Comments on: 1st Carnival of Hope for TBI Survivors http://www.headbraininjuries.com/1st-carnival-of-hope The comprehensive resource for survivors and their families Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:01:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Bernard Goggins http://www.headbraininjuries.com/1st-carnival-of-hope/comment-page-1#comment-322 Bernard Goggins Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:03:53 +0000 http://www.headbraininjuries.com/?p=142#comment-322 Dear Steve, I am: A survivor since being hit by a minivan on 7/27/2002. Disabled. Sixty, an slder survivor. A SUCCESS by God's grace. An example of what a survivor's potential can be guided and stimulated to accomplish. IMPROVING!! I am not: Handicapped. Well educated or well read. Extraordinarily intelligent or an exceptional student. A disability is an undeniable fact. A handicap is an accepted option. It has to be accepted to be a handicap. Until it is accepted as a handicap, it is a necessary adaptation. Dear Steve,

I am:
A survivor since being hit by a minivan on 7/27/2002.
Disabled.
Sixty, an slder survivor.
A SUCCESS by God’s grace.
An example of what a survivor’s potential can be guided and stimulated to accomplish.
IMPROVING!!

I am not:
Handicapped.
Well educated or well read.
Extraordinarily intelligent or an exceptional student.

A disability is an undeniable fact. A handicap is an accepted option. It has to be accepted to be a handicap. Until it is accepted as a handicap, it is a necessary adaptation.

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