Russell Ables is by no means the only person in Oklahoma being treated this way. This weekend I spoke with other families who share a similar injustice. All of it is happening because 20 years ago the state politicians bought the line that we don't need residential mental health facilities anymore.August 28, 2017 at 08:26AM, from
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but how do we declare or decide who is really mentally ill ? this can be used as a scapegoat just like anything else so who decides here ? Jurys are not Phycologist nor are they educated in physcology all courts deem is who knows the difference between right and wrong , I can know the difference, but that does not mean one is sane. and their assumption is wrong , we do need mental facilities but only if people are being treated and not drugged, which seems to be the case in most instances , and their is a big difference between mentally impaired and insane, just because society deem one mentally impaired, does not mean they cant live a full life , different then ours perhaps, but never the less a full life .
ReplyDeleteCompassion requires that we attend to the needs of those who are less fortunate. Mentally impaired people NEED for the rest of us to care about them.
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