[Gllug] Robot arms for the disabled

[Harvey Kelly]

Dear All,

No, I thought exactly same.  And exactly like Mick: good man.  I've
experienced similar levels of moronic abuse - and hey, let's face it, it
is abuse, my nan died because of it.  Stay away from the camomile, stick with
the Carte Noire.

Harvey

On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 11:19:51PM +0100, Mick Wilkinson wrote:
> Good man - you get my vote.
> 
> Mick
> 
> 
> On Friday 09 August 2002  4:03 am Z, Jim Bailey wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 08, 2002 at 06:23:53PM +0200, John Hearns wrote:
> > > Congratulations to Rich Walker on the BBC news item:
> > >
> > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2178226.stm
> > >
> > > ps. can I have one for the next time I'm down the pub?
> > > I don't GENERALLY have a problem with raising the glass
> > > to my lips but it would be nice.
> >
> > Congrats Rich and to the rest of your team there.
> >
> > I am now going to stick my neckn out here and speak my mind about how
> > pissed off I am about the response from David Colley, chairman of the
> > British Council of Disabled People.
> >
> > "It's unfortunate that disabled people are constantly used as a reason
> > for inventing new gadgets."
> >
> > As someone who helped nurse his Dad through terminal cancer and watch a
> > trim 50 year old man turn in to a 20 stone bloated bed ridden cripple
> > because of steroid treatments.  As the brother of 17 year old Michael
> > who has Cornelia de Lange Syndrome.[1]  As the son of a Woman (my
> > mother) who has serve Rheumatoid Arthritis, half her spine fused together
> > by surgeons and the other half crumbling away around it.  As someone
> > with a high percentage of friends who are care workers, with emphasis on
> > "care", under staffed and under payed (most earn little more than the
> > minimum wage).
> >
> > May just say thank you for gagets, for simple things like the specially
> > adapted spoon my bro uses to feed himself and the specially designed
> > walker he uses to get around.  Thank you too for the numerous gagets and
> > devices that my mother uses to get out of the bath open tins, bottles
> > and packages.
> >
> > I don't think the arm is going to be good enough for a while to take on
> > the task of cleaning dressing and when necessary feeding my bro  It may
> > just be smart enough soon to make a cup of tea for my mum after a hard
> > day when the tiredness and the pain are particularily bad.
> >
> >
> > It is kit like this that will free carers from the drugery of there work
> > and allow them to spend quality time with the people they assist,
> > whether they are doing it for a loved one or it is their job.
> >
> > OT  That smug little shit Anthony Hilton buisness editor of The Evening
> > Standard recently did an editorial on how the government should be firm
> > with the pay demands of care workers and other public sector workers.
> > Bringing out the spectre of stag inflation from the 70s.  Where was he
> > when executive pay and pay in the city was going through the roof
> > driving up house prices and forcing ancillary workers out of the
> > property ladder and into sub-standard housing?
> >
> > Fuck him and David Colley too who also seem to want a compliant
> > underclass willing to do the dirty work.
> >
> > You can tell I am back on the long night shifts again, time to make a
> > nice cup of camomile tea swap the D' + B' for something mozarty and lay
> > off the caffine for a few hours.  I did apologies in advance a few days
> > ago.
> >
> > [1] http://www.cdls.org.uk/information/2.htm
> >
> > Peace Jim
> >
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