[MR] People banned from SCA events

[Grainne ingen Lugdach]

Not picking on Davitt (honest!), but I'd like to request that we think of the individual in question--or anyone in his situation--as a *person* rather than a *patient*.
 
I have type II diabetes, but I don't think that anyone outside my doctor's office refers to me as a "patient." Most people don't like to be defined by their special conditions.
 
FWIW, I think it might have been helpful for the person in question to tell at least one or two people about any challenges he might have. That's a really tough thing to do, though, given the stereotypes and assumptions that society at large has about "those" types of challenges.
 
Mea culpa for the soapbox moment. Please understand that I've spent 27 years and some change working full-time with folks who have cognitive and other developmental disabilities, so I see daily that we're all a lot more like one another than we are different from one another. And I've been well-schooled in people-first language. ;-) 
 
In service,
Grainne ingen Lugdach 
Shire of Roxbury Mill

--- On Thu, 6/30/11, David Chessler <chessler at usa.net> wrote:


From: David Chessler <chessler at usa.net>
Subject: Re: [MR] People banned from SCA events
To: "Stefan li Rous" <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>, "Atlantia maillist" <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Date: Thursday, June 30, 2011, 4:41 AM


<snippity do-dah>

As I understand the situation below, "Liam"'s mother has been active, and has
helped the rest of the Canton deal with Liam's issues. As I understand the
situation above, the patient is the only person who has been in direct contact
with the Barony, and it has become apparent, to some people at least, that the
patient is not a reliable judge of his own needs and situation.