This is from 2009, but I wanted to re-post it because today is "Spread the word to end the word" day. Every time I hear somebody refer to Skyler as "retard" I die a little more inside. Our-kids is a group of over 1000 people who all are people who are in one way or another in the special needs community. Most of us are parents, but there are teachers, doctors, therapists, siblings, and some are the person with the diagnosis. It is a worldwide community, but most are from the United States. We benefit from having an international membership, because it can be quite interesting to hear about viewpoints or medical procedures that are going on in other countries. Over the years, I have had faceless names become close friends, engaged in discussions about body functions you wouldn’t mention to your doctor, and gained a valuable sounding board for advice and ideas. I have grown to care about a lot of these people, and their lives as much as some of my own friend
Stupid redneck.
ReplyDeleteahhhh hummmm?
ReplyDeleteReminds me of those idiots that call me and ask if the *cough* EMERGENCY air evacuation lets them choose where they will be transported, in the event of a life or death accident.
ReplyDeleteSure, you can be air lifted from China all the way to Iowa if you like, and you'll die on the way, fucker.
Uh - insurance coverage is NOT free for everyone. Premiums ARE paid with our taxes (on a sliding scale) and foreigners will get cared for but I believe they are charged (whether they trouble themselves to collect I don't know).
ReplyDeleteAs you discovered, I also coincidentally had this on my Facebook.
ReplyDeleteWhen my now-ex-wife was living in England on a work-study program in the mid-eighties, she got seriously ill. She was treated at no charge. She is, not surpisringly, a big advocate of a national healthy care system.
Sounds like my ex-husband. *rolling my eyes*
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