WHY SHOULD YOU ADVOCATE????
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Only you know what is best
for yourself or the person
that you love!
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Because if you do not
advocate for yourself and
your family...then, who will?
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You are the only expert
about you and your family!
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Only you know what you
want until you tell it to others
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The professionals may
have read about it but, you
have lived it!
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If you are not part of the
solution...then you are part
of the problem!
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"Every mighty oak was once
a nut who stood it's ground"
--unknown
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Do you want to know some of the history of people with mental, physical and developmental disabilities???
Removing the "stone of madness." Seventeenth-century engraving by Jean-Baptiste Vrints. While the patient's wife
protests, the quack surgeon wearing a necklace of stones removed from other patients operates on an old man.
Hanging on the wall are additional "stones of madness" that the quack has collected. The caption above the print
reads: "With this brain surgery an old man mistakenly eradicates a healthy passion." The footnote below the print
reads: "To an old man love is an inhuman torment, concealing madness. Here is my forehead. Come with your skilled
hand and remove this demon from my mind."
DR. BENJAMIN RUSH'S "TRANQUILIZER CHAIR" (1811)
The most complete restraint of a patient's every move ever devised. A board attached to the back of the chair which is made to
rise and fall according to the height of the patient. To the end of the board is attached: A wooden box lined with stuffed linen in
which the patient's head is held immobile so it cannot move backward or forward, nor incline to either side. Chest and belly
bands, made of flat pieces of strong leather, which confine and limit the body's movement in the chair. Strong leather bands
which confine the arms and hands of the patient to the arms of the chair, thereby limiting their movement. Pieces of wood which
protrude slightly from the chair to which the patient's feet are confined, so as to prevent their moving in any direction. A
stool-pan (half-filled with water) attached so as to be drawn out from behind the chair and emptied and replaced, without
removing or disturbing the patient. The chair is fastened to the floor so as to remain stationary. (Three Hundred Years of
Psychiatry 1535-1860)
The Indiana Governor's Council is an independent state agency that facilitates change. Our Mission is to promote
public policy, which leads to the independence, productivity and inclusion of people with disabilities in all aspects of
society. This mission is accomplished through planning, evaluation, collaboration, education, research and advocacy.
NICHCY stands for the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities. We serve the nation as a central source of
information on: disabilities in infants, toddlers, children, and youth; IDEA, which is the law authorizing special education, No
Child Left Behind (as it relates to children with disabilities), and research-based information on effective educational practices.
NCD's overall purpose is to promote policies, programs, practices, and procedures that guarantee equal opportunity for all
individuals with disabilities, regardless of the nature or severity of the disability; and to empower individuals with disabilities to
achieve economic self-sufficiency, independent living, and inclusion and integration into all aspects of society.
