/2015/04/13/serotalk-227-these-raised-dots-spell-controversy/ A podcast and interactive blog on the accessible digital lifestyle, produced by Serotek, the Accessibility Anywhere people Thu, 16 Apr 2015 12:57:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.3 /2015/04/13/serotalk-227-these-raised-dots-spell-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-716365 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 12:57:35 +0000 /?p=4953#comment-716365 This was a good set of notes! I read the seven disability issues article, and I will never forgive the woman who at least tried to kill her autistic daughter. Killer centered narratives in the paper show how much longer we have until we become a culture of accepting disabled people. I remember reading about Ethan Sailor. He was killed by police because they don’t know how to interact with Down’s Syndrome folks. If only if only someone had known better. We’re also still trying to hide the disabled from the world. I have witnessed the whole thing with group home and Medicaid sponsored care firsthand. I even have Medicaid sponsored home care due to mental stuff. CAn’t explain. But I have friends who are disabled who need anything from a few hours of aid care to like twenty-four-hours nursing care at a home for younger people with diabilities. My friend Caitlin and my other friend Jessica are two examples. Caitlin gets so much aid care a day, and guess what? She is in charge of it. She lives in Georgia. Jessica G. lives in a group home in MA, and she gets 24-hour nurse care due to Spina Bifida. She could’ve done better at home I’m sure, and she is married, so I don’t know how this is done with someone in a group home. Poor Jessica. She has a lot to deal with. As for the figures about nursing home care, this doesn’t surprise me. I wish there were more Caitlins in the world who could determine what and with whom they got care from. I do at least. I’m also horrified that anyone in a group home could still restrict people with disabilities. There’s a guy in Iowa I won’t name who is in a group home and he has restricted access to communicative devices. I’m thinking he has to get that Olmstead lawsuit going because I don’t know the laws but the fedral Olmstead decision may trump whatever Iowa has in place to protect the group home’s staff from this guy. He only gets 1 hour on pc and phone, sucks.
Just a few examples of what I’ve witnessed as a disabled person who’s gotten to know a whole lot of people. Isn’t the Internet wonderful? Yeah, I know. lol
Beth

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