DSM-V criteria and the inevitable changes coming and creating Something New.

Simply put, why don't we, the Autism Spectrum Community, create our Own DSM Over-sight Committee, so that, in the future, there is true discovery, inclusion, regulation and Care for our overall and collective livelyhoods. It is time to end this "current war". Somethings will never change, so let's create something new, together.

 

Buckminster Fuller said "You never change anything by fighting the
existing. To change something, build a new model and make the existing
obsolete."

Patricia  :)

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Comment by Angela Mai on June 15, 2012 at 5:55pm

Do you have anything specific in mind, Patricia?

Comment by Patricia Elaine Chandler on June 15, 2012 at 7:30pm
Yes I do.
And I have, on average, 5 viable ideas per day in various areas, and I am not so willing anymore to just keep putting them out there without being directly involved in their inception. I've been doing that since 1991, although I am truly grateful and humbled to see my Creative Genius manifest in Real Time, I'd like to help Build it too.

How do I know this??? My intuition is dead on and I pray everyday. And, people always ask what You asked though no one ever follows through with "Great! I'm in! Lets do it! how can I Help".OR, AM I SUPPOSED TO "START BUILDING IT AND THEY COME!" LOL
:-D
Comment by Patricia Elaine Chandler on June 25, 2012 at 2:05pm
The People First Waiver workshop, as part of OPWDD of NY State is tomorrow. I am attending. I am building something New ;-)
Comment by Randy Miller on June 29, 2012 at 1:51pm
I posted in an earlier email. 98% of the current DSM Is b*******. Big Pharma and big insurance are so entrenched in APA it is not funny. The meeting GRASP had with the Autism committee is, for me, clear evidence that big Pharma, Big Insurance and Autism Speaks are in cahoots with each other. They view the spectrum as the next big cash cow to sell their poisons to.
Comment by Patricia Elaine Chandler on June 29, 2012 at 8:25pm
When you understand these Words: lobbying, grants, funding, forecasting, budgeting, projections, actuals, resourcing, allocation, utilization, under-writing, Stake-holders, Stock-options, Contractual Obligations, For Profit and Gain is all it is really about. AUtism/ASpergers and All Other Developmental, Intellectual and Physical: Conditions, Disorders, Syndromes and Challenges is the New Wall Street. Disability is the New Currency for those who have Nothing To Loose. The APA has Nothing To Lose and they Simply and Plainly Do Not Care About Us.

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