tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post4090281404471613067..comments2024-03-01T03:37:20.420-05:00Comments on I'M SOMEWHERE ELSE: Amanda Foresthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04200794053287551087noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-76140761387541495132012-08-27T21:27:40.707-04:002012-08-27T21:27:40.707-04:00Thanks, Amanda. I can't believe how long it...Thanks, Amanda. I can't believe how long it's been since I wrote a proper blog post! Argh! Roiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12840915191850723381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-73715417905441965702012-08-25T09:41:00.227-04:002012-08-25T09:41:00.227-04:00gosh Roia thank you for being you. I can't bel...gosh Roia thank you for being you. I can't believe how long it's been since I read your blog.Amanda Foresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200794053287551087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-39478151778520941422012-08-24T20:40:16.930-04:002012-08-24T20:40:16.930-04:00Amanda, I have found the exact same thing. Basical...Amanda, I have found the exact same thing. Basically, in spite of platitudes about how "this is our clients' home, and we must respect personal preferences and rights and blah, blah, and more blah", the very blatant communication to support/direct care staff is "I don't care how much you have to control your clients, but they had better look the way we want them to look when we come through!" Naturally, the most controlling and disturbing staff are seen (as you pointed out) as competent and "good staff" whereas people who are respectful are seen as "problem staff" who "don't know how to control their clients." <br /><br />I have also heard (for years) what a "special" person I am to do the work I do and how I'm doing "God's work" and so on and so forth. I'm not sure when seeing another person as a human being became a "special" attribute, but that just perpetuates the attitude that people with disabilities need to be segregated in institutional settings. <br /><br />Stopping before my ranting gets out of hand. Thanks for what you have to say! Roiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12840915191850723381noreply@blogger.com