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Sacramento-area voters for Barack Obama. We will work together locally and through my.barackobama.com to help make Senator Obama the next President of the United States.

Please join with us to organize events, keep everyone informed and do what we can here in Sacramento to make this dream into a reality.

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Don't let them Sabotage our Agenda for Change!

By DragonflyKid - Sep 8th, 2009 at 1:59 pm EDT

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Them, They. Who are they? Who are these people who intend to get in the way of anything our President tries to do? Why do they do it? What is their motivation? What is their complaint?

I was outraged to see some schools refusing to play the President's Address to America's school children today. This proves that there is a small number of people in this country who are determined to get in the way and undermine anything we try to do as a country. This is unamerican, it's treasoness and unpatriotic.

They answer the moose call of their leaders, be it Rush, Hannity, O'Reilly, Beck, and salivate like pavlovian dogs when they hear that call. They have the mentality of sorority pranksters who think this is all just one big fun game we are playing. There's just one more thing, they're bigots. When they don't have an argument, when they are unreasonable, like they were with the birth certificate, you have to admit that their actions are racially motivated. These are the bottom 10 - 20% of the country that is trying to set the conversation and the agenda for the rest of us. Is that okay with you? It's not okay with me, and it needs to be stopped if we are ever to get anything done!

This is not a game, this is our country. We have an electoral process that they seem to have forgotten about. They have selective memory. When we try to call them on their childish behavior they say "well the left did this and the left did that" as if that makes their actions a o k.

Well it doesn't. I'm really tired of the evalgelical left trying to takeover this country. A few months back we learned about "The Family" that reside at the C Street house in Washington DC. We found that many of our southern and conservative republican senators reside there. We learned that the leader of The Family has a drastically different teaching than traditional christianity. He teaches OUR SENATORS that the laws do not apply to them because they have been chosen by God to rule. Jeff Sharlet's book, and subsequent articles and TV appearances have established this beyond doubt. They even make "pilgrimages" to other nations on behalf of America. They have been operating in the shadows for decades, and who know what damage they have done.

The media backed off the story, but to me, it is central to the race bating and unrest going on right now. It's is the chickens coming home to roost for the evangelical right, and the media is giving them a free pass. Why aren't reporters storming C Street? Why aren't those senators asked to resign? What strange bunny hole have I fallen into?

What worries me about these wingnuts is that the Whitehouse and media are much too sensitive about allowing them a voice. So much so, that their voice drowns out our voice. They reveal themselves as hateful liars, yet they seem to be driving the debate and their lies are setting in if one is to believe the polls. Our president must not bow to these people. He must stand up against them as another "special interest" that does not have the good interests of our country at heart.

It is the responsiblity of each and every sane person in this country to stand up to these people, hold them accountable, and vote them out of office once and for all. We must remove this grip they have on our politics so that we can move forward with an agenda that is good for our country and our future. Stand up! Now is not the time to back down. This is a battle, seems it's between good and evil. This is a battle you don't want to miss and we need you on the front lines.

Never give up the fight, especially when it is clear there are dark forces in your way!

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The Obama gas, prices, The Presidency, The Real health care reform prices.

By Petr Buben - Jul 20th, 2009 at 12:05 pm EDT

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The Obama gas prices? $2.60. The Republican peak manipulation oil monopoly corrupted market distortion prices? $4.50. ... Which one is better? Many Republicans would claim $4.50, since they like the environment, and green, wind, solar-thermal and solar-cells, geothermal and sea waves energy. ... Well guess what, YES WE CAN have clean green energy - under the right management, under the right, pro-America Presidency, even at gas at $2.70 !! Check that out. .... Elected by The People, for The People, for The America. United We Stand

The cost of real medical reform - $0.00.
No need - do not set up - new taxes. Payments through employers will be redirected to Universal public-private single payer system.

Runaway fraud private insurance medical monopolies prices and their rises 10 -20% a year will be regulated. Extend Medicare to everyone. This will bring significant savings in the future, and it will boost competitivness of the country on the world markets.

I want this Presidency, this President, Mr. Barack Obama, to be known to history as ENDING the health care slavery to powerful insurance medical special monopolies in The Usa. Thank you.

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Real health care reform now - Universal public-private single payer system

By Petr Buben - Jul 12th, 2009 at 8:29 pm EDT

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The resources are at http://friendfeed.com/news3 , including Michael Moore take on it - 1. Universal health care available to everybody, 2. Abolish all insurance companies 3. Tightly regulate pharma companies ... to avoid outrageous overcharging ....... currently, premiums rise 10-10% a year ......

A real reform will cost $0. And its the best investment.
The payments through employers will be redirected to single payer system. everybody pays, according to what they can, and everybody has the healthcare ... lets stop this mad system of corporate overcharge megafraud .....

Not to have a health care is a human rights violation. The same goes for a homelessness of a human being. Be it in the industrialized world, or in a third country.

Petr Buben
http://friendfeed.com/BarackObama
http://friendfeed.com/petrbuben - http://friendfeed.com/petrnews

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Support a Public Option!

By TCP (Tim Prudhel) - Jun 15th, 2009 at 12:47 pm EDT

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I strongly support President Obama's three principles for real health care reform and urge you to do so too. Any plan Congress passes must reduce health care costs, guarantee choice – including a public insurance option – and ensure quality care for every American.

If President Obama's healthcare plan gets changed to exclude a public option like Medicare, then it is not real healthcare reform. Real healthcare reform depends on whether the American public is allowed to choose a universally available public option or not. If we are allowed to choose a Medicare-like option, the healthcare bill will bring true healthcare reform. It will ensure choice, competition and will reduce costs.

One reason given for opposing a public option is that private insurance companies won't be able to compete in the marketplace if we have a strong public option.

But why should we deny people the right to get healthcare through a public option like Medicare just to put corporate profits ahead of people’s health?

If we're denied a public option, we won't achieve real healthcare reform at all. It's time to stand up to the special interests and enact real reform that includes a public option.

Please support a public option in healthcare reform and urge Congress to do the same.

To see where members of Congress currently stand on the public option and to contact them, see this link: http://standwithdrdean.com/where_congress_stands

Thanks!

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Pathways to Health Care Reform

By Karanbir - May 31st, 2009 at 1:16 pm EDT

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President Barack Obama has laid out three basic principles for healthcare reform. There are numerous pathways to achieving these principles but none could be perfect. The basic health care starts with seeing a health care provider. If you cannot see a doctor in the office, you end up in the emergency room for simple medical problems, go through unnecessary tests and waste thousands of dollars. There is also lot of frustration as we have to wait long hours to get help.

Therefore the basic part of healthcare reform is our ability to see a doctor of our choice in the office. This fulfills all the three principles. This can be made possible by having a public health insurance policy and low malpractice premiums.

Public health insurance policy is very effective. About 30 states already have this for their state employees. It would help consumers by providing more competition and holding down costs, since in many areas in the country, the private market is monopolized by one carrier. Monopoly does not give any incentive for innovation or for cost effective strategies.

Most of us have seen that our favorite doctors are leaving their practices and joining hospital systems. This is because they are not able to pay their bills to sustain a successful practice. It has become very stressful for a doctor to run their office as they have to work 60-80 hours a week just to be able to feed their families. Their reimbursement for seeing a patient is going down but our expectations from them are going up. Their malpractice premiums are rising.

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Health Care reform - Universal system

By Petr Buben - Apr 9th, 2009 at 7:12 pm EDT

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It is very important to reform the current health mess, to set up universal single payer non bureaucratic health care system for all people in the USA. And everybody will pay in, all the time, according to their means... Just as the rest of the developed world. Get rid of health care payments through, to and from employers. Single payer is cheaper, more fair, thus not violating human rights of American citizens. ... SIMPLY EXTEND Medicare to everybody. Make it non profit, get rid off current colossal overpayment racket fraud. .. Get rid of Veterans Medical system. ...Of course, private voluntary plans will also exist along.

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The Obama Deception HQ Full length version

By Peta-de-Aztlan - Apr 2nd, 2009 at 1:55 am EDT

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Check this out for yourself and come to your own conclusions ~ as to whether it is true or not, whether what it claims is valid or not ~ you exercise your own intelligence. Certainly all of us need to keep open minds and see that it is true that there are a lot of global maneuvers and manipulations going on in these troubled times!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAaQNACwaLw

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Call and Write Your Representatives

By Dr. Barbara Palmer - Mar 27th, 2009 at 1:28 pm EDT

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We worked hard to get President Obama elected. We must keep going. Contact your Representatives and other elected officials who just need a nudge. They must fully support The President. We must get the agenda moving forward. Those in office are supposed to represent US. Let them hear from you.

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Know what you are gathering pledges for

By Walter Heath - Mar 18th, 2009 at 4:00 pm EDT

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For Immediate Release: March 18, 2009
Contact: Mark Dudzic, 201-314-2653 or mdudzic@igc.org

Labor leaders disappointed by lack of working people's voices at Vermont healthcare reform discussion

Burlington, VT -- Working people's voices were not heard at the Obama Administration's second regional Health Care Summit in Burlington, VT on March 17..

"Despite the fact that several union spokespersons attended the meeting, we were not called upon and unfortunately the voice of workers was shut out of the discussion," said Peter Knowlton, president of the Northeast Region of the United Electrical Workers Union (UE). "When it came to the financial discussion, Gov. Douglas and Gov. Patrick [the two governors moderating the session] only called on wealthy special-interests from the worlds of business and professional circles."

Sandy Eaton, a nurse who attended the forum stated that nurses' voices went unheard as well. "Nurses were well represented, but our voices were not heard -- and the term "nurse" or "hospital worker" was never mentioned in the two hour forum," said Eaton who is a member of the executive board of the Massachusetts Nurses Association.

Outside the auditorium where the summit was held, over 250 labor and community members rallied in support of HR 676 and single payer healthcare. "Our system needs fundamental reform," said Dawn Stanger, President of the Vermont Workers Center-Jobs with Justice. Stanger, a UPS employee and member of Teamsters Local 597, was joined by dozens of unionized nurses who worked next door at Fletcher Allen Health Care, the largest hospital in Vermont.

"We need to build a movement to demand change," Stanger told the crowd. The Vermont Workers Center is coordinating a major statewide "Healthcare Is a Human Right" rally on May 1 at the Vermont Statehouse, which will include U. S. Senator Bernie Sanders. The rally will oppose Vermont Governor Douglas' proposed budget cuts to healthcare programs and support state and national single-payer legislation.

"I was really hopeful that these forums would finally give voice to workers concerns," added UE leader Peter Knowlton. "There were many people there who could have reminded them about the serious problems hourly workers face with skyrocketing premiums and dealing with the horrors of co-pays, deductibles, out-of-pocket expenses and the run around all workers face with managed care. If this forum is any indication of future ones, we will need to be much more aggressive to get our voices heard."

Knowlton, Eaton and Stanger were among the several labor leaders at the forum who support HR 676, the "Expanded and Improved Medicare for All" Act. HR 676 was re-introduced this year by Congressman John Conyers. It currently has 66 congressional co-sponsors. Because it eliminates the private insurance industry from profiting from people's misfortunes and, like Medicare, establishes the federal government as the "single payer" of everyone's medical bills, HR 676 can provide healthcare for all with no co-pays or deductibles in a fiscally prudent manner. HR 676 has the endorsement of hundreds of state and local labor federations and local unions as well as many other civic and religious organizations.

The Labor Campaign for Single Payer Healthcare was formed at a meeting attended by over 150 representatives from labor organizations in 31 states that have endorsed HR 676. We believe that the struggle for universal, single-payer health care needs labor's dynamic grassroots involvement. Learn more at: www.laborforsinglepayer.org <http://www.laborforsinglepayer.org>

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Free Democratic Leadership Training

By California Democratic Council - Feb 26th, 2009 at 1:53 am EST

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The California Democratic Council is offering a free workshop covering a variety of different topics that activists should learn about if they want to become more involved with the party.

Whether you are a candidate or a volunteer, these topics will help prepare you for rising in the ranks of the Democratic Party.

The next workshop is on March 21, 2009 and will be held in Folsom, CA.

For full details, check out the event listing:

http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gptp5l

Please not that you must register here: http://www.cdc-ca.org/Training/

Don't miss out!

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Support the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act

By TCP (Tim Prudhel) - Feb 22nd, 2009 at 8:55 pm EST

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Here’s a great positive message video from three of our own supporting the passage of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act and thanking President Obama and the Congress for passing the bill. It was created in response to the CPAC commercial that used the "money spent since Jesus was born" timeline.

Please Digg it up!

http://digg.com/politics/The_American_Recovery_and_Reinvestment_Act

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LINK

Thanks!

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Hold Congress Accountable

By TCP (Tim Prudhel) - Feb 1st, 2009 at 12:18 pm EST

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Track your Senators' and Representative's votes by email:

Each week (that Congress is in session) you will receive:

Key votes by your two Senators and U.S. Representative.

Links to send email to your members of Congress using pre-addressed forms.

Upcoming votes for your review and a chance to offer email input before they vote.

Use this weekly vote monitor to track the decisions made by your elected officials on key issues.

SIGN UP HERE:

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/megavote/

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The Misdiagnosing of Neurodivergents

By Raymond - Jan 17th, 2009 at 6:49 pm EST

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I feel that psychiatrists and other mental health professionals need to consider learning disabilities when patients have mental health problems. I have a long history of anxiety and depression,and not one single mental health professional even considered that I had learning disabilities. I believe that there should be screening for learning disabilities in people with mental health problems...especially if they have a history of low self esteem, insecurity,hypersensitivity to criticism that includes feelings of intellectual inadequacy.

Psychiatrists really need to have their patients tested
psychologically and neurologically in order to differentiate learning disabilities from psychiatric disorders. Poor coordination,left/right confusion,memory issues,disorganization,and speech irregularities are not just symptoms of psychotic disorders but they are also symptoms of learning
disabilities. It was these issues that got me misdiagnosed as a schizoaffective bipolar in 1999. They never did any psychological testing nor neurological testing.

Aspergers is listed as one of the conditions misdiagnosed Bipolar in the book,THE BIPOLAR CHILD by The Definitive and Reassuring Guide to
Childhood's Most Misunderstood Disorder by Demitri Papolos M.D.,Janice Papolos, Janice Papolos,Janice Papolos. I actually copied the characteristics of Bipolar children and gave alternative explanations that could be linked to neurodivergent conditions. One of the common characteristics of bipolar children listed in the book was learning disabilities which pretty much supports my belief that a lot of learning disabled are getting diagnosed as having bipolar. One of the very common characteristics of bipolar are oversensitivity to environmental influences,and learning disabled people are highly sensitive. How many learning disabled children act out,misbehave,throw temper tantrums,lash out,pout,and/or cry because they are frustrated,stressed,angry,irritable,and overwhelmed from problems with processing information that leads to being misunderstood,teased,ridiculed,and criticized. A whole lot. I definitely was no different. Where is the common sense in regards to learning disabled children having secondary psychological symptoms? It just seems like there is very little of it. Learning disabled children grow up to be learning disabled adults,and many of them have secondary psychological problems. I definitely was no different. There is definitely a significant overlap between learning disabilities and mental health problems.

My Diagnosis of ADHD by psychologist in 2004
http://astynaz.myphotoalbum.com/view_photo.php?set_albumName=album01&id=LD_ADHD_Assessment_005

My Diagnosis of Cerebellar-Vestibular Dysfunction by Dr. Harold N. Levinson in 2005
http://astynaz.myphotoalbum.com/view_photo.php?set_albumName=album01&id=Dr_Levinson_exam_000

My Diagnoses of Dyslexia,Dyspraxia by Veteran Affair neurologists in 2006
http://astynaz.myphotoalbum.com/view_photo.php?set_albumName=album01&id=Veteran_Affairs_Neurology_Assessment_and_Follow_Up_007

Children with learning disabilities are prone to chronic depression. Older adolescents and adults tend to become withdrawn. They may be quiet or become agitated, irritable, and angry; they may also look sad and talk about their sadness. Young children, on the other hand, tend to exhibit non-verbal clues and express their emotional struggles more by their behavior than by talking. A major depression typically lasts several weeks and may be intense. Mild chronic depression (dysthymia) may last for an extended period of time and frequently appears to be
an aspect of a child's usual moods and personality.
http://www.ldanatl.org/aboutld/parents/mental_health/depression.asp

Learning Disabilities Association of America

There's all sorts of research in the field to suggest and support the concomitance of learning disabilities and mental health problems.
Several recent studies show that 50% of individuals diagnosed with learning disabilities have scores above the clinical range on a well known depression scale. One thing we know is that attentional problems are a common feature of both. Another study summary says, Teachers have long known and reported that students with learning disabilities
at lower educational levels have similar but more, and more severe,depression, than their peers without learning disabilities. There's no reason to think this link disappears with age. In fact, it becomes more urgent. And the stakes are higher. Failure to remediate at this adult stage has more serious consequences.
http://dyslexia.mtsu.edu/modules/articles/displayarticle.jsp?id=17

About 75 percent of dropouts have trouble reading, according to research conducted by Reid Lyon of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. About half of adolescents with criminal records and substance abuse histories have reading problems, according to a study published by the National Institutes of Health in 2001.
http://www.hopelit.com/Star-telegram.htm

Social Skills Deficits in Learning Disabilities:The Psychiatric Comorbidity Hypothesis
http://suicideandmentalhealthassociationinternational.org/mentpsych.html

For some the humiliation becomes too much. In one study, Peck found that over 50 percent of all suicides under age fifteen in Los Angeles County had been previously diagnosed as having learning disabilities.
The actual percentage of youngsters labeled "learning disabled" in most school districts in the United States is below 5 percent;therefore, it seems clear that youngsters with learning disabilities constitute a disproportionately large percentage of adolescent
suicides compared with the general adolescent population.

Results from a study in the U.S.A. by the National Center for State Courts demonstrated that youths with LD were 200 percent more likely to be arrested than nondisabled peers for comparable offences.
According to the U.S. Department of Education 60 percent of America's prison inmates are illiterate and 85 percent of all juvenile offenders
have reading problems.
http://www.audiblox.com/learning_disabilities.htm

Social and Emotional Problems Related to Dyslexia
Depression is also a frequent complication in dyslexia. Although most dyslexics are not depressed, children with this kind of learning disability are at higher risk for intense feelings of sorrow and pain.
Perhaps because of their low self-esteem, dyslexics are afraid to turn their anger toward their environment and instead turn it toward themselves.

However, depressed children and adolescents often have different symptoms than do depressed
adults. The depressed child is unlikely to be lethargic or to talk about feeling sad. Instead he or she may become more active or misbehave to cover up the painful feelings. In the case of masked depression, the child may not seem obviously unhappy. However, both children and adults who are depressed tend to have three similar characteristics:

▪ First, they tend to have negative thoughts about themselves, i.e. a
negative self-image.

▪ Second, they tend to view the world negatively. They are less likely
to enjoy the positive experiences in life. This makes it difficult for
them to have fun.

▪ Finally, most depressed youngsters have great trouble imagining
anything positive about the future. The depressed dyslexic not only experiences great pain in his present experiences, but also foresees a life of continuing failure.
http://www.interdys.org/FactSheets.htm

Children with both dyslexia and ADD are at dramatically increased risk for substance abuse and felony convictions if they do not receive appropriate interventions.
http://www.dys-add.com/nowknow.html

ADHD and Antipsychotic Drugs
Studies conducted at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn.,suggest that the drugs are routinely prescribed for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=61845

More research needed
There has been little carefully controlled, long-term research on children taking most psychiatric drugs, including the atypical antipsychotics. The FDA is trying to get more pediatric research on the atypicals, says Thomas Laughren, the agency's director of the psychiatry products division. The FDA has asked five pharmaceutical companies that make the drugs to test them in children with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, the uses they're approved for in adults. Under law, they can get a six-month extension on their patents for doing these studies. Also, the drug companies are doing their own pediatric studies on children with disorders as diverse as ADHD, autism, conduct disorder and Tourette's syndrome.
Janssen LP has applied to the FDA for approval to use its atypical antipsychotic, Risperdal, in the treatment of symptoms of autism, says Ramy Mahmoud, vice president of medical affairs for Janssen.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-05-01-adult-antipsychotics-kids_x.htm

July 1, 2005 -- The antipsychotic drug Risperdal may cut aggressive behavior in children with autism.
That effect was reported in The American Journal of Psychiatry. Researchers including James McCracken, MD, of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), studied Risperdal and autism.
http://www.webmd.com/brain/autism/news/20050701/antipsychotic-drug-may-help-kids-with-autism

Patients with schizophrenia are likely to have problems reading, reveals a study that shows some may even have impairments similar to those seen in patients with dyslexia.
http://www.patienthealthinternational.com/ncm.aspx?type=news&param=14509

The ability to recognize objects is a fundamental cognitive task in every sensory modality, e.g., for friend/foe discrimination, social communication, reading, or hearing, and its loss or impairment is
associated with a number of neural disorders (e.g., in autism,dyslexia, or schizophrenia).
http://neuro.georgetown.edu/faculty/riesenhuber.htm

History: Most children who develop schizophrenia have disturbances of behavior and cognition prior to the onset of characteristic symptoms
of psychosis. Delays in speech and language and delays in acquisition of motor milestones are noted in approximately one half of these children. Children who develop schizophrenia have higher rates of impaired social skills and school achievement prior to presenting signs of schizophrenia
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2057.htm
(Delays in Speech and language are signs of Dyslexia,Dyspraxia,and Autism. Delays in acquisition of motor milestones are signs of Dyspraxia. Impaired social skills are signs of Aspergers,Autistics. Impaired school achievement is common in Dyslexics,Dyspraxics,ADHDers.)

Language Disorder In Schizophrenia As A Developmental Disorder by Ruth
Condray Language disorder is increasingly understood to be an important characteristic of schizophrenia. The hypothesis advanced here is that receptive language disorder in schizophrenia represents a learning disorder that involves a neurodevelopmental etiology. It is argued that receptive language disorder may involve a preexisting developmental reading disorder for a subgroup of schizophrenia patients. Whether the language disorder of schizophrenia is equivalent,phenotypically and etiologically, to the language disorder of dyslexia is an open question. Although schizophrenia and dyslexia are separate clinical disorders, independent lines of evidence are suggestive of parallels between their hallmark features,cognitive dysfunction, and potential pathophysiology.
http://www.wpic.pitt.edu/research/biometrics/Publications/Biometrics%20Archives%20PDF/890-2005%20Condary%20Sz%20Res%20Lang%20Disord.pdf

I want to help stop the misdiagnosing of neurodivergents and prevent the unnecessary medicating which can cause serious damage on an emotional and physical level. This would involving having psychiatrists to have their patients undergo psychological and neurological testing and not just go by observations. You can't judge a book by its cover.

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Neurodivergent Empathy Program

By Raymond - Jan 17th, 2009 at 6:32 pm EST

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I have a history of Dyslexia,Dyspraxia that was corrected by fine motors skills therapy, auditory therapy,speech therapy,and phonics. The neurodivergence of my Dyslexia,Dyspraxia,and ADHD enables me to believe in neurodiversity. I do what I can to help raise awareness about those neurodivergent conditions as well as neurodivergent conditions in general. Too many of us are misunderstood,mislabeled,and misdiagnosed. I care a lot about neurodivergent children that are medicated for just being different. I am glad that I only got special education and wasn't forced on Ritalin. I believe in treating others like I want to be treated - a human being with a soul. I strongly believe in equality of all human beings. I am not the type to look down on people. I can say that I am very tolerant of diversity.

Since many neurotypical don't understand neurodivergence, and can easily mistake neurodivergent conditions as psychological problems/psychiatric disorders as well as even laziness,apathy,irresponsibility,and/or not trying, I propose that a Neurodivergent Empathy program be developed to help neurotypicals understand neurodivergence by simulation of neurodivergent experiences

Visual processing problems - the use of 3D Optical Scanner.....speeding up a series of letters,words....so they can be blurry,make you dizzy to simulate visual processing issues. Dr. Harold N. Levinson uses one to detect visual processing problems. It could be used to overstimulate the eyes to induce visual processing issues.
http://www.dyslexiaonline.com/information/testing.html

Auditory processing problems - the use of 3D Auditory Scanner as produce auditory overloading,speeding up a series of sounds,letters,words.....so they can be blurry,make you feel confused,dizzy to simulate auditory processing issues
Dr. Harold N. Levinson uses one to detect auditory processing problems. It could be used to overstimulate the ears to induce auditory processing issues.

Highly bright flourescent lights used to simulate oversensitivity to light

Highly loud sounds used to simulate oversensitivity to sound

Slapping on the hand and body to simulate oversensitivity to touch

Electric moving platform while standing,walking to simulate gross motor,balance problems

Field Sobriety Tests
determine possible intoxication of drivers stopped on suspicion. The tests varied widely: a driver might be asked to touch his or her finger to the nose, stand on one leg, or walk a straight line. No studies were available to determine the fairness of these tests.
http://www.fieldsobrietytests.org/fieldsobrietytests.html

Here is my neurological tests and ENG tests by Dr. Harold N. Levinson in 2006
This consists of a series of standardized neurological tests commonly administered to assess the status of the integrated function of the cerebellar-vestibular (CV) system as well as other central nervous system (CNS) structures. Difficulties with any of these tests indicates a dysfunction within the CV or CNS systems.
The ENG is a standardized neurophysiological test in which eye movements are induced and measured under various testing conditions. Fine and reflexive eye movements are controlled by the cerebellum and the vestibular system. As a result, the ENG can help determine whether or not an inner-ear abnormality exists.
http://astynaz.myphotoalbum.com/view_photo.php?set_albumName=album01&id=Dr_Levinson_exam_002
http://astynaz.myphotoalbum.com/view_photo.php?set_albumName=album01&id=Dr_Levinson_exam_003

Here is my neurodlogical tests by Veteran Affairs neurologists
http://astynaz.myphotoalbum.com/view_photo.php?set_albumName=album01&id=Veteran_Affairs_Neurology_Assessment_and_Follow_Up_002
http://astynaz.myphotoalbum.com/view_photo.php?set_albumName=album01&id=Veteran_Affairs_Neurology_Assessment_and_Follow_Up_003

The same tests that are used for drunk driving are the same tests that are used to test for cerebellar vestibular dysfunction and neurological problems in general. Even the horizontal gaze nystgamus test is used to test for drunk driving,and that tests the eye coordination.
Therefore, people with neurodivergent issues would fail the testing given to drunk drivers,and so they could be mistakened for being drunk. It seems that alcohol could also impair the cerebellar vestibular system.

DRUNK BUSTERS Impairment Goggles™ simulate effects of impairment, including reduced alertness, slowed reaction time, confusion, visual distortion, alteration of depth and distance perception, reduction of peripheral vision, poor judgement and decision making, double vision, and lack of muscular coordination.
http://www.piplus.com.au/drunk_busters.htm

these symptoms are also symptoms of neurodivergent issues)
If the drunk impairment goggles simulate effects of drunkeness, then then they can simulate neurodivergent issues

Maybe we can come up with virtual reality program that simulates neurodivergence in neurotypical people

Using virtual reality glasses - visual processing problems
headphones - auditory processing problems simulator
sensory gloves with biofeedback interaction to experience fine motor skill problems
moving platform to simulate gross motor skill problems

A 3Dimensional Screen with rapid moving stimuli to simulate issues with disorientation that can lead to confusion with directions as well as can lead to difficulty with body movements. Very Bright Screen to simulate problems with hypersensitivity to light

Symptoms of neurodivergent issues

Reading

* Memory instability for letters, words, or numbers.
* A tendency to skip over or scramble letters, words, and sentences.
* A poor, slow, fatiguing reading ability prone to compensatory head tilting, near-far focusing, and finger pointing.
* Reversals of letters such as b and d, words such as saw and was, and numbers such as 6 and 9 or 16 and 61.
* Letter and word blurring, doubling, movement, scrambling, omission, insertion, size change, etc.
* Poor concentration, distractibility, light sensitivity (photophobia), tunnel vision, delayed visual and phonetic processing, etc.

Writing

* Messy, poorly angulated, or drifting handwriting prone to size, spacing, and letter-sequencing errors.

Spelling, Math, Memory, and Grammar

* Memory instability for spelling, grammar, math, names, dates, and lists, or sequences such as the alphabet, the days of the week and months of the year, and directions.

Speech

* Speech disorders such as slurring, stuttering, minor articulation errors, poor word recall, and auditory-input and motor-output speech lags.

Direction

* Right/left and related directional uncertainty.

Time

* Delay in learning to tell time.

Concentration and Activity

* Impaired concentration, distractibility, hyperactivity, or overactivity

Behavior, Temper, or Impulse disturbances

Balance and Coordination

* Difficulties with balance and coordination functions, i.e., walking, running, skipping, hopping, tying shoelaces, and buttoning buttons.

Psychosomatics

* Difficulties with headaches, nausea, dizziness, vomiting, motion sickness, abdominal complaints, excessive sweating, and bed-wetting.

Self-esteem

* Feeling stupid, ugly, incompetent, brainless.

Phobias and Related Mood and Obsessive/Compulsive Disorders

* Fears of the dark, heights, getting lost, going to school.
* Fear or the avoidance of various balance, coordination, sports, and motion-related activities.
* Mood disturbances.
* Obsessions and compulsions.
http://www.levinsonmedical.com/information/syndrome.html

DYSMETRIC DYSLEXIA AND DYSPRAXIA
Hypothesis and Study
http://www.levinsonmedical.com/evidence/papers/ddd_study.pdf?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=4783406&dopt=Abstract

DYSMETRIC DYSLEXIA AND DYSPRAXIA:
synopsis of a continuing research project
http://www.levinsonmedical.com/evidence/papers/ddd_synopsis.pdf

COMPENSATORY MECHANISMS IN CV-DYSFUNCTION,DYSMETRIC DYSLEXIA AND DYSPRAXIA
http://www.levinsonmedical.com/evidence/papers/comp_mech_cv.pdf

THE CEREBELLAR-VESTIBULAR BASIS OF LEARNING DISABILITIES IN CHILDREN,ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS:
Hypothesis and study
http://www.levinsonmedical.com/evidence/papers/cv_basis_ld.pdf

THE DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF CEREBELLAR-VESTIBULAR TESTS IN DETECTING LEARNING DISABILITIES,DYSLEXIA,AND ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER
http://www.levinsonmedical.com/evidence/papers/cv_tests.pdf

This is scientific papers that show that anxiety,mood disorder,and phobias aren't necessarily psychological(especially involving emotional weakness,a dysfunctional childhood) but could be stemming from cerebellar-vestibular dysfunction

A CEREBELLAR-VESTIBULAR EXPLANATION FOR FEARS/PHOBIAS:
Hypothesis and study
http://www.levinsonmedical.com/evidence/papers/cv_fears.pdf

THE CEREBELLAR-VESTIBULAR PREDISPOSITION TO ANXIETY DISORDERS
http://www.levinsonmedical.com/evidence/papers/cv_predis_anxiety.pdf

ABNORMAL OPTOKINETIC AND PERCEPTUAL SPAN PARAMETERS IN CEREBELLAR VESTIBULAR DYSFUNCTION AND RELATED ANXIETY DISORDERS
http://www.levinsonmedical.com/evidence/papers/optokinetic_cv_anxiety.pdf

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Clintoniana again ??

By Petr Buben - Dec 27th, 2008 at 4:30 pm EST

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ARE THEY TRYING TO TOPPLE THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT AGAIN ??

From the news : "Investigators talked to Barack Obama" ..... (regarding Governor Blagojevic sting operation investigation).

Even before he takes the office this time ?

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THINK Big...

By Mickiboop (P.O.B.) Be the Change - Dec 18th, 2008 at 10:30 am EST

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The word of the day is INCLUSION!!!!!!!

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Don’t Give Up Because of One Decision!

By Mickiboop (P.O.B.) Be the Change - Dec 17th, 2008 at 11:29 pm EST

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To all Americans who are against Rick Warren giving the invocation at P.E. Obama’s inauguration:

You are American whether you are gay or straight, and that makes you an important part of our country. Don't move away, don’t loose hope, and don’t believe for one second that you are being defeated. Stay in the fight - this presidential victory was hard fought and long overdue for all of us. We must continue this fight to take back our country together. It is important that ALL Americans stay in the fight because as P.E. Obama told us more than once, THIS WAS NEVER ABOUT HIM, IT’S ABOUT US – We The People of the United States!
Some of my family members were slaves and most of us have had to fight for everything for our entire lives. Don't you give up hope because of ONE seemingly stupid and unexplained decision. P.E. Obama told us that he is not a perfect man and would not be a perfect president. But he is the best person for the job to come along in my life time, and I bet he has a plan!

You cannot fight against ignorance or bigotry from afar. You have to look it in the eyes and go round for round with it – up close and personal until you choke the life from it. You have to be here, in America, and in the moment to stand up against all who will continue to breed ignorance, hatred and bigotry of any kind where ever you find it. Now is not the time to live in fear, we are through with that madness; Now is the time for boldness, courage, strength and a damn fine fighting spirit full of the determination to battle and win! Fired Up - Ready to Go!!!

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Are You Tired of Main Stream Media???

By Mickiboop (P.O.B.) Be the Change - Dec 17th, 2008 at 11:24 am EST

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If like me, your answer is YES, there's an alternative. Check out The Real News Network at http://therealnews.com/t/ A fellow blogger on Nations For Change shared this site. Totally refreshing and very informative - MUCH better news and a wide variety of info we don't get from the networks and cable.

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To JFK Fan of Radio,,,

By Mickiboop (P.O.B.) Be the Change - Dec 16th, 2008 at 11:13 pm EST

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Booyah JFK Fan - I got Nothing but BIG PROPS for you tonight!!! You did an Excellent Job on the show speaking about the heart and dedication of VOB's & other Long-Time Obama Bloggers. Wish I could post a picture of an award for you right here__________! Shiva - help me out.

Loved JamKing's expressive voice (especially when he said what Bush should have done to the man that threw the shoes - LOL), and your honest detailed knowledge of what we do here and in the world of politics. Your honesty and respect for those who've served our country is Outstandingly Cool - good job!

KUDOS to you JFK FAN, you are earning it big time - Thank you for all you are doing!

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Hardball

By Mickiboop (P.O.B.) Be the Change - Dec 16th, 2008 at 7:29 pm EST

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If you are not already watching, please go online and check out Hardball with Chris Matthews today. I can't believe the crap coming out of the mouth of Frank Gafney (spelling)? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/28262158#28262158 Talking about outrageous!

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