sorry about this mail
got it wrong
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> From: anita ghai <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: parents of (and) people with disabilities
> Date: Sunday, July 25, 1999 7:02 PM
>
> Dear Mairian
> Just to say hello
> Also I will be sending the abstract on Postmodernism and disability
> shortly. Unfortunately due to a computer breakdown , I only have your
> address so is it o.k. if I send it to you?
> love
> Anita Ghai
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> > From: Mairian Corker <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: parents of (and) people with disabilities
> > Date: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 2:38 PM
> >
> > Johnson wrote:
> > >
> > >In an effort to avoid a flurry of repetition (not discussion, just
> > >repeatition, because this issue, like the language one, seems to
> generate
> > >an awful lot of mail and crowding of boxes) might I suggest that
people
> do
> > >a search through the archieves of this list (parents in or out of D.
> Comm.
> > >and other such subject lines) and some reading of messages before
> jumping
> > >into the current fray here w/ Laurence's question. Doing so might
also
> > >propel the current discussion in a forward motion rather than a
> cirrcular
> > >one. If you don't remember the URL (I don't I'll admit, I'm sure our
> > >helpful list administrator will be happy to help out, right Mark?
> > >
> > I feel impelled to respond to this. I don't think I am part of this
> > mailbase in order to suppress debate and to keep our administrator
happy.
> > It is of course true what Johnson says about some topics coming up
again
> > and again. My guess is that this is because they are 'hot buttons' and
in
> > spite of their having been debated at length we are no closer to
> > understanding them or moving them forward. I think it's also because we
> > skirt around them in debate - a bit like 'Chinese whispers' - and I
guess
> a
> > lot of us are not saying what we really feel on the more sensitive
> issues.
> > However each time the wheel turns there is both a risk of repetition
and
> a
> > possibility of something new.
> >
> > For my part, if the debate about language in particular was stopped, I
> > would feel tempted to unsubscribe. As to the debate about parents, I
> would
> > personally like to see more about non-disabled partners and spouses -
and
> I
> > don't mean carers - to give it some balance.
> >
> > Best wishes
> >
> >
> > Mairian
> >
> > Mairian Corker
> > Senior Research Fellow in Deaf and Disability Studies
> > Department of Education Studies
> > University of Central Lancashire
> > Preston PR1 2HE
> >
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