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9 aug |
Neat New Websites |
Rogue's Tirades
starts out with a rant about a girl who dropped a newborn baby in a trash can. The
Rogue herself is a bit
astounded about a young girl's ability to do this and then go out and dance. The rest of the
site itself is lively and entertaining. ||
Birthday wishes: My life is full of Leos. Dean (8/8); Bruce (8/10); Planet Soma's David Gwynne (8/10); Deb (8/4?). On the Mental Health Arena | Okay folks, the cynicism toggle is on full tilt, so take that into consideration when you read this, but... The Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission Report is out. What a lot of hooey! The advocates and "consumers" were effectively cut out of any major part of writing the document. The authors of the report (you know, a bunch of basically anonymous bureaucrats who know quite well who they are, as do I) didn't even see fit to acknowledge the National Council on Disability's report From Privileges to Rights which would have at least conveyed the impression that the suits and the white coats might actually be interested in ther perspectives of those who are the subjects of their, um, services. If I were really mean spirited, I would personally wish upon them the future opportunity to some day be subjected to the hell of living with a set of perceptual/cognitive/spiritual torments while simultaneously being forced to live with the whims and caprices of uncaring and totally soulless bureaucrats who are intent on making Kafka's stories sound benign. Abuse Investigations | On a related thread, the observation was made by an interviewees in a separate investigation conducted within the walls of an unnamed facility. Seems that staff persistently harangue the patients with the litiney that "past actions are the best predictors of future behaviors." 
patients (victims is more like it) from enjoying basic rights like being able to eat with two
hands or of enjoying the dignity of being able to wipe one's ass unfettered after a dump
(not to mention more trivial things like fredom of speech and choice in treatment). Yet,
those same workers, when asked why someone is back on the job after others know he or
she beat a patient into submission and maybe really did break a rib or two in the process
...when asked why the same standard does not apply to staff, the same patient/victims are told
[pick one:] "oh, investigators talked to the alleged offenders who have been
re-educated that what they supposedly did was -might have been- wrong, and the offending
staffers promised they would never do it again. ...not that anything ever actually happened"
...and for the truly uninformed, what is 4-point you ask, and what is wrong with it? Don't ask me, here's some stats from Free Press of Virginia story on the use of such devices in that state. And while the story described Virginia I can assure you that that state is but one of many who think that this kind of abuse is actually treatment.
28 july |
UPDATE | July saw lots of changes.
New truck, new computer (well a couple of "new" computers, actually). This continues to
cause me much grief. The Peckered Hell is still giving me problems. Installed Win 98 and now
only get occasional access to data. so now is the time I decide to learn about
peer-to-peer
networking, right when I can't even get the PB to recognize the hard drive
when I boot up. I'm certain Bill Gates is personally responsible for this. Oh well.
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apr 30-may 5 |
may 16-May 30 |
june |
jul 1-9 |
jul 28-aug 15
Catch you on the rebound! ~Will Brady |
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