Today, I leave for the community where our son is in a residential facility. It is 500 miles each way. 10 hours by bus. When you have an auto-immune illness the trip takes twice as long. Frequent breaks are needed. Lots of rest periods. If I drive, I take it in two days with a…
Category: autism spectrum disorders
Was mental illness Blaec Lammers’ only crime? – CNN.com
Has society gone too far in de-institutionalization? Prison is not the place for our son to get any sort of help with his mental illness. Do I agree with the parents? Yes. They were afraid for their son’s life. Did he deserve prison for this purchase? Do we pro-actively lock away people because they might…
‘Tis the season
Coming up we have Thanksgiving, and then Christmas. With David being so far away from home, and my health rather precarious, I don’t think that we will make it out there for more a weekend pass. I have one scheduled for the first weekend in December. It isn’t much, but it is better than nothing….