nerfherder
Active Member
The text:
"Dear Ms. (nerfherder):
I am writing to confirm that (Kiddo) should be followed by Rural Regional Center, which is co-located in our facility. If you should have any further questions, do not hesitate to call."
So yeah.
I'm going to call in five minutes when they open, and set up a "further questions" phone call or meeting.
I think a big part of the problem here is the whole mish-mash of Autism diagnoses - it's BAD to call it Mental Illness, but when you need to consult behaviorally, developmentally and the behaviors are frequently controlled or alleviated by the same medications that are used for those that are part of Mental Illness...
I'm frustrated because I KNOW yeah, calling Autism a Mental Illness is bad and inaccurate. But calling it the other things means that according to county and state agency protocols (which can be as bad as union task divisions at their most irrational) One shall NOT be treated by the Other even when it's appropriate and makes sense.
Now excuse me, I have to go water and plant stuff before I call or I shall be behaviorally impaired.
(quiet smile)
"Dear Ms. (nerfherder):
I am writing to confirm that (Kiddo) should be followed by Rural Regional Center, which is co-located in our facility. If you should have any further questions, do not hesitate to call."
So yeah.
I'm going to call in five minutes when they open, and set up a "further questions" phone call or meeting.
I think a big part of the problem here is the whole mish-mash of Autism diagnoses - it's BAD to call it Mental Illness, but when you need to consult behaviorally, developmentally and the behaviors are frequently controlled or alleviated by the same medications that are used for those that are part of Mental Illness...
I'm frustrated because I KNOW yeah, calling Autism a Mental Illness is bad and inaccurate. But calling it the other things means that according to county and state agency protocols (which can be as bad as union task divisions at their most irrational) One shall NOT be treated by the Other even when it's appropriate and makes sense.
Now excuse me, I have to go water and plant stuff before I call or I shall be behaviorally impaired.
(quiet smile)