3,181 Comments Posted by Lynne

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The prefrontal leucotomy was developed by Egas Moniz of Portugal, for which he later won the Nobel Prize. Psychiatrist Walter Freeman and neurosurgeon James Watts changed the operation to the more familiar trans-orbital lobotomy and were at George Washington University Hospital, although Dr. Freeman traveled across the country to "spread the good word" about lobotomies.
http://www.geocities.c...styone/freeman01.htm
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"Crazies" vs. "people with psychiatric illness"

"Crazies" -> hurts and stigmatizes people
"People with psychiatric illness" -> describes people

There's more to it than "just" being politically correct.

Now, back down off the soapboax. Just a warm holiday thought. :-)
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Well, there you go again, making me splash my keyboard with Coca-Cola. 8`-)
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=8-o
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=8-o
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Em . . . can you get there tonight?
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Common sense spoken by someone who has been there. Good on ya, Big Ed!

At one place where I worked one of our fellows wandered off and fell asleep in an elevator and was missing for hours. Didn't know how to open the elevator door back up once he got inside and he was nonverbal, so he just took a nap. Luckily, no problems occurred, but it was a frantic 2 hour search and when we opened the elevator, we woke him from his nap and he glared at us for disturbing his peaceful slumber. :-)

When our folks get lost or hide, many of them are unwilling or unable to respond.

Another time, when I was a special ed teacher, a student in another class went on a short hiking trip with his class, wandered off, and was difficult to locate because he was echolalic (echolalia = repeating the words you hear others say, also called "parroting") so when they called his name he also called his name, and it just sounded like another searcher calling his name. The event ended without tragedy, but trying to locate an individual with a handicapping condition who has disappeared is a lot dicier than you might otherwise think (even if they WANT to be found).
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Aw, gawrsh! ;-)
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He is applesauce. :-)

http://www.mottsproduc...ple_sauce_single.asp
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I went to look at that web site and here's what I got:

"Thank you for your interest in Chestnut Green. Please fill out the form below and your exclusive sales agent will contact you shortly."

God in Heaven! =8-o
Shades of "Stepford Wives" as well!
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I can help you with that headache . . .

[she said with a strange look in her eyes as she approached while holding something small and shiny behind her back]
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Otay - all is forgiven. I am a terrible softy, just like Marty. :-)
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In between the faucets on the left sink.
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http://i47.photobucket...e/BarnesHospital.jpg
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Wow, Martha - incredible!