I started this website because of many requests for information about disability programs. With a degree in Christian education, I set out to do something important with my life. I’m still working on it. I write about things for which I have a passion. As a disabled person and advocate, I’ve written materials to help others … Continue reading About Naomi
No doubt about it, a present day death and resurrection would make the six o’clock news, and by morning there would be religiously correct points of view every few hours presented by a wide range of organized believers, non-believers or dis-believers. As in the post-Jesus days, Christians would be claiming that they have discovered a … Continue reading The Essence of Easter
Once I became aware of microagressions and the effect they have on persons (they are those little unintentional slights that communicate a negative message), I asked myself if I was saying them to myself, not out loud but in my head). Not good for my self esteem. I spilled a bottle of liquid medicine, and … Continue reading Microaggressions
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. Martin Luther King, Jr. This quotation from Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech may … Continue reading Poster: Telling Silence
Step One Before you develop your plan for becoming an advocate, it is important that you read, “Become an Advocate for Mental Health,” on this website. It will help you understand your options and/or role in developing an advocacy plan. You may discover … Continue reading Steps to Developing Your Advocacy Plan
Used wisely, social media can advocate for you as you advocate. How you use social media will depend upon your chosen option: Is it self advocacy, case advocacy or are you advocating for a cause? Know exactly what you want or what you are offering before you decide your campaign or marketing plan. Have your … Continue reading Advocate With Social Media
Pesky slights, whether intentional or not, hurt, and persons with mental health needs may hear words that further seem a mark of shame. It happens all the time to each of us in hidden ways. These little slights have a name: microaggressions. … Continue reading Understand Pesky Slights
AN ADVOCATE MUST TUNE IN AND PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT IS HAPPENING. We can no longer ignore the mass killings where we had clues by the perpetrators that they needed counseling and services of mental health. We can no longer turn our heads away when we learn that school children are afraid to get on … Continue reading Become An Advocate for Mental Health
The television is shouting another killing event. The perpetrator, who had been telling everyone he felt like killing and had been amassing guns, has also killed himself. We say someone should do something about mental health. Your grandchild is afraid to go back to school for fear of being shot. He is afraid, trying … Continue reading Advocating For Mental Health
Reading about how I discovered that I had become an advocate may help you explore possibilities for yourself. I DIDN’T KNOW I didn’t know I was an advocate. That I spoke up for someone. … Continue reading I Didn’t Know I Was An Advocate