If you have read my blog on Disability Discrimination concerning Publix the Grocery chain based in Lakeland, FL (863) 688-1188 I have sent numerous letters to Senator Bill Nelsons office in Orlando, FL since 2003 so much so that I now have a permanent case manager not because I am special or anything as I only want to be treated as if I did not have these disability classifications in the first place, but the reason I have a permanent case manager at Senator Nelsons office is my disabilities are not necessarily accepted there any more different than the rest of the country, but the Senators office and staff has a moral fiduciary responsibility to uphold the laws of the Federal Government including the Americans With Disabilities Act – ADA.
The case manager and the staff in the Senator’s Orlando office handles my disabilities quite well. Rarely there is a problem with Senator Nelsons office and I have been assigned a permanent case manager that I trust so much so that they have a copy of my Social Security CD of which I gave them to have on hand when and if I ever had another situation with Medicare and the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare – CMS again (different story for a different day).
So for coming out of the Closet below is what I wrote on a different site before I had my own Blog: It dealt with an extremely bad problem in this country of which mental cruelty is targeted at people who all have something in common with each other, they like myself have some form of mental illness and these people are subjected to shame and ridicule by their families, friends, co-workers and specifically law enforcement officers like Sergeant Allenbough of the Charlotte County Sheriffs office in Charlotte County FL.
If I had a choice of only two things ridicule by people that I know versus Law enforcement officers, I would choose people that I come in contact with versus Law enforcement Officers as they come with a badge and gun and can end your life. Below is what I wrote on http://natashatracy.com/mental-illness-issues/suicide/want-die-what-should-do/#comment-48440
I was open to the anguish that the person who wrote what they were feeling due to how they perceived the people around them perceived them to be yet I made a stand that day to never again be ashamed of my disabilities. If you have read some of my other letters this is a doozy for its length:
By the replying to myself. I am really big into Holistic medicines although they are not considered medicine in the US, that, and since I am not a doctor, I am not preaching anything that is effective for anyone else, that after the research I have done (I have read over 25,000 articles and 100000 pages of info in the last three years) from sites such as pubmed.gov – US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, or http://www.mskcc.org – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, or http://www.compmed.umm.edu/default.asp
University of Maryland Center for Integrative Medicine which is a part of a legitimate medical school and I came across something that is quite effective for me, below:
SKULLCAP (Scutellaria lateriflora)
Family: Lamiaceae
Parts commonly used: Aerial.
Properties/energetics: Nerve tonic, sedative, neuro-restorative, antispasmodic/Cold, dry; bitter, bit sweet.
Systems predominantly affected: Nervous, musculoskeletal.
Uses: Skullcap, innately high in mineral nutrients required for a healthy, balanced nervous system, is a safe and reliable central nervous system tonic, neuro-restorative, and sedative with an antispasmodic edge. It soothes the heart and decreases excess heat, effectively cooling overheated emotions such as temper tantrums, anger, rage, hatred, and jealously. This plant releases tension in the skeletal muscles and is specific for relieving nervous anxiety and irritability where there is physical or emotional overexertion. It promotes rest and can sedate heart imbalances caused by overactive nerves. Skullcap is a useful remedy for treating conditions of excess that result in anger or cranky overt irritability while also treating conditions of deficiency that exhibit nervous anxiety and irritability, with feelings of being overwhelmed or overexposed. Skullcap helps break addiction to tobacco and alcohol by helping people get through withdrawal-stage symptoms such as sleeplessness and crankiness.
Combinations: Use with Gotu Kola as a tonic that promotes clarity of mind and with Chamomile for allaying restlessness and sleeplessness.
I have been learning that natural is the better way to go and self discovery and a lot of reading (an extreme amount of reading) gives me peace as I know what I am doing works.
In April of next year I have an appointment with an integrative board certified psychiatrist that is as versed as I am concerning what I have learned over the years. The mainstream psychiatrist is the one that started me on this path when I asked him about the use of Theanine.
I go to a holistic medical doctor already and after the results that my wife has seen, she is also going to the same doctor who is light years beyond mainstream doctors. Now her mom wants to go. I have maintained my sense of humor which does not mean I like what my disability does to unprepared people, but almost if I knew that my mother-in-law was going to come to visit four times a year and go to our doctor, because of what I now know and what the holistic doctor knows, I might not have gotten into this holistic medicine, not.
This is a path for me. I am not smug, but if I was not doing what I am doing now then this letter would not have been possible.
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Andy – November 24, 2013 ←
Fight back. You are a protected part of society as a whole. People that react to me and my disability which is one and the same, they are the ones that are disabled since they have a choice to not react to a situation, but they choose to retaliate against me and the disability which violates my civil rights and the ADA. Empower yourself. If you are like me you most likely were born different and due to the law concerning the American with Disabilities Act as of eight months ago I have stopped apologizing for my United States protected Disability Impairment code of 2940.
People that react to >me/my disability< including my wife and the local police departments are not trained enough on how to handle the onslaught of what comes out of my mouth due the disability. My wife has had seventeen years of practice on learning how to handle me, as this disability needs only understanding and empathy from the people around me when it occurs.
I truly feel sorry for the people that react to me by arbitrarily in one example of changing my pass code on my cell phone to the word “FAGGOT” and charging me with $648 worth of calling cards however they made a conscious choice to react to my disability which if people that are disabled understand “Is a crime in the US”.
I am tired of people that have no earthly clue disabled or otherwise thinking that our disabilities are something to be ashamed of. They are not. After the passing of the ADA we are just as much a part of mainstream society as anyone that has an alternate lifestyle which could mean that they are “nudists”, “Gay”, “Lesbian” or any myriad of niche groups.
We are America. Start associating with people that acknowledge what we are with respect to what we are. This is still America, those people that hold disdain for us in their hearts and minds can do so, however as long as the ADA is there those people had better keep their thoughts to themselves.