GOOD MORNING disABILITIES BOARD FAMILY

[Ty Pennington!]

HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY IT

 

[Bugsmom73]

Good Morning to you too Ty. Have a great day.

 

[Haley Whippet]

Hi!
What is your SECRET PROJECT????????????
Deb

 

[D L and K's Mom]

I wonder if TY is the one painting the castle tan??!??!! hee hee It would be a BIG project!

 

[Tinker*Shell*Bell]

That would be cool! TY and crew do a trading spaces/ extreme makeover on the castle suite for YOAMD. How funny!!!

 

[Cheshire Figment]

As long as they don't paint it PINK

 

[LindaBabe]

Hi Ty! I want you to know what a great inspiration you are to those of us with ADHD! The very traits that cause so many of us so much trouble - YOU have leveraged into stardom! GOOD FOR YOU!

 

[steffali]

GOOD MORNING TO YOU TOO, TY

 

[pokemon_master]

As long as they don't paint it PINK

As long as they do paint it Yellow

 

[shovan]

Well, Good Morning to you too, Ty!

So glad to finally see you on the disABILITIES board!!

I don't know what the big surprise we'll be, but you sure are welcome to come redo my home!!!

An actual Handicap Accesible bathroom would help a whole lot!!!

 

[SueOKW]

hee hee! Well, we heard ALL about the show for the CP kid and his family - I must have gotten about 10 calls on that in one day... 4 or so of the people were in tears. I hardly ever get a chance to watch the tube, but from what i heard it was amazing.

Very heartwarming. They do fantastic work - one family at a time!!!

 

[D L and K's Mom]

has candy glued all over it. I hated it when it looked like that!

 

[skoopman]

Good morning Ty! I wrote to the show after you aired an episode about a child who had a bone marrow transplant because my daughter just had one as well. I wanted to thank you and the show for making people aware of what is involved with some medical conditions and what people can do (join the bone marrow registry for example).

You are amazing! As is the rest of your team!

Suzanne

 

[Mouse's Shadow]

Thanks Ty for all the great work you're doing. You are an angel to many people. I loved the bed that alarms when you're child is having a seizure. That is so cool.If I ever loose my nursing services we're going to look into that.

Can't wait to hear about your special project.

 

[scrapperjill]

Ty....Just had to say that all the amazing things you do for everyone on your show is out of this world. It's got to touch your heart every time you finish a project. I know having a child with special needs...and not knowing what the future holds for her is HUGE factor in our everyday life... Having people like you out there doing what you can to help those in need gives alot of people a great deal of hope. THANK YOU for everything you do for everyone

 

[scottishwee35]

Good Morning to you

Scottishwee35

 

[Brightsy]

Gooooddddd MORNING TY!!!
Wow! I haven't been on here in some months...what a welcome back! LOL!
You are a much loved person in this household... ok, at least loved by me and one of the kidlets! LOL! (And i love the rest of your team on ABC too.) My younger son has two heros he hollers about on TV, Tom Bergeron and you! Only problem I have is that when you get fired up so does he...

 

[dclfun]

Well, I will be in the minority here but will go on record to say how much I detest this show. I don't think it gives "hope" to anyone- it gives excess to people who already have a great gift- a home of their own. The things one could hope for are unattainable and not affordable for most people. It highlights greed and sends a message that a life or home isn't good enough unless there is a flat-screen TV and supersize appliances. Watching an episode where people clapped and cheered in glee as a set of unwanted, but perfectly usable bunk beds were smashed was very upsetting- someone who sleeps on the floor, as one of my sons did after we lost our home, would've loved to have had those beds that somehow weren't good enough for the homeowner. Watching the home being modified for the infant who has a disability that will cause her to never get any larger in stature,and thus will never need the adaptations that were put into their home ( which was already huge and gorgeous ), was very disheartening since those funds could've provided adaptations to someone who could really use them to function, get a job, etc. The worst was one of the first families with the paraplegic young adult. Modifying their home so he could get to the second story to isolate himself with a huge library of video games rather than building him his own home so he could then work and have a productive life was a huge waste, IMO, and not helpful in the long run to this young person who should be moving out of his parent's home. Perhaps it's heartwarming to watch a disabled child get a bigger/better home but it also exploits those children. There are so many people in this world who have less and are happy with it...why can't anyone be satisfied with what they have vs. the media message that bigger and more is better. It's like the song that says "it's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got". As someone who is a widow with a terminal illness, I'm just happy to be alive, to get up each day and go to work, to have the life support equipment/technology to exist,and to have food on the table and a roof over my head.. Anyone reading this will have the blessing of having a computer and electricity to run it which is more than many people can say. Sorry for my vent, but I'd prefer my children get the TV message of doing real good in the world rather than impacting so few people with heaps of excess and wasting/destroying usable resources. ---Kathy

 

[dclfun]

As an addendum to my own post...I'll write a message to Ty, et al, who I do think are good people:

Dear Ty and your producers- To start, I will tell you a little about myself. I am a widow with ALS who lives on a ventilator, feeding pump and am in a wheelchair 24/7. I have been blessed to receive a service dog who enables me to have independence. I work full time to support myself and my family. I have a good life with my four teen/young adult children despite getting no help from the government. The state of Florida would prefer that adults live in facilities and thus provide no funding for in-home care or home adaptations once someone is 21 and thus needing to have an independent life. My home has a ramp, for which I am grateful. I can get in the door. I cannot, however, get into my own bathroom or the rooms of my children. They clean our home and help care for me, something they should not "have" to do but they willingly provide. I started the Challenger baseball league in Polk County and trained countless "buddies" for disabled children. I was school volunteer of the year, starting a paperback "Swap Shop" so underprivileged children could always have a new book to read and trade, and an "Achievers Club" for at-risk children who were doing good deeds. My husband and I were certified "professional parents" with the state and have raised disabled/special needs foster children for most of our lives. I made sure that my Girl Scout troop was inclusive once I found out that invitations were not being given to disabled girls, so that my daughters could have the privilege of getting to know these girls and to appreciate everyone. I had ramps built at the Girl Scout campground so that girls in wheelchairs could have access to camp overnight. I have always volunteered in my community but due to my disability can no longer do so easily. I represent the many people who try and make the world a better place with limited resources. There are so many people who have less than I do. Please take funds you would spend on a family like mine and build a usable water supply for the AIDS orphans in Africa. Build them a school and library, and provide them with more than the one shirt they have to wear. They are so grateful to receive even a pencil and to have more than one meal per day, if any. Please do some "real good" in the world and educate those of us who have so much and do not realize our blessings to appreciate what we do have.. I am grateful to be here on earth to try and impart goodwill and positive messages to our young people. People like myself would like to see something given to those who truly have nothing but the love they carry in their hearts. Thanks, Kathy

 

[mickeymom1]

while everyone is allowed to have their opinion, i have to share mine too.

i think what extreme home make over does is truly inspiring. while there are soooo many deserving, needy, broken down families out there it is impossible to help everyone. what they do is help families to get back on their feet after personal disasters or help a family overcome obstacles with disabled children. i don't see anything wrong with that!! yes, the houses may be lavish with high tech state of the art equiptment but what is wrong with giving these families renewed hope and make everyday life a little bit easier for them?

i think that helping families with disabled children is not exploiting them. i have a disabled son, so these shows especially melt my heart !! unlike most other tv shows, i can truly relate to the everyday struggles that these people are living and am so happy to see the technological advances that these families are given so their days can be just a little bit easier. also, i think the show raises awareness for all types of disabilities and what our families may go through at home.

there was one recent episode where they actually moved the old house that was not wheelchair accessable, so another family needing a house could use it. i am sure they would love to help everyone out there that needs a home, but unfortunately that is not a reality. i think spreading the pixie dust to as many deserving families as they can is good enough in my book and maybe others watching the show will be inspired to do their part to help others in need as well!!

take care! pam