tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505439682638010571.post1710445431171082733..comments2023-10-05T06:00:48.100-04:00Comments on Innovators for Individuals: Mentors they never hadRCILhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11619320620351167421noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505439682638010571.post-6604732896424290762012-02-13T10:11:48.493-05:002012-02-13T10:11:48.493-05:00RCIL has never promoted Utopia, or ignored cries f...RCIL has never promoted Utopia, or ignored cries for help. However, we choose not to endorse pessimism or negative thinking. I believe in the strength and intelligence of the people I work with, and in a community's ability to find just solutions and change for the better.KFalconnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505439682638010571.post-91276006786943877012012-02-10T21:30:44.315-05:002012-02-10T21:30:44.315-05:00Dear RCIL Blog Censor:
After this I'll let it...Dear RCIL Blog Censor:<br /><br />After this I'll let it go and leave you to your dreamland experience of People with Disabilities [PWD]. In this age of social networks you can't delete this truth which conflicts with your noble but inaccurate philosophy faster than I can tweet and facebook it.<br /><br />Today one of my neighbors here in Utica who has a disability came up to me and told me--for the first time--that he was so discouraged that he--yes he--not I--was seriously thinking of committing suicide.<br /><br />So what could I say to him? "RCIL is fighting for your civil rights and helping you and all the other PWD in Utica claw out of abject poverty?"<br /><br />Had I said this he would either have laughed at me or punched me in the face. That's reality for a great many PWD in your Utopian Utica.<br /><br />Godpeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505439682638010571.post-22878748617055384652012-02-10T15:04:33.379-05:002012-02-10T15:04:33.379-05:00Ernest Hemingway once wrote: "The world break...Ernest Hemingway once wrote: "The world breaks everyone and afterward some are strong at the broken places." Kids who are at risk or have disabilities that make it difficult for them to function in a very tough world, (or who have difficulty making and keeping friends) need all the help and support that they can get. Without supports, these kids might always be lost and never find their own strength.<br /><br />Peter O: I am of the belief that no one, whether they are considered "vulnerable" or not, or whether they are children or adults should be forgotten or passed over. Talking about it can be the start of a positive solution.K Falconnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505439682638010571.post-73010063051894347382012-02-10T13:36:07.747-05:002012-02-10T13:36:07.747-05:00Being a person with a disability in Utica is utter...Being a person with a disability in Utica is utterly hopeless. It is a life of absolute desperation. One is better off dead.peter onoreply@blogger.com