Comments on: Obituary http://www.cripcommentary.com/harriet July 8, 1957 - June 4, 2008 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:28:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mitchel Haigler http://www.cripcommentary.com/harriet/obituary/comment-page-1/#comment-3431 Mitchel Haigler Sun, 09 Oct 2011 12:41:29 +0000 http://www.cripcommentary.com/harriet/?page_id=3#comment-3431 Definitely believe that which you said. Your favorite justification seemed to be on the net the simplest thing to be aware of. I say to you, I certainly get annoyed while people consider worries that they just don't know about. You managed to hit the nail upon the top as well as defined out the whole thing without having side-effects , people could take a signal. Will probably be back to get more. Thanks Definitely believe that which you said. Your favorite justification seemed to be on the net the simplest thing to be aware of. I say to you, I certainly get annoyed while people consider worries that they just don’t know about. You managed to hit the nail upon the top as well as defined out the whole thing without having side-effects , people could take a signal. Will probably be back to get more. Thanks

]]> By: Susana Morse http://www.cripcommentary.com/harriet/obituary/comment-page-1/#comment-337 Susana Morse Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:42:41 +0000 http://www.cripcommentary.com/harriet/?page_id=3#comment-337 I never met Harriet or had the pleasure of corresponding with her. In fact, I only came across her article protesting the MDA telethon today and had to respond somehow, even if she's already gone from this world. As a former poster child, I spent years with conflicting feelings about the telethon, torn between a real need to fund services and the dehumanizing tactics used over the Labor Day weekend. It became so difficult that I stopped watching the deliberate pity party televised into millions of homes. The tear jerker stories never seemed to reflect my life or experience, rarely including success stories or real solutions for day to day challenges. I do not need saving. I do not need pity. I am not incapable or incomplete as a human being. It was refreshing to see someone else has had a similiar experience, to discover my own feelings expressed so clearly by another person living with a disability. Wherever you are, Harriet: thank you. I never met Harriet or had the pleasure of corresponding with her. In fact, I only came across her article protesting the MDA telethon today and had to respond somehow, even if she’s already gone from this world.

As a former poster child, I spent years with conflicting feelings about the telethon, torn between a real need to fund services and the dehumanizing tactics used over the Labor Day weekend. It became so difficult that I stopped watching the deliberate pity party televised into millions of homes. The tear jerker stories never seemed to reflect my life or experience, rarely including success stories or real solutions for day to day challenges.

I do not need saving.
I do not need pity.
I am not incapable or incomplete as a human being.

It was refreshing to see someone else has had a similiar experience, to discover my own feelings expressed so clearly by another person living with a disability.

Wherever you are, Harriet: thank you.

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