Comments on: Government-Sponsored Ablism and Segregation Tears Families Apart http://www.nickscrusade.org/government-sponsored-ablism-and-segregation-tears-families-apart/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" -- MLK Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mitt Romney: Can You Help Us, Mr. Fix It? (Part 1) | Nick's Crusade http://www.nickscrusade.org/government-sponsored-ablism-and-segregation-tears-families-apart/comment-page-1/#comment-4049 Mitt Romney: Can You Help Us, Mr. Fix It? (Part 1) | Nick's Crusade Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:52:22 +0000 http://www.nickscrusade.org/?p=447#comment-4049 [...] amid a report of budget cuts in the South leaving people with disabilities in their own waste) Government-Sponsored Ablism and Segregation Tears Families Apart | Nick’s Crusade (an essay against state-sponsored institutionalization, segregation, and oppression) Medicaid: Why [...] [...] amid a report of budget cuts in the South leaving people with disabilities in their own waste) Government-Sponsored Ablism and Segregation Tears Families Apart | Nick’s Crusade (an essay against state-sponsored institutionalization, segregation, and oppression) Medicaid: Why [...]

]]> By: Andrea S. http://www.nickscrusade.org/government-sponsored-ablism-and-segregation-tears-families-apart/comment-page-1/#comment-482 Andrea S. Thu, 14 May 2009 18:47:00 +0000 http://www.nickscrusade.org/?p=447#comment-482 The institutionalized mentality CAN be unlearned, or at least so I'm told. But not easily. And the idea that you're supposed to behave in a certain way may never go away completely. You might be familiar with the works of a blogger, Amanda Baggs, who was institutionalized during her teens in the 1990s: http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?page_id=258 http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?page_id=259 The institutionalized mentality CAN be unlearned, or at least so I’m told. But not easily. And the idea that you’re supposed to behave in a certain way may never go away completely.

You might be familiar with the works of a blogger, Amanda Baggs, who was institutionalized during her teens in the 1990s:

http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?page_id=258
http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?page_id=259

]]> By: SANDRA http://www.nickscrusade.org/government-sponsored-ablism-and-segregation-tears-families-apart/comment-page-1/#comment-481 SANDRA Thu, 14 May 2009 13:55:19 +0000 http://www.nickscrusade.org/?p=447#comment-481 IM TRYING TO REACH KEVIN HOPKINS IN SPRINGFIELD, VA. I KNOW WHERE HIS SISTER JANET LIVED FOR MANY YEARS. IM NOT SURE IF SHE STILL LIVES THERE BUT THE STAFF THERE CAN HELP. PLEASE RESPOND TO MY EMAIL ADDRESS: <a href="mailto:THEREALTIST@AOL.COM" rel="nofollow">THEREALTIST@AOL.COM</a> IM TRYING TO REACH KEVIN HOPKINS IN SPRINGFIELD, VA. I KNOW WHERE HIS SISTER JANET LIVED FOR MANY YEARS. IM NOT SURE IF SHE STILL LIVES THERE BUT THE STAFF THERE CAN HELP. PLEASE RESPOND TO MY EMAIL ADDRESS: THEREALTIST@AOL.COM

]]> By: NTE http://www.nickscrusade.org/government-sponsored-ablism-and-segregation-tears-families-apart/comment-page-1/#comment-393 NTE Mon, 04 May 2009 18:47:29 +0000 http://www.nickscrusade.org/?p=447#comment-393 I don't think I've seen a clearer explanation of why the CCA is so vitally important and deserves our - and our government's - full support. I don't think I've seen a clearer explanation of why the CCA is so vitally important and deserves our – and our government's – full support.

]]> By: Jean Flynn http://www.nickscrusade.org/government-sponsored-ablism-and-segregation-tears-families-apart/comment-page-1/#comment-371 Jean Flynn Sat, 02 May 2009 21:03:29 +0000 http://www.nickscrusade.org/?p=447#comment-371 Nik, thanks as always for never taking your eye off the ball. Nik, thanks as always for never taking your eye off the ball.

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