (PST)
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
I'm trying to be a better writer and I get
inspiration from all kinds of people.
Keep up the good work.
Subject: insight
From: "Lori Lashley" l8elucretia@msn.com
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 21:32:59 -0700
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
l8elucretia@cox.net
Subject: this is not spam I am reallll tooo ! Yvonne no sales... no kidding.... ! !
From: Robertoe Hovisoe zoberguy1@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 21:21:38 -0800 (PST)
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Subject: Thank you
From: "Jackie Armstrong" armfam@comcast.net
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 21:36:23 -0500
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Bear, DE
Subject: just curious...
From: "maureen kirsten" mkirsten@worldnet.att.net
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 18:03:43 -0700
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Subject: RE: [berkeley-disabled] Still fighting the good fight!
From: "Bob Roberts" mcilbob@earthlink.net
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 23:42:46 -0800
To: "Yvonne Singer" ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Executive Director
Marin CIL
Subject: Fighting the good fight.
From: tomjohnson@eircom.net
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 21:40:45 +0000
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Tom Johnson
Subject: Link request if it's possible
From: webmaster@hotelus.com
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 00:06:25 -0500
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
webmaster@hotelus.com
http://www.hotelus.com/
Subject: disability
From: "chris" chris@osl-ltd.co.uk
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 02:11:39 -0000
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Subject: Re: greetings
From: bob jacksons china3500@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 11:31:30 -0800 (PST)
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Subject: Permission to reprint your article "Yes I Do Exist"
From: "Adela Lewis" adelalewis@bellsouth.net
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 10:58:31 -0700
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Subject: Add Link
From: "Jimmy Green" jimmy@sportaid.com
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 16:16:05 -0400
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Subject: Website
From: Schonteichs@aol.com
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 01:03:52 EDT
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Subject: Research on Institutional Care
From: Janet Thomas janet_t@swbell.net
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 17:04:21 -0500
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Janet A. Thomas
janet_t@swbell.net
http://cs.southwesternadventist.edu/~janet/
Subject: Please let people know about us - Social Security Disability Coalition
From: "SSD COALITION" ssdcoalition@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 10:21:03 -0400
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
President/Co-Founder - Social Security Disability Coalition
Please check out my website at:
http://www.frontiernet.net/~lindaf1/bump.html
"I am disabled and I vote!"
Subject: Re: Yvonne - Links have been added
From: "Judy Decker" jdecker@woh.rr.com
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 22:25:50 -0400
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Resources
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/informat.htm
Art Education - Under Lesson Plans:
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/links/artgames.html
Subject: Saw your website after your post on the NY Times!
From: "Anne Pemberton" apembert@erols.com
Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 18:16:58 -0400
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Subject: inquiry
From: "CG" mcclem4748@comcast.net
Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 17:32:47 -0600
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Clementina S. Garza
Subject: Link Partnership w/Dating-Advice-And-Tips
From: "Daniel Ambort" dambort@gigared.com
Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 10:22:18 -0300
To:ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Daniel Ambort
Dating-Advice-And-Tips
Subject: great website
From: "michael sartin" drewem8893@msn.com
Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 21:41:56 -0400
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Subject: Travel Link
From: "Bart Mathre" bmathre@eztrip.com
Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 13:53:55 -0500 (CDT)
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Subject: CP Poetry
From: Benjamin Bloom bennyblue25@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 08:57:47 -0700 (PDT)
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Subject: Your website - 'http://home.att.net/~ysinger/' was added to my directory.
From: webmaster@internet-health-directory.com
Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 21:03:19 +0200
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
David.
Subject: Walden University
From: Mario Peraza perazam@earthlink.net
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 22:14:44 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Subject: Love your website & your article
From: Lynguista@aol.com
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 18:07:51 EDT
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Subject: How you doing?
From: Tom Johnson tomjohnson@eircom.net
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 19:58:45 +0100
To: ysinger@worldnet.att.net
Any news on the job front?
I find it amazing that a community that seemingly convinced an American Adminstration to invade a Middle Eastern country could not find it possible to employ one of its own.
Please feel free to reply with whatever vehemence you consider appropriate!
Personal Insights F