and their families to be unsupported, not advocates and people with disability. joan lammas : 05 Jun 2011 9:41:42am Dear Sam, Thank you for taking the time to find my submission and realise where I am coming from. And yes, we desperately want a cure so that we can all have a decent life. You are quite right when you say that we should be attacking the people who think it is OK for families and their disabled family member to be insufficiently supported. If we could share the care then the load wouldn't fall too heavily on one person. I can see where Stella is coming from if she is saying that the cure is worse than the complaint and therefore that particular cure is not worth pursuing. I understand that she is saying that her disability is part of who she is and this is about accepting the disability. But all of us, disabled or otherwise, need to be aware of the impact we have on other people. Flower : 07 Jun 2011 12:48:15pm I agree, my father was left a broken man after my mothers MS took her life. My father was left depressed, suicidal and he had 3 children to raise. To assue that those left behind are not affected by a loved ones's disability is selfish. I for one would of loved to be able to paly ball and bake a cake with my mother but i could not. She could not even hold my