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SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 1975

+NOT ALL PATIENTS MAKE A COMPLETE RECOVERY, AND THIS MAINLY APPLIES TO DRAIN DAMAGE AND SPINAL CORD LESIONS;+ MISS SMITH EXPLAINS. +THOSE WHO SUFFER FROM BRAIN DAMAGE ÄRE OFTEN PERMANENTLY AFFLICTED WITH PARALYSIS OF MUSCULAR MOVEMENTS. PATIENTS WITH SPINAL LESION MAY DE PARALYSED AND CONFINED TO WHEELCHAIRS, DUT THEIR INTELLIGENCE REMAINS NORMAL.

MISS SMITH EMPHASISES THAT ÷SYMPATHY IS NOT SOUGHT BY SUCH HANDICAPPED PERSONS, BECAUSE ALL THEY WANT IS TO RETURN TO THE COMMUNITY AND DE ALLOWED TO PLAY A CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE.

→THEY MAY BE PHYSICALLY DISABLED, BUT THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY WANT TO SPEND THE REST OF THEIR DAYS WITH OTHER PHYSICALLY-DISABLED, THOUGH THIS MAY HAVE TO OCCUR WHEN SPECIALISED TREATMENT IS NEEDED. THEY REALLY WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO ANY JOB WHICH THEY CAN MANAGE, AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE THEIR FRIENDS AS ANY ONE ELSE.*

MISS SMITH APPEALS FOR MORE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THIS FACTOR BY ACCEPTING THE PHYSICALLY-DISABLED IN SOME FIELDS OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE, SO DRINGING TO A FRUITFUL CONCLUSION THE EFFORTS OF DOCTORS, NURSES, AND PARA-MEDICAL STAFF.

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