Today is August 22, the day that I “celebrate” my entry into the world of disability services each year, because on this day in 2005, I started blindness rehab. A recurrent issue in my experiences with the disability system is, of course, the question of whether disability services made me better or worse. This year, [...]
Archive for August, 2008
The Paradox of Psychiatric Hospitals and Tolerance for Non-Hamrful Quirks
Posted in Disability Advocacy, Psychiatry and Mental Healthcare on August 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A few days ago, I got in big trouble because I’d allegedly offended other patients by telling them to shut up when they kept talking to themselves (they’re psychotic so apparently can’t help this behavior). One other incident that I was at first reprimanded for was later found to be provoked when the nurse heard [...]
