Jeri -- When you went from "Party in CapriUni's Shower!" to Star Trek fantasy, I was expecting some sort of transporter (or maybe Holo-deck) joke ^_^

And believe me, living in the real world, 21+ years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, I'm still wishing that the "Townspeople" would wake up and realize what they're missing.... Which is why I left that ending out of the song. What matters is that the audience gets it.

My aide also works as an aide for a five-year-old (with more severe C.P. than mine), and accompanies him to kindergarten. The tales she tells of how the children in the "special needs classroom" are treated just makes me want to cry and start knocking heads together. The teachers and aides are all kind -- up to a point. But they just don't seem to realize that these kids are kids (and not baby dolls or pets), who hear everything the grownups say about them, and understand a lot more than the grown-ups think.