tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503429830618287466.post49947301608938057..comments2023-07-10T02:22:23.852-06:00Comments on The Modern Social Worker: United States of FearDavid Santhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722994484014426903noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503429830618287466.post-587913729447607152013-11-02T08:48:34.361-06:002013-11-02T08:48:34.361-06:00We have it in ourselves to forgive those that do n...We have it in ourselves to forgive those that do not know the truth. God loves us all, that is all that matters. At the end of the day, we will all have to contend with how we treated each other when we see Him. Spread love to yourself and others. Leave others to their own devices, for someday they will meet their Maker, and answer to Him. Hate is the absence of Love, God is Love. Pray ask Him to help you forgive. He is the Lord, He is in charge not them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503429830618287466.post-53108720524132758892013-07-23T20:22:26.248-06:002013-07-23T20:22:26.248-06:00Well, you tell me. As a developmentally disabled ...Well, you tell me. As a developmentally disabled adult (however mildly), I live in terror every day.<br /><br />Social workers-- you are the gatekeepers, and the people I most fear. Social workers, doctors, therapists, and teachers-- to you, I must prove my fitness, my functioning, my basic humanity day after day after day. No amount of proof is ever enough-- every day, I must prove it again. I must not stumble or falter or fail-- I must be perfect every day, for a single misstep is evidence of my unfitness.<br /><br />You are the ones with the power to take a single look at my diagnosis-- Asperger syndrome-- and decide that, however well my family may be functioning (never perfectly, but generally at least as well as the average American family), it would be better off without me at the helm (or in the kitchen).<br /><br />Most of our racial and cultural and other discriminatory ills would vanish if we simply stopped seeking to find fault with the "other." With more compassion and less judgment, more cooperation and less competition, more acceptance and less fear, hate crimes and my terrified days on a tightrope could all be nothing but bad memories.<br /><br />"Progressivism" isn't going to solve the problem. More laws are only making it worse. We need to find a way for people to work together again, to know and value and accept one another, regardless of sexual orientation, race, culture, or perceived "ability."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503429830618287466.post-85489074130549582082012-06-13T06:53:58.703-06:002012-06-13T06:53:58.703-06:00Here in the U.S. some other examples of intoleranc...Here in the U.S. some other examples of intolerance are the passing of the 'Shariah bill' to ban Islamic law in Kansas and the increase in vigilante justice along the Mexican border. Also the Southern Poverty Law Center has reported a rise in white supremacy hate groups and antigovernment “Patriot” groups. The SPLC reported that the number of “Patriot” group grew 824 in 2010 to 1,274 last year.<br /><br />On the positive side, President Obama by executive order…<br /><br />The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) added gender identity to the equal employment opportunity policy governing all federal jobs<br /><br />The Department of State revised the standards for changing a gender marker on a passport without surgery, making the process less burdensome for transgender people<br /><br />He signed the Byrd-Shepard hate crimes bill<br /><br />He signed the U.N. Declaration on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity<br /><br />He appointed the first transgender DNC member, Diego Sanchez<br /><br />He conceived a National Resource Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender <br />Elders, funded by a three-year HHS grant to SAGE<br /><br />The Social Security Administration stopped it's no-match letter policy (They were sending out to employers a letter if the gender of the employee did not match what was on file at the SSA)<br /><br />He banned job discrimination based on gender identity throughout the federal government<br /><br />HUD issued housing nondiscrimination regulations (includes SO and gender)<br />(Source the <a href="%E2%80%9D" rel="nofollow">Huffington Post</a>)<br /><br />He also signed an order to allow partners in same sex relationships to be able to visit their partners in the hospital.<br /><br />He refused to defend the lawsuit against DOMA.<br /><br />He had a “Pride” celebration at the White House last June.Diana_CThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14223056441901730531noreply@blogger.com