disability

I just read an awesome blog by someone... *thank you* whom touched on a great point about this.

I'm a huge fan of the Social Model of Disability. We've established this, right, guys? I mean, I l know you've only known me for a few hours, but if you know one thing about me, it's that, am I correct?

Okay, first, before we go on, let me say this:

Over the past few years I've had to wonder what really constitutes as a single-parent home. Obviously there's the general case where a family only has one parent around.
But is there any other type of family (yes, "type") that can be considered a "single-parent family?"

So here is my situation:

-Mother is disabled, receives small monthly checks
-Father laid off at Thanksgiving, currently unemployed
-Me working part time and going to school part time
-Younger sister full time student
-Parents filed bankruptcy due to medical bills
-House ready to be foreclosed
-Car ready to be repossessed
-No heat during winter

Most, moral, ethically minded people will, when they make a mistake, admit it. When working with challanged or disabled individuals, such as one of my clients, you need to admit to dangerous mistakes.

The short list of Wisconsin State DFHS Administrative Code violations for ONE assisted living facility for clients with AODA issues, Mental Health issues and Corrections histories. this facility is located in the City of Milwaukee, is partially state and county funded and does have a history of code violation invesitigations.

It has come to my attention that there are thousands of people that have been diagnosed with a certain category of psychiatric disorder that have been shoved to the back burner far many more times then any other by both the professional community and the general public at large.