tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post5914144188946713238..comments2024-03-16T16:44:18.220-07:00Comments on Bad Cripple: Anger: Political and Crippledwilliam Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00223601480542461802noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-67697437606589561322010-06-28T04:56:47.576-07:002010-06-28T04:56:47.576-07:00Josh. You are 100% correct about Milbank. HE is ma...Josh. You are 100% correct about Milbank. HE is male and controversial to boot. I suspect he is one of thos political commentators that writes to get a rise out of people.william Peacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00223601480542461802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-48383279375800598962010-06-25T19:11:31.512-07:002010-06-25T19:11:31.512-07:00Great post on many levels. But conservative repor...Great post on many levels. But conservative reporter Dana Milbank is not a "she": see the photo <a href="http://www.thetrainofthought.com/2009/06/dana-milbank-dick-whisperer.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15914730499199048197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-28393218468409924952010-06-13T08:30:39.521-07:002010-06-13T08:30:39.521-07:00strangecripple...though it is true that your class...strangecripple...though it is true that your classmates are ignorant in the truest sense of the term, there are some among us who are not as excited about the closing of Ontario's institutions as you are. As the parent of a child with severe multiple cognitive and physical challenges, the sweeping, overly speedy (it was done mostly within a final push of 18 months) and poorly managed closures of these institutions left a huge gap in services for children/adults like mine. The highly specialized dentistry, medical, OT PT, footwear, clothing,mobility etc, etc,etc. services required by our most severely disabled have been lost. Cases of death among the severely disabled in group home environments are far higher than those with fewer, less complex challenges. Furthermore, those with the most severe behavioural disorders are quickly shipped off to psychiatric wards...the only places where they can be safe, as most are denied access to group home environments since the poorly trained and paid staff cannot manage them. We are also faced with a severe shortage of housing for the disabled of every sort...there are some 90 year old parents in Toronto today that are still waiting to get their "children" into a home environment. Somewhere between hiding and warehousing individuals with severe challenges, and putting them in unsafe, ill-prepared group home environments, there is a happy medium. Smaller residential settings with easier access to specialized services and specialized environments, not generally available to higher functionning, group home individuals.Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13070297384173508509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-65770456756427169882010-06-12T15:37:58.749-07:002010-06-12T15:37:58.749-07:00I really enjoyed this post. I had a discussion not...I really enjoyed this post. I had a discussion not too long ago in a class (a social work class!) where I shared my disappointment in my province shutting down the last provincial institution for those with disabilities only recently, in 2009. My classmates responded that they were disappointed it was closed, because it was for the "good of them", meaning the cripples. I think that what they mean is, it was for the good of "us", being the able bodied people, who therefore wouldn't have to see and deal with disabled individuals on a regular basis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com