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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I agree, Donovan. Our daughter has a mental
disability and sometimes people who do not know her well are puzzled by her
behavior--generally not at all disruptive though. But at times the aide
(or Direct Care Specialist) will be with her and if the situation is one which
will lead to her better understanding of societal expectations, the aide will
not intervene. But if Leslie should be rude, really intrusive, etc.
we would all expect some intervention and direction from the person with
her. It is not always possible for folks to instantly recognize someone
with whom they interact has a disability. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I hope the result of this situation ends with a
positive result for everyone. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sue Hovey</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com
href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">Donovan Arnold</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=sslund@roadrunner.com
href="mailto:sslund@roadrunner.com">Saundra Lund</A> ; <A
title=chasuk@gmail.com href="mailto:chasuk@gmail.com">'Chasuk'</A> ; <A
title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, March 25, 2007 2:05
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Protest at
Archies on the Square</DIV>
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<DIV>Saundra is correct on this point. The correct term is Direct Care
Specialist, not handler. </DIV>
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<DIV>But Chas I think made the correct point that this person should have, if
doing their job correctly, redirected this man to the appropriate behavior
because he didn't know it was incorrect. That is their job. If the direct
care specialist made no effort to educate and assist the person with a social
disability from acting and behaving in a way that damages his reputation and
standing with the community the care specialist is at fault and
doing harm to his client. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Best,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Donovan<BR><BR><B><I>Saundra Lund <sslund@roadrunner.com></I></B>
wrote:</DIV>
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part, Chas wrote:<BR>"David continued his disruptions, and his companion --
now known to be his<BR>handler -- did nothing to intervene."<BR><BR>Ummm . .
. Chas, perhaps I'm wrong (in which case I hope to be corrected),<BR>but I
believe you are incorrectly and offensively using the term
"handler."<BR>Unless there was a service animal present, there was no
handler -- a<BR>differently abled person isn't some wild animal that has to
be handled, for<BR>goodness sake.<BR><BR>Appropriate terms would include
companion, advocate, or direct support<BR>professional. There are probably a
whole host of other acceptable terms,<BR>but I don't believe "handler" is
one of them :-(<BR><BR><BR>Saundra Lund<BR>Moscow, ID<BR><BR>The only thing
necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do<BR>nothing.<BR>-
Edmund Burke<BR><BR>***** Original material contained herein is Copyright
2006 through life plus<BR>70 years, Saundra Lund. Do not copy,
forward, excerpt, or reproduce outside<BR>the Vision 2020 forum without the
express written permission of the<BR>author.*****<BR><BR>-----Original
Message-----<BR>From: vision2020-bounces@moscow.com
[mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com]<BR>On Behalf Of Chasuk<BR>Sent:
Sunday, March 25, 2007 4:18 PM<BR>To: vision2020@moscow.com<BR>Subject: Re:
[Vision2020] Protest at Archies on the Square<BR><BR>JeanC wrote (of
Archie's on the Square):<BR><BR>"... a family with a disabled daughter were
asked to leave as her<BR>presence was bad for business."<BR><BR>Of course,
she was reporting this story at one remove; a friend<BR>conveyed this
information to her, and now it is a matter of public<BR>discussion on
Vision2020.<BR><BR>I talked to Jim Johnson today. He and his wife
("Archie"), are the<BR>proprietors of Archie's on the Square. I don't get
free meals at<BR>Archie's. I'm not any more enamored of the meals served
there than I<BR>am of meals served at any other dining establishment in
Moscow. In<BR>short, I'm as impartial as it is possible to be while still
feeling<BR>sufficiently motivated to conduct my own
investigation.<BR><BR>Mr. Johnson's version of events are quite different
than those that<BR>JeanC provides us. Mr. Johnson was chatting with a table
of senior<BR>citizens, apologizing for lukewarm coffee. A young man
(possibly in<BR>his early-to-mid-twenties) interposed himself between Mr.
Johnson and<BR>the senior citizens. This young man (let's call him David)
was<BR>mentally handicapped, but this was not obvious to Mr. Johnson.
For<BR>all appearances, David was a young drug abuser. Mr. Johnson
invited<BR>David to sit at a nearby table until he had finished business
with the<BR>senior citizens. David continued his disruptions, and his
companion<BR>-- now known to be his handler -- did nothing to
intervene.<BR><BR>Eventually, Mr. Johnson gave up and went back to the
kitchen. Neither<BR>David nor his handler were asked to leave.<BR><BR>It was
not until David's handler later phoned to complain (of Mr.<BR>Johnson's
apparently insensitive behavior) that Mr. Johnson learned<BR>that David was
mentally handicapped. The handler threatened to write<BR>a letter to the
editor. Mr. Johnson suggested that he write two, the<BR>second to be
inserted up the handler's ass.<BR><BR>Mr. Johnson reports that they have
never had such a busy Sunday, and<BR>that those aware of the situation are
sympathetic to his side. He<BR>further requests that the protesters return
on Mon/Tue/Wed nights, as<BR>it might again improve his business.<BR><BR>So,
now we have not a little girl and her family cruelly evicted by<BR>the
heartless proprietors of a local restaurant, but instead the
paid<BR>companion of the mentally handicapped not doing his job.<BR><BR>Or
maybe we just have a misunderstanding that could have been<BR>rectified if
anyone had bothered to do five minutes of
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