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San Diego Union-Tribune
Sheriff’s program is bridge to mentally disabled
If yelling and banging inside Cherri Cary’s house were to prompt a 911 call, officers most likely would prepare to encounter a violent person.
Filed Under: developmental disability, disability awareness, intellectual disability, psychiatric disability, public policy, public safety
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One Comment
I’m confused a little. Where does mental illnes, ie. bi-polar, schizo. ptsd, ect. fall. When we’re “right”, people will say it’s all BS. That we are taking advantage of the system. But what goes on in our heads is a battle nobody could imagine. To have two or three days a week of peace. In our heads. Would be a God send. To be able to not feel the paranoia, anxiety. To beable to bathe, eat, work, drive, make the appointments we so surely thought we could, when we set them, this IS the reality. It’s just not visible to most. And I’ll guarantee that all of us who fall into these categories do our best to not let anyone know. We want to be free. But our minds won’t let that happen. And, speaking from experience, it gets worse, as we get older. And it drives people away. And it makes it almost impossible to hold even a p-t job. Forget marriage, roommates. I’m just beefing about this because i’m going through ,yet, another eviction. And I am exhausted with the lies being slung my way. I know. Again, I know. They don’t get it!