tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400857.post9473884307514142..comments2023-09-16T05:17:59.903-07:00Comments on Developmental Disability System Reform: And a note on trust and reformDoug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400857.post-63440254101535516682009-04-16T04:51:00.000-07:002009-04-16T04:51:00.000-07:00Thanks, Stanley. I don't know when you wrote your...Thanks, Stanley. I don't know when you wrote your comment. I just realized comments no longer come through without my say so, and how to say so. Apologies to everyone with a comment that's been burbling.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400857.post-33987423510286102452009-04-05T04:51:00.000-07:002009-04-05T04:51:00.000-07:00Don't be a stranger [doug say]believe doug’s blog ...<I>Don't be a stranger [doug say]</I><BR/><BR/>believe doug’s blog has too much potential for any of us to be strangers to IT...doug is willing to lose all his friends (both of them) to speak the truth...as are a few others (eg, andy and paul)...<BR/><BR/>Hope great minds will contribute more...never know when an idea might catch on or someone may decide to lead the way to cross the bridge to selma...or <BR/><BR/>at least one other might be added to the list of those willing to lose all their friends for the sake of our children and friends with special needs...ie;<BR/><BR/>the possibility of perhaps changing the system one person at a time is too great to remain silent... buttbut;<BR/><BR/>hope great minds will discuss issues not issjr...the too cute put downs of issjr must be very, very boring turn offs to most...<BR/><BR/>if there is an uncontrollable urge to make fun of an old man, do it off list or on DDRights...issjr has no problem with that...and will respond until it becomes too boring.<BR/><BR/>Sad the insistence on addressing issjr vice issues may have been partially resp for the now lack of any exchange of ideas on another list.<BR/><BR/>Moving on<BR/><BR/><I>Doug say: I'm not trying to criticize individuals or institutions</I><BR/><BR/>Well if there is to ever be accountability...the accountable individuals must be critiqued...other than maintain the unacceptable status quo, atta boys to go along havent done much good.<BR/><BR/>stanleystanleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400857.post-21254529624643386862009-03-24T12:39:00.000-07:002009-03-24T12:39:00.000-07:00Thanks, Hapi. Have a swell day.Thanks, Hapi. Have a swell day.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400857.post-7166603277933195352009-03-23T07:30:00.001-07:002009-03-23T07:30:00.001-07:00hello... hapi blogging... have a nice day! just vi...hello... hapi blogging... have a nice day! just visiting here....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400857.post-65981409204361144592009-03-19T13:01:00.000-07:002009-03-19T13:01:00.000-07:00Thanks, Anonymous. Don't be a stranger.The point,...Thanks, Anonymous. Don't be a stranger.<BR/><BR/>The point, I hope, is that people who fear making the wrong decision can be relied upon. Those who do not fear mistakes cannot. I'm not trying to criticize individuals or institutions but to recognize the total lack of accountability and to explain why nobody trusts anyone with reform.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400857.post-23132558834013889972009-03-19T12:57:00.000-07:002009-03-19T12:57:00.000-07:00Nice to have you back, Doug. I would disagree tha...Nice to have you back, Doug. I would disagree that all the organizations you listed are, by definition and practice, untrustworthy. Instead, I suggest that each has competing interests and overlapping interests. I've met very few regional center staff or provider staff who are not committed and passionate about supporting and serving people with developmental disabilities. I also think that the competing interests among organizations is built into the very fabric of the Lanterman Act. I also think that there are recourses for people who are dissatisfied with any of the organizations. Unfortunately, people who share similar agendas often do not take advantage of their recourse avenues. Thus, we can all blame it on "the system".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com