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I appreciate the following commendations from visitors
about tell-us-your-story.com. They are totally unsolicited,
of course!

Jim Hasse
tell-us-your-story.com
Developer, Facilitator, Marketer

Your Web site has been awarded a "Blue Web'n!"

Inclusion in the Blue Web'n library is an honor reserved for the best online lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, and tools.

We have added your site to our searchable database and sent a description of your site to over 30,000 Blue Web'n Update subscribers.

Thanks for creating such a great site!

Jodi Reed
Pacific Bell Education Web Developer
Cuyamaca College Instructor (part time)
jodi@banyantree.org
http://www.kn.pacbell.com

Hi, Jim:

We've visited your site several times now and we're quite impressed. The stories you have to share are indeed an inspiration. We would like to offer you the FNRC web site award to acknowledge the fine work you are doing as a service to people who have disabilities.

Keep up the good work!

Michael E. Hanson
Systems Analyst/Programmer
Far Northern Regional Center
FNRC@aol.com

Hi Jim,

Well, I just had to write and say Thank You for your web site. I have the banner ... and click on it to read the daily story. I have no disabilities, nor does anyone in my family. (Mom is in her mid 80's, is very forgetful, and her eyesight is going, but I don't think of that as a disability, but only part of the normal aging process.)

I want to let you know that I appreciate reading the stories that are on your pages. They are eye openers for me. I thought I had it together (so to speak) in my interaction with people who have disabilities... But, let me tell you. I have learned a LOT from the stories.

I only wish that EVERYONE would visit your pages.

Sincerely,
Willow Miranda
Community Manager
SeniorCom
willow@senior.com

Dear Mr. Hasse:

I am getting ready for work, but I wanted to touch base with you because I just found your web site about Chicken Soup for the Soul.

I was just realizing I was not well in 1997, when you were doing that web site, so I had a long way to go to get to the stage of being an informed member of the disability community. Now I'm little more than not well; I use
a wheelchair (which looks very cool), and I'm a full fledged, angry human. I'm keeping it under wraps though, while I'm figuring out the best ways to deal with society and its confusion.

Three of four Christmas presents in 1998 were books in the Chicken Soup vein (from relatives). One was actually the Chicken Soup book. I was offended without knowing that I wasn't the only person with a disability who felt like that. I was wholly offended. I'm being badgered into disability retirement, and most of my former friends have forgotten my phone number. Chicken Soup is not the answer here, and that garbage has only served to enrage me.

I must get ready for work, but I just wanted to say "Hello." I felt empowered when I found your website. Thanks!

Sincerely,
Betty Alfred
Wngsnflite@aol.com

Hi, Jim:

Congratulations on this truly wonderful web site. I am a 3rd year OT student here in Melbourne, Australia, and I know I will be visiting your page again often. I have already forwarded your URL to all my study buddies as well.

If we (OTs) are meant to conduct our practice from within a client-centred frame of reference, I feel we are professionally obligated to embrace the narratives and experiences of those with whom we are working.

Regards,
David Harraway
aura@alphalink.com.au

I love your site. I've featured it as the site of the week. See http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Meadow/8921/tellus.html

Alyzza
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Meadow/8921
odd_events@hotmail.com

Jim: Just a quick note. This is the 4th time in just a few days I've been back to your web site. Truly brilliant. Keep the excellent work up.

Cheers for now.
Terry Taylor
Terry.Taylor@dial.pipex.com

Jim! My hat is off to you!!!!! I am so excited about what you've done here (with the speech-friendly weekly digest). I've talked to others about access issues, but I have to say this is the first time someone has done so much to act on a suggestion!

(What does that prove? Ask someone with a disability how something can be accomplished and it gets done!)

Thank you SO much!

Kim Morrow
kmorrow@primenet.com
Department of Teaching and Leadership
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS, USA.
http://www.cc.ukans.edu/~kmorrow.

What a wonderful site! Thank you for sending me tell-us-your-story URL.

I'm going to forward it to others and will include it in the Spring '99 issue of the dba Advisor.

Urban Miyares
President
Disabled Businesspersons Association
dbanet@ix.netcom.com

I commend you on your excellent work to facilitate discussions among those with disabilities.

Not only is your site very well constructed but your writing furthers the cause of those you serve.

As you know, disabled folks are not unable. I promote the safety and health benefits of telecommuting. I'm hoping that more telecommuting opportunities become available, so more people will be allowed to work from home. Many disabled individuals have contacted me over the last year expressing that same hope.

Thanks for being here on the web. I'm glad I came by. Please keep up the good work.

Rick Johnson
Founder & Director
Telecommuting Safety & Health Benefits Institute
rijohnso@orednet.org

http://www.orednet.org/venice/rick/telecommutesafe/

Burns, Oregon, USA

This is a great web site! Naturally, I signed up to receive your weekly digest.

I will include www.tell-us-your-story.com in a column I'll be doing on good web sites for people with disabilities.

I write the Challenger and Challenger Calendar in the Orange County Register, Southern California. My columns deal with disability topics.

Best wishes,
Diane Rodecker
Chalwriter@aol.com

Challenger
Orange County Register

I read about your site in New Mobility magazine. Wow! What a place you have here! Congratulations! We all have different experiences to share and maybe some pointers for others to the pitfalls of cripdom.

Thank you. Loved your post regarding the French fries! I will "reply" with another situation that almost happened to me. Thanks!

Luis
LMN2GKI@aol.com

It has been a few years since we discussed your appearing on the WAPD web site, and I am happy we did not go that route because you are making a much bigger statement with what you are doing today (SUPER!)

George B. Kerford, Ph.D.
President/CEO
World Association of Persons with Disabilities

I really enjoy your site. As someone who works in rehabilitation it is a great reminder that the things we do and say everyday, affects the people with whom we work so completely.

I am an Occupational Therapist in Ontario, Canada. I am currently working on a Masters of Education in Community Rehabilitation through the University of Calgary. I am interested in issues of fairness and equity.

Debra Stoch
Ontario, Canada
dstoch@csolve.net

Your web site is a wonderful opportunity to share and gain insight from others. I hope you continue the forum, as it is very needed.

Stephanie
Houston, TX
Stephtor@aol.com

Thank you so much for wishing me well in the San Francisco State University speaking engagement.

I spoke about being published in your forum and told the BIG group about what you are trying to accomplish. I sure hope it will help build up your wonderful forum! Some are web TV users, so we'll see if they follow through. I've also told my family, who are web TV users, so we'll get that forum going one way or another.

I wanted to tell you I did get a chance to speak with John Hockenberry personally for a little talk. Some things will be developing. Talk to you again soon.

Pauline Horvath
San Francisco, CA
PH7255@webtv.net

I love your web sight which is thoughtful and provocative. It has been a wonderful outlet for me and has helped me as I continue my journey of healing.

Having spent almost ten years in the psych field, I am familiar with many tools for healing. I tried incorporating as many as possible into my life (including Wellbutrin anti-depressant); none of which were bringing me out of the deep, dark depression into which I sank following my job termination (which of course, was just preceded by my dad's death and my diagnosis of muscular dystrophy). I was crying every day and had lost my spark and motivation. The truth is I could barely function. I even canceled my physical therapy and rehab appointments, the only life sustaining hope I have to try and deter further deterioration of my muscles. I hated what was happening to me and I desperately wanted it to stop.

And something miraculous happened after I found your web site and posted. Within a couple of days both Phillip and I noticed a change in me, a pretty significant improvement. Even though I had been writing and journaling, posting my story about "Hope" on your site had some great cathartic effect on me. And the effect has continued as I've posted and read your stories and those of others. I'm able to joke, smile and laugh again. Phil and I are reclaiming the "Susie" who had disappeared for some time. I've restarted my physical therapy and pool rehab. I'm making phone calls to friends again.

Thanks for your time and effort! I visit everyday with eager anticipation, hoping to find new postings. And I always look forward to your postings.

While I have been venturing into a number of disability sites, yours is the one where I feel most at home at the current time. So, thanks! My life is better because of your work and generosity, as well as the thoughts and stories which other people with disabilities have been willing to share.

With appreciation from both Phillip and I!
Susie Kamp
Minneapolis, MN
smkinmn@aol.com

As a special education teacher, I have been wanting to share that story with others for so long. Thanks for allowing me to do so through your web site.

Eileen Roseman
California
eroseman@lausd.k12.ca.us

I appreciate you and your site. Believe me, it has made me think every time I have checked it out! And to think that I have something posted is too neat!

Shelly Turner
turnershelly@hotmail.com

I really appreciate the work you're doing with tell-us-your-story. I enjoy reading so many different perspectives. It's exciting to see Cheryl Wade's piece in July's posting.

Alana R. Theriault
Resource Specialist
Center for Independent Living
Oakland, CA
alrt@igc.apc.org

Jim, I love the Ragged Edge and, of course, your web page. Thanks for the commitment you have made to provide us with a forum.

Tom Connors
Connecticut
connors.tom@snet.net

Your stories have been an inspiration to me. I also really enjoy your forum.

Kelli Hanshaw
SKMT@webtv.net

Cool site. I don't have Web access at home, so it took awhile before I had the chance ....

Terry Trahan
terryt@pixi.com

I was very touched by your stories. This site is a wonderful resource.

Currently I am a diversity consultant in Boston, MA, and I am working on a project where we are developing photographic teaching tools for educators to talk to youth about the "isms". I am in the process of interviewing around issues of "ableism".

Melissa Lamson
MLamson1@aol.com

Jim, it seems to me that my story touches on all of your June topics. If you want to use it, or part of it, feel free ...

Bill Asenjo, PhD candidate, CRC
Rehabilitation Counselor Education
The University of Iowa
basenjo@avalon.net

I applaud your page. I think more people need to see from the other side, to understand what issues the differently abled deal with every day, to understand why some special needs kids act out at times that many people can’t understand.

Those who are differently abled are also people first. They have the same needs and wants and desire the same respect that typical people do.

Ray Kopp
rjkopp@syr.edu
Co-owner
autism@maelstrom.stjohns.edu

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