In teaching me unqualified love and unqualified acceptance of others as they are, my late wife taught me advocacy. In teaching me that such love and acceptance demands attention to my fellow travelers’ needs and action to help those needs be met, she taught me advocacy. – David Cornwell
Living In A State Of Shame
Newspaper guest commentary
The DOJ report tells of a bleak and hopeless existence for more than 7,000 citizens inappropriately warehoused in adult care homes. >>>
If The People Are Ill, Heal Them
Newspaper guest commentary
Bad luck has led some to the pavilion at Aston Park, admitted bad choices led others, untreated mental illness or bad health still others. The myriad of paths that lead anyone anywhere in life are the same paths that led these people there. And what a thin, fragile line separates where those paths end. >>>
A Case Of First-Degree Mental lIlness
Guest CTony Zichi didn’t choose to kill 88-year-old Ruth Terrell, although he stabbed her multiple times. Indeed, Tony chose to save her – save her from the rats only he could see crawling over her. >>>
Hair Is Hard, Therapy Is Easy
Mental Health Blog Post
It redefines absurdity when a state government requires infinitely more expertise of those who work with what’s on your head than those who work with what’s in your head. >>>