<DIV>Saundra is correct on this point. The correct term is Direct Care Specialist, not handler. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <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> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">In 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 research?<BR><BR>=======================================================<BR>List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.
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