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Tag Archives: voice

The Saboteur

Awesome day yesterday. David put in for and was accepted to be a member of the student council at his school. He met all of the expectations in his classroom. We had dinner last night without complaint or reservations. We did some outdoor stuff last night without complaint or reservation. Then bedtime happened. I don’t know what it is, but when we have back to back good days, and sometimes it doesn’t even take that much, things fall apart. I ended up having David sit on the couch with me because he and I were both worried about the way things were going.  He had an episode where nothing was right, not the snack that he wanted, not the drink that he has when he takes his bedtime medicines.  Everything was going south quickly. We talked about what was going on with him while we sat there.  He said student

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Tags: confidence, council, leadership, saboteur, student, tenacity, voice ·

Mental Health Awareness

We need to continue to raise awareness regarding mental health.  Focus on mental health shouldn’t revolve around those with real or perceived mental illness committing violent crimes.  Instead, it should be brought to the American conscious much like AIDS or Cancer. Mental Health encompasses so much more than one illness.  It includes ADHD, schizophrenia, Autism, Bipolar, and so many other axis of diagnosis.  Much like an MD, doctors can specialize in one area of mental health. To raise awareness, people need to use their voices.  Parents and patients alike need to voice their stories. Raising awareness begins with one voice in a forest.  Who will be that voice?  You?  Me?  Our children? In my mind, the answer is all of us.  We all need to be that voice in the forest,  because the forest is a vast wilderness of people who don’t understand what the mentally ill or the people

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Tags: advocacy, awareness, help, voice ·

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