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>I know of quite a few people who have been diagnosed >as schizophrenic who have had a really difficult time >in one way or another, and who have been even more >damaged by having this label slapped upon them.Most >people are scared of schizophrenia, it sounds very >frightening, like leprosy or cancer. > >One lady I knew who was labelled schizophrenic used to >play flute with me when I lived in Handsworth. She was >a really lovely person, but had not coped at all well >with the loss of her mother. Thanks to this label, she >was put into a psychiatric hospital and then charged >for her treatment and lodging whilst in NHS care, >which effectively made her homeless, as her mothers >house, which had been left to her, had to be sold in >order to pay for the "treatment". > >Labels can be very damaging. They can also be quite >helpful. My son is thriving in his special school. He >was floundering in mainstream, he was being labelled a >naughty boy, and that was extremly upsetting. He might >have ended up on the scrapheap if he had stayed in >mainstream, because he was being labelled naughty all >the time, because of having Aspergers Syndrome. The >teacher even punished him for laughing too loudly at >Mary Poppins, the Step in time bit where Bert and Mary >Poppins dance with the chimney sweeps, because he >mistakenly assumed that my son was being cynical and >disruptive by laughing so much, when really my son >just finds Mary Poppins really very funny. I don't >think the teacher could believe that my son really >liked Mary Poppins, because it is old fashioned but >Aspergers people can seem old fashioned, so Dr Richer >told me. The one good thing that the secret family >court did was to force me and my son to see one of the >leading experts in autism in the country. The secret >family court mafia did not give two hoots about my son >and myself, but Dr Richer was very kind and very >helpful. So that was one good thing that came out of >the secret family courts, which proves that there is >always a silver lining in every cloud is a very good >adage.
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