Re: Revision - Social Communication Disorder/Brit welfare reform

[Guest guest]

NJ Delphia wrote:

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> Welcome to the world of suck it up and deal. Our government has been

> like that since 2000.

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I think that you and I must have different thresholds for what it means

to " suck it up and deal " . lol

As I see it, the changes really began in 1980, when the Reagan

administration began cutting government-sponsored health services,

especially those for the mentally ill. Not surprisingly, that's when

the homeless population (many of whom were vets suffering from PTSD

following their service in Vietnam) began to surge.

I agree that the situation has further deteriorated since 2000.

Particularly shameful are the ways in which the military justifies the

granting of less than honorable discharges for returning veterans

serving in the Gulf, Iraq, and Afghanistan, so as to limit future

responsibility for their mental health care. [Only the honorably

discharged have full access to the benefits that are still available to

our troops.]

Best,

~CJ

[Guest guest]

My year 2000 reference was to SSA and the ability to get on SSDI/SSI (disabled with no work experience).

SSA has always ran like you can work until proven otherwise. I got SSDI, on the first try, with no lawyer-just little old me filing out the form in 1994. It was for Bipolar I and I had worked decent jobs in the past. The Bipolar hit, and within 3 years, I had 12+ hospitalizations. I was a total hot mess.

After 1998, SSA went hardcore, and started rejecting just about everyone. Now, forget it. Also in 1996 is when our state governor just gutted the mental health system, and closed about 90% of the state mental hospitals, leaving the jails to fill the void.

Reagan was a little before my time, but I'll agree the Great Communicator started this mess. It just took the late 90s to really hit my state.

Nan