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Show ramJv Late Edition Wednesday. November 1. 1978. THE HERALD. Prove I'tah-Pa- 33A ge Job Among Disabled, Handicapped Handled by Veteran Triple-Amput- ee - Day after day Max WASHINGTON a PI Oeland probably sees more handu'apped people than anyone m Amenta He travels the country searching them out - to see them and to be seen b them who heads the Cleland. 36. is the He traels 5 iM1 miies a Veterans Administration month and wherever re is, he goes into the wards of tnple-ampute- VA hospitals - v4x rr ; He is persuaded bv a deep personal experience that in his wheelchair with one the mere sight of him arm and no legs but obviously a successful man. full of life and in love with living - is enough to eivc a psychological boost to the wounded who are still struggling to come to terms with their kiss "When you're an amputee your self image is really destroyed, he said m an interview "The self you weie is no more There's inevitably a period of depression and a sense of grief and loss just as though you'd lost a loved one.'' There was a time during his 18 months in Army and VA hospitals. Cleland says, when he gave fleeting linally thoughts to suicide. But he was sustained rescued by those in as bad a shape as his own During his period of rehabilitation, he was invited to New York City for a weekend on the town by a group of war amputees "I saw a walking, dancing, driving a car married to a lovely w ife, holding a steady job. It was one of the best things that happened to me It showed me more thn 2P.vt.hing mv therp5'5 rould possihly have shown me." "That's why I don't mind being visible That's why " I go into the wards ne has become a nationally television, Through a man. blond and known figure laughing, swimming, driving a car. shooting baskets through a hoop, wheeling himself down a corridor at top speed, opening doors with a shove from the shoulder His verve and zest are infectious. Recovering from his Vietnam wounds at Walter Reed Army Hospital, Cleland discovered a "peer support" system among his fellow disabled patients. The disabled buoyed one another If one was down, the others rallied around him, "creating a life raft of " support so he couldn't sink Now, as VA head, he is working to get that concept built into the VA system. He has pushed through the Senate and into the House a bill creating a psy- i"i double-ampute- DAY AFTER DAY, Max Cleland prob&bly sees nior? handicapped peop'P thf.n anyone in America He is a triple-ampute- who Ad I"PI Telenhofpt hesds the Vetersns ministration. - who are mental or emotional casualties who need peer group support to help them put their lives " in order Four of it? T - Let me help you lose that cumbersome excess weight quickly & safely at Diet Center! I V THIS IS THE LAST DIET PROGRAM YOU'LL EVER NEED! LOSE 17 to 25 POUNDS OR MORE IN JUST SIX SHORT WEEKS! 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