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The Police Response to the Incident
The incident–a disturbance among tenants–was reported here on May 28 (http://annecwoodlen.wordpress.com/2012/05/28/the-incident/). A police car pulled up in a couple minutes and Matthew Malinowski (badge 302), a young white man, about 5’7” and 140 lbs., interviewed me. A friend of the woman … Continue reading
Posted in disability rights, Housing, Poverty, Power, power wheelchairs, Values
Tagged 911, catheter, complaint, disability rights, Harassment, HUD, law, Matthew Malinowski, poverty, power, SPD, Syracuse, Syracuse Police Dept., Violence and Abuse
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What Geography, Industry and Law have to do with Antidepressants (Part I)
Robert R. and I are having a disagreement about psychiatric medications, i.e., drugs. He thinks they are pretty good and I think they are terrible. We are having this discussion via the miracle of social networking via the Internet, which … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, Depression, drugs, Health Care, Medical care, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals
Tagged alternative medicine, antidepressants, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, depression, doctors, drugs, geography, industry, law, lightbox, Medicine, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, Onondaga County New York, patients, pharmaceuticals, Physician, psychiatric disorders, Psychiatrist, SAD, Seasonal Affective Disorder, State University of New York, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, SUNY Upstate Medical, Upstate Hospital, Upstate Medical Center
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PUSH BACK
Because I am disabled I was eligible for a Supplemental Needs Trust from my mother’s estate. Her bequest to me had to go through five lawyers and a judge and, in the process, took ten percent of the inheritance (my … Continue reading
Posted in activism, disability rights, Government Services, Medicaid, Power, Powerlessness
Tagged abuse of power, boundaries, David Sutkowy, democracy, Dept. of Social Services, disability rights, DSS, fair hearing, Governance, government, judge, Kevin Grossman, law, lawyer, MAS, Medicaid, Medicaid Fraud, Medicaid transportation, Medical Answering Service, Onondaga County New York, policy, power, push back, regulation
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How to Act Like an American (Part II)
(Continued from July 18) Here’s what actually happened. I called the FTA Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at their published phone number. The number was answered by a machine. It always is. Now. It didn’t used to be. When I first established … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, disability, disability rights, Government Services, Poverty, Power, power wheelchairs, Powerlessness
Tagged ADA, American, Americans with Disabiliites Act, ARISE, Attorney David Knight, Beata Karpinska, CAB, Call-a-Bus, Centro, citizen, disability, disability rights, Federal Transit Administration, FTA, Governance, law, OCR, Office of Civil Rights, Onondaga County New York, People, poverty, power, problem solving, PTAC, Public Transportation Advisory Council
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The Wall, The Law, and Who’s In Charge
So there was this fellow who was a sergeant and a drill instructor in the army of these United States. He retired on years of service and moved from the base to a nearby city. A year later he returns … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, disability, disability rights, Government Services, Health Care, Housing, Poverty, Power
Tagged Centro, City of Syracuse, Crowne Plaza Hotel, disability, disability rights, Institute for Human Performance, Jim French, law, McCarthy Manor, poverty, power, problem solving, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, SUNY Upstate, Syracuse New York, Upstate Medical Center, Upstate Medical University
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Peace, Violence and Justice Defined
I have this really smart young woman working for me as a home health aide. We have to pay her fifty percent above the going rate in order to keep her working (brains cost extra) but while she cooks and … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, disability rights, God, Government Services, Poverty, Power, Values
Tagged Activism and Peace Work, activist, anger, communication, conflict, definitions, fairness, Governance, harmony, injustice, Joan Rivers, justice, law, Martin Luther King, Nonviolence, Peace, poverty, power, problem solving, public tranquility, selfishness, Unionville High School, values, violence
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An Activist’s Creed
I believe that doing something is better than doing nothing. When a bus is stuck and blocking traffic, I call 911 and ask for police to direct traffic. When a spare tire is in the middle of the Rt. 81 … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, disability rights, God, Government Services, Power, Powerlessness, Values
Tagged activist, authority, Change, citizen, committees, community, complaint, courage, ego, God, government, hierarchy, intelligence, law, lawyers, passive, policymaker, power, protection, society, substandard services, wrong
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