Category Archives: disability rights

Complaint against Roger Levine, M.D.

Posted on May 10, 2013 by

I am seeking an attorney to sue Dr. Roger Levine and St. Joseph’s Hospital.  Please forward this blog to anyone you might know.  Anne C Woodlen NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL CONDUCT                    COMPLAINT FORM Office of … Continue reading →

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Greetings, Gentlefolk

Posted on April 29, 2013 by

“I have spent the past twelve days in St. Joseph’s Hospital on inpatient psychiatry (Unit 3-6) with Dr. Roger Levine attending. I am now going to file complaints with the New York State Dept. of Health, NYS Office of Mental Health, … Continue reading →

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Animals–Trained to Serve?

Posted on April 14, 2013 by

In my dozen years as an activist in regard to the government provision of services for citizens, I have acted to improve services for tens of thousands of people; only once have I found the citizen to be wrong. People … Continue reading →

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From Upstate Medical Center to Frank Kobliski

Posted on March 22, 2013 by

Taxpayer’s alert:  Michael Abbot, auditor for the State University of New York, states that when he got a complaint that Upstate Medical Center’s $50 million Institute for Human Performance had been sitting two-thirds empty since its construction in 2000, he … Continue reading →

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Calling Washington

Posted on March 20, 2013 by

What Sally Johnston did was create a program whereby the client, i.e., the competent citizen, would hire, train, schedule and supervise the aide.  The program would be embedded in an Independent Living Organization, such as ARISE, which would do the … Continue reading →

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From Politics to Sally Johnston

Posted on March 19, 2013 by

This brings us to the question of politics.  According to Wikipedia, “Politics (from Greek politikos ‘of, for, or relating to citizens’) is the art or science of influencing people on a civic, or individual level, when there are more than 2 people … Continue reading →

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Annie Enters Politics

Posted on March 18, 2013 by

So Peter Cahan and I sat in the office of Beata Karpinska, ARISE’s director of advocacy, and had this conference call with attorney David Knight in the Federal Transit Administration’s Office of Civil Rights.  I told David story after story of … Continue reading →

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The Pre-Dawn Light

Posted on March 16, 2013 by

Well, it’s been quite a week here at Lake Wobegon.  I got the cops called on me—again.  One way you know if you’re being a good activist is if they call the cops on you, and this is two weeks … Continue reading →

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From God to Linda McKeown–There’s a Trip

Posted on March 13, 2013 by

How do I know that God’s got my back? The first and biggest confirmation of this came about three years after I was diagnosed with nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, which is a rare form of kidney damage that is caused by bad doctors … Continue reading →

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On Being a Bond-Servant

Posted on March 11, 2013 by

So Rev. Craig Schaub and I prayed and then we, along with my psychologist, Dr. Paul Cohen, went up to see the hospital’s medical director, whose name is not worthy of repeating.  His job was to catch the flak, as … Continue reading →

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