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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Where Are the Children?
Three children are probably homeless and Onondaga County Child Welfare Protective Services won’t check on them. About a year ago, a husband and wife, their three children and their dog had a house and a car. The husband was disabled, … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, disability, disability rights, Fraud, Government Services, Housing, Poverty, Values
Tagged Child protection, child protective, Child Protective Services, Children, Children Youth and Family, David Sutkowy, Dept. of Social Services, disability rights, DSS, homeless, HUD, Onondaga County, Onondaga County New York, poverty, SPCA, Youth
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Anonymous Hatred and a Computer-Free Day
Today is my First Annual “Shaft” Rant against all the people and things I hate. How many of your favorites are on my list? “Shaft” is one of my favorite movies because, in about ninety minutes, half the people in … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, Depression, Mental Illness & Health, Values
Tagged anger, animal cruelty, anonymous, bigotry, Call-a-Bus, Centro, Computer-Free Day, Customer service, Facebook, frustration, gay marriage, Hate crime, hate crimes, Hatred, inhumanity, JazzFest, love, Microsoft, Post-Standard, Race-Ethnic-Religious Relations, rant, relationships, respect
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And That’s How You Deal With Depression
The secret in overcoming depression is action. The trigger that turns on depression is the perception of powerlessness. Turning off the trigger is a matter of acting with power. When you are depressed then the chemicals in your brain become unbalanced. … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, Depression, drugs, God, Government Services, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals, physician, Power, Powerlessness
Tagged Antidepressant, antidepressants, bipolar, depression, disability, drugs, Major depressive disorder, Management of depression, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, Physician, power, problem solving, psychiatric disorders, relationships
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It’s Called Free Speech (Part II)
[Continued from 6/15/11] Last night I asked Susan if she had ever before had any trouble with Medicaid. She wasn’t sure. Upon further questioning, I learned that she’s not sure how long she’s been on Medicaid “this time”—she thinks it’s … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, disability, disability rights, God, Government Services, Medicaid, Poverty, Power, Values
Tagged Dept. of Social Services, disability, disability rights, DSS, fair hearing, free speech, God, Governance, Mark Bertozzi, MAS, Medicaid, Medicaid transportation, Medical Answering Services, Monroe County, Pat Schichler, poverty, power, problem solving, Republicans, Russell Maxwell, Tim Perry-Coon, Wayne Freeman
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It’s Called Free Speech (Part I)
Mark Bertozzi just called me. Who is Mark Bertozzi? In that thing about the government “of, by and for the people” he’s the “by” part. Mark talked to me for four minutes. Then, when I asked if he would listen to … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, disability, disability rights, God, Government Services, Medicaid, Poverty, Power, Values
Tagged advocate, Central New York, citizen, democracy, Dept. of Social Services, dignity, disability, disability rights, DSS, God, government, HIPAA, integrity, Mark Bertozzi, MAS, Medicaid, Medicaid transportation, Medical Answering Service, NYS Dept. of Heatlh, poverty, power, problem solving, respect, Tim Perry-Coon, Wayne Freeman
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The Wisdom and Power of the People
“They” were Doctors Grace Healy and Warren Zeigler, professors in the Continuing Education Department of the School of Education at Syracuse University. “Us” was a hundred people who had selected ourselves to participate in something called a “civic literacy project” … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, Power, Values
Tagged citizen, civic literacy, Decision making, democracy, Futures-Invention, Governance, Grace Healy, power, problem solving, Syracuse University, Warren Zeigler, wisdom
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Doctors, Drugs and Why Bother?
(From 2002) What are you going to the doctor for? What do you want, and what does the doctor want? Is your doctor helping you live better? Is your ability to be a happy, productive member of society improved because … Continue reading
A Distinct Possibility
If all the government bureaucrats in the Monroe County Department of Human Services, NYS Department of Health, and NYS Office of the Medicaid Inspector General do not get their heads out of the their collective butts and make something righteous happen for … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, disability, disability rights, Fraud, Government Services, Medicaid, Poverty, Power, Powerlessness, Values
Tagged Dept. of Human Services, Dept. of Social Services, DHS, DSS, Medicaid, Medicaid transportation, Monroe County, NYS Dept. of Health, NYS DOH, NYS Office of the Medicaid Inspector General, OMIG, Wayne Freeman
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Wayne Freeman’s At It Again
All you faithful readers will remember that Wayne Freeman is co-owner of Medical Answering Service (MAS). MAS is a private company that has gotten contracts in several New York State counties to provide dispatch services for Medicaid transportation. Wayne Freeman … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, disability, disability rights, Fraud, Government Services, Medicaid, Poverty, Power, Powerlessness
Tagged CIA, Corporate Integrity Agreement, David Sutkowy, Dept. of Social Services, disability, disability rights, DSS, fair hearing, MAS, Medicaid, Medicaid transportation, Medical Answering Service, Office of the Medicaid Inspector General, OMIG, Onondaga County, racism, Russell Maxwell, Wayne Freeman, Zachary Karmen
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Friendship: The Alternative to Guns
Amelia the Awesome is my home health aide—a job she tolerates in order to work her primary commitment: Peace. Peace is not a career path that pays well so, in addition to being peaceful and caring for me, she also … Continue reading
Posted in activism, Power, Powerlessness
Tagged Dr. Steven Wechsler, friends, Friendship, gun, guns, hostage, malpractice, Medical malpractice, Peace, physicians, problem solving, relationships, safety, sue, vagrants, values, violence
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