Tag Archives: David Sutkowy

From Executive to Legislative

Posted on February 24, 2013 by annecwoodlen

I talked to people. I called up lots of offices and talked to all kinds of people. What I learned was that all kinds of people were hot to trot to prosecute Medicaid recipients but nobody in the world was … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, advocacy, Government Services, Medicaid, Onondaga County, political corruption, Poverty, Power, Powerlessness, Republican Party, Values | Tagged citizen, citizenship, County Legislature, David Sutkowy, Dept. of Social Services, District Attorney's Office, DSS, DSS Commissioner, Kathleen Rapp, Kathy Hart, Medicaid, Medicaid Fraud, Medicaid transportation, NYS Attorney General's Office, Onondaga County, Republican, Wayne Freeman | Leave a comment

Resume of an Activist

Posted on February 6, 2013 by annecwoodlen

Anne C Woodlen Syracuse NY 13210 “Perhaps when we face our maker, we will not be asked, ‘How many positions did you hold,’ but rather, ‘How many people did you help?’” ―Thomas S. Monson In 2001 I began the work … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, advocacy, Depression, disability, Government Services, Medicaid, Mental Illness & Health, Onondaga County, Poverty, Power, Powerlessness, Values | Tagged ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, antidepressants, Call-a-Bus, Centro, citizen, Citizens Review Board, citizenship, City of Syracuse, Crouse Hospital, David Sutkowy, depression, Dept. of Social Services, disability, DSS, Federal Transit Administration, FTA, God, HUD, MAS, Medicaid, Medicaid transportation, Medical Answering Services, NYS Dept. of Health, NYS DOH, NYS OMIG, OCR, Office of Civil Rights, Office of Medicaid Inspector General, Onondaga County Legislature, Onondaga County New York, Post-Standard, poverty, power, problem solving, SUNY Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse Police Dept., values, Visiting Nurses Association, VNA, Welfare | Leave a comment

Skip Two Steps and Listen

Posted on September 2, 2012 by annecwoodlen

What follows is a treatise on governance that is relevant to all those who govern and those who are governed. It grew out of a meeting a week ago between county officials and people with disabilities. The county had established … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, advocacy, disability, disability rights, Government Services | Tagged Centro, David Sutkowy, democracy, Dept. of Social Services, disability, disability rights, Governance, Onondaga County New York, power, problem solving | Leave a comment

Getting Fired

Posted on May 2, 2012 by annecwoodlen

According to Richard Gottlieb, MSW and Diplomate with a capital D, last year at the Empathic Therapy Conference Dr. Peter Breggin said, “If you haven’t been fired at least once, you’re not doing your job.” Dick and I had been engaged in … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, Depression, Government Services, Health Care, Medical care, Mental Illness & Health, Power, Powerlessness, Values | Tagged David Sutkowy, Onondaga County New York, Peter Breggin, Republican Party | 1 Comment

We Need Your Help

Posted on March 15, 2012 by annecwoodlen

Yesterday the Veterans Administration Hospital discharged Dr. Michael Gregory, who has no home. Dr. Gregory, 73, has had seven strokes. He has an ostomy, diabetes, high blood pressure, MRSA, and cancer on his ear. He has reason to be concerned … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, Death, Depression, disability, disability rights, drugs, Fraud, God, Government Services, Health Care, Holistic, Housing, Humor, Inpatient psychiatry, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicare, Mental Illness & Health, Nature, Pharmaceuticals, physician, Poverty, Power, power wheelchairs, Powerlessness, Recipes, Sex, Spirituality, Uncategorized, Values | Tagged assisted living, Conditions and Diseases, DAV, David Carr, David Sutkowy, death, democracy, Dept. of Social Services, diagnosis, disability, doctors, drugs, DSS, Governance, Gregory, Health, health care, homeless vet, HUD, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicine, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, Onondaga County New York, patients, Post-Standard, poverty, power, problem solving, Rescue Mission, Ruby Tuesday, Rural Metro, Social work, Steven Armendarez, VA Hospital, values, Welfare | Leave a comment

The Old Man on the Sidewalk (Part II)

Posted on March 13, 2012 by annecwoodlen

When Onondaga County Adult Protective Services was asked what to do about the homeless old man on the sidewalk in front of my apartment building, they said, “Send him to the second floor of the Civic Center.” That is the intake … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, advocacy, disability, Government Services, Health Care, Housing, Medical care, Poverty, Values | Tagged Adult Protective Services, Civic Center, David Sutkowy, Dept. of Social Services, diagnosis, disability, DSS, Food Stamps, Medicaid, Onondaga County New York, poverty, problem solving, Social work, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, values, Welfare | 3 Comments

“Why Anti-Authoritarians are Diagnosed as Mentally Ill”

Posted on February 27, 2012 by annecwoodlen

One of the most awesome essays I’ve every read. Why Anti-Authoritarians are Diagnosed as Mentally Ill Posted on February 26, 2012 by Bruce Levine, Ph.D. In my career as a psychologist, I have talked with hundreds of people previously diagnosed … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, Death, Depression, disability, disability rights, drugs, Fraud, God, Government Services, Health Care, Holistic, Housing, Humor, Inpatient psychiatry, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicare, Mental Illness & Health, Nature, Pharmaceuticals, physician, Poverty, Power, power wheelchairs, Powerlessness, Values | Tagged ADHD, Albert Einstein, antidepressants, Conditions and Diseases, David Sutkowy, democracy, depression, Dept. of Social Services, diagnosis, disability rights, Einstein, Governance, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, Onondaga County New York, Oppositional defiant disorder, Physician, physicians, poverty, power, problem solving, Psychiatrist, relationships, Russell Barkley, Saul Alinsky | 2 Comments