Klarinet Archive - Posting 001219.txt from 2004/03
From: "Thomas" <thomas@-----.com> Subj: [kl] Re: klarinet Digest 21 Mar 2004 09:15:01 -0000 Issue 5156 Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 10:16:53 -0500
> Lynn, I'm afraid you are making statements and assumptions about me =
> without
> knowing our history and what we have been through.
No, I am making statements based on what you posted.
> This year, we started a group for parents of children =
> with
> special health care needs in our community which includes mental health,
> autism, physical handicaps, etc...
Good. I stand corrected. Have you begun working with the mental health
lobby yet? Because the bigger issues are what affect ordinary people.
So, I DO run in these circles and =
> in
> this area, mental health is LAST on the priority list and the autistic =
> have
> access to far more resources than those with mental health issues.
Autistics don't have access to mental health services, either, BTW. Autism
itself is neurobiological, AND is based in genetics, scientists Have found
this out lately (so your assumption there is wrong as well). Plus when we
go to a psych for testing to get services for our kids, it is not covered on
a lot of insurances, because psych is thought to be mental health.
> Unlike autism, =
> which as
> yet has an unknown cause, mental health problems are often genetic and =
> run
> in families.
Autism HAS been found to be genetic. You are incorrect.
Therefore, the parents of many of these kids do not have =
> the
> education and money that the parents of autistic children have so there =
> are
> truly fewer of us to fight for their cause.
What does having mental health issues have to do with not having education?
I know several bipolar people who have several degrees. They are all on
meds.
> You say you do not want me to "pity you" because your son is
> autistic but that is exactly what you did in a previous e-mail in which =
> you talked about how much stigma there is for the autistic. It's a bit
> contradictory to me. =20
No, YOU said there was no stigma attached to autism. Sorry to disappoint
you, but there is.
You still don't get it.
Lynn
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