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General Lifestyle

Got a Disability Community topic you want to discuss that doesn't fit above? Put it here.

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We are a Disability Community !!

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Over the fence, early morning, coffee cup in hand, visiting with neighbors about the last wee bit of  "now I didn't tell you this but..." info before the day starts, or the evening ends !!

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The ages here do make a difference also. It seems the younger people, IE. under 50 have a need to still fight for the right to be independent, the Need to "Do it myself"... at least emotionally...  the over 50 group seem to have found the wish to be with others, to share the day to day pains that come up and know there is a comfort in sharing and being with people.  So we share different topics, dreams, joys, jokes and sadness... in our own way, in our own time !!

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Disaboom really is a pot filled with strangers who bump in the night... some are night owls, some are morning doves... but we are all here together.  I read about all the pain people go through and I have to wonder if we are here to support each other through the hard times, or if there are a few who really do lay in wait, for that perfect moment to attack someones post on a topic... I find it sad that at any moment the Powers that Be here at Disaboom could well cut off the Message / Topic boards also to end the fighting.  How is it that a few angry people can ruin so much for so many ??

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To defend one's self is one thing, to read someone cursing at you, or dragging you down the road of words by the bumper of thier emotional train wreck is another.  If this area is yanked next, I guess I'd just like to add that there are many here who have UPLIFTED my tired spirit, shared with me when I have been lost and helped me find my way back to the road, Thank you for being here !!  Even if the topic board does go away, I pray we will keep in touch via the 'email' here on Disaboom... and of course I can be found on my blog anytime... Blogging is Great by the way, you can delete replies if they are ugly and uncalled for, and you have control if you want to delete what was said !!  Works well I think ....

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I had to share all this today, I'm not dumping on anyone I just needed to share how it feels right now to be here. So many threaten to leave, or never post again... I did that myself shortly after I came here... but I DO Believe in Disaboom and all the good it does. Isn't hat worth fighting for ??

Just what we need .... another thread stating the obvious ... if the horse is dead put away the stick.

"""unrepentantpigsnatcher wrote the following post at Thu, Aug 28 2008 9:46 AM:

I see one more thread started with a focus on the divisivness instead of a comment on an existing thread.  I see oen more person who feels the need to lecture the members of this site instead of putting something positive on an existing thread that has descended into chaos.  I see one more person who instead of reading and commenting on a positive thread feels the need to feed into the negatives.  So its not a thread about sexy shoes but it is one more thread commenting on the obvious that has been commented on in dozens of existing threads.

 

 

So you like freedom of speech, well so do I so I answered your post.  That does not make me a war monger and frankly I think your suggestion that I am really doesn't speak well for your "faith".

  Sorry, Faith has nothing to do with it. It was a fact that she was stating, what she saw you as. This is

not stating that you are a war monger, but maybe a bit negative, when we all have a freedom of speech.

That all means, that even you have the freedom to say what you want, within the subject lines of the host.

 I do agree that this place does pose a bit of choas in how we get these posts. I could suggest that you

check out some other sites, you might find more inviting. It is called a change of paste or pace, maybe.

There are a number of sites out there on the web, There is one with a focus on diabetics, Allience Health.

There are many out there, with open forums. There are talk shows now making talk show club sites.

This is not the one site in town, but it is one of the most popular, with probable the most diverse group.

It might even be world wide. You might check your local sites, find what sites just cover your town.

There are quite a number of chat sites that are online these days, not just myspace.com they have chats

online too. Yahoo has chats, with answer.com, try getting points, answering peoples questions in many

catogories. The answer that gets chosen or accepted the most, makes the points. It is a triggering thought.

Is there anything out there today, that you can't get points for. Not much anymore...so I write a response.

 I wonder why the only solution is always to send the sensible people away.

 

Disaboom did work.

 

Once.

 

Back then, before it was all about ego.

 

And of course before we had cliques.

 

*sigh* 

  Hello,  I have many disabilities, looking for a recombent trike w/motor. Are you

aware that most sites that have medical supplies, equipment, and carry bikes mostly

carry handcycles. Like the rest of us don't exist, those of us that need the exersize.

We could qualify for a regular recombent due to sezuries, and need the exersize to

fight atriphy. I have neuropathy, copd, pad, and the list goes on... I have had a

scooter, this was upgraded to a electric wheelchair, that didn't get me around.

I need the trike w/motor, to get around town, take care of errands, attend meetings

as being community active, I have been homebound since april '08, due to kneecaps,

and trouble breathing, as much as the bike didn't fit me, and it was recently stolen.

 I need to get around, and take care of things, myself. As it is, I must arrange for

some access to someone to help me get places, so I can get groceries, prescriptions,

 meetings, and any other errand that needs to be taken care of. I have no help in the

home, as of June '08, that was cancelled, as it was being appealed back in January'08.

 

I have been in search of other sites, that maybe there is a way of getting help, getting

this trike, and the closest that I got, was a response from someone, telling me to have

the person that I spoke of to ask for himself. Well, I  excuse me!, I was asking for me.

What is it for this world, because I am not w/o a leg or arm, I don't need a trike, I like

the fact that I am not good enough...All this time, I have gone thru life, not being the

one on drugs, not being the one who had the problem with alcohol or drugs, being the

one that can drive and not drink, the sober one, the one that was just lefted out of the

picture...If I had a problem with drugs or alcohol,  I would have had a place and my

child, and all the supports that I could mustard. Being the strainght one, I got to go

thru hell w/o any help, and had to struggle being homeless w/o custody. I am the pro

 that has plenty of experience being a catch-22. Now that I am over 50,  I have to

wait until I am 65 to claim to be a senior, and then it will be 75...I am a catch-22.

Now that I am not an amputee, I don't qualify for any help, trying to get needed

equipment so that I can work on being able to move, not that I can travel w/o a

chair or a bike, but the exersize is about the only kind I get to enjoy....I think that

having something that can help me smile is important. It also allows me to be a

 part of the community, as I have been attending meetings for many years, trying

to make this *#*#*#*#*  place a better place for us to be. To be involved making

it possible for those not in our place to see it from another's point of view. We are

now making headway, where 20 or more years ago, these needs needed to be part

of there discussion groups. Instead, they discussed senior housing, I am sorry, they

just got built a few years ago. It just took 20 years to build. I am talking about

housing for persons with disability, and large numbers of them being the next

wave of homeless and like we are going to wait for another 20 years...well....

Yes, I am off track....but the point is being made...I am a catch 22, getting nowhere. 

ex

"""I had to share all this today, I'm not dumping on anyone I just needed to share how it feels right now to be here. So many threaten to leave, or never post again... I did that myself shortly after I came here... but I DO Believe in Disaboom and all the good it does. Isn't hat worth fighting for ??"""

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So few to talk with that aren't out to attack anymore. I LOOKED for some type of topic area for this, and I didn't find One thing where I could tell how I FEEL without some one needing to attack me... Oh well, I'm getting used to it on here at least... I'm pretty sure that if I say how I FEEL, someone who needs to be better and wiser then me will attack !! That's fine, I always need more people to add to our prayer list.  For those who Really READ this post of mine, thank you for your support and understanding... Blessings, Lisa Catherine