In research and journalism, and one would think, in most businesses too, anyone publishing an article or story, setting up a business, or applying for a new research grant, would have done a significant amount of research into the topic, so that 1) it is based on facts, 2) so as not to reinvent the…
The Chief Executive Officer at Women’s Community Shelters, Annabelle Daniel OAM, wrote an interesting post on LinkedIn recently, which began with Albert Einstein’s quote: ‘The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.’ With the greatest of respect and with very much love for the fierce and wonderful…
I’ve been watching Episode 1 (Season 1) of the series on SBS , The Blinding of Isaac Woodard, and have just ordered the book this documentary series is based on, Unexampled Courage: The Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the Awakening of America. Watching it felt like my story, except not for being black, but…
I’m unflinchingly determined to continue to expose what I believe to be human rights violations in particular against people living with dementia, of any age, and of our families. That someone else may not see something I beleive to be a violation, or that I am accused of being wrong, or of blaming people for…
Forgive no error you recognize, it will repeat itself, increase, and afterwards our pupils will not forgive in us what we forgave. (‘Lies’, in Selected Poems, by Yevgeny Yevtushenko)
On Ageism Awareness Day 2022, I have pledged with Every Age Counts and also here: I STAND FOR A WORLD WITHOUT AGEISM To promote awareness of violence, abuse and neglect in residential aged care in Australia (and globally, I also wish to share a blog posted this week on the Dementia Justice website, on the…
Tina Minkowitz is a lawyer in the USA, who was involved in developing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Tina is also a survivor of psyiatric abuse, and a human rights lawyer, and interested in workign towards reparations for psychiatric violence, for example, for psychiatric institutionalization and abuses such as chemical…
The summary below and a link to the full article titled “What Happens in the Brain When We Imagine the future” highlights to me, the impact of lost hope, after being Prescribed Disengagement when first diagnosed with dementia. Many years ago, I trademarked that term, after advice it would be plagiarised if I didn’t! Sadly,…
The 15th Conference of State Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (COSP CRPD) was held in New York at UN headquarters on 14th-16th June. My blog today highlights an excellent COSP15 Side Event on Remedy and Reparation for Institutionalization, moderated by colleague and friend Tina Minkowitz, who is President of…
The CRPD Committee has published its “Draft guidelines on Deinstitutionalization, including in emergencies” and calls for comments on them to be submitted, by June 30th the latest! (as usual in these processes, if earlier, much better!). You can find the draft (in English) and the requirements for written comments on the CRPD Committee website here. Soon, the draft will be available…
This report is the 2022 Assistive Technology Report released by the WHO and UNICEF. CBM International also contibuted to this report. Some major points highlighted by the WHO include: Almost one billion children and adults with disabilities and older persons in need of assistive technology are denied access. Let’s not forget this figure includes more…
Over the last fourteen years, I have moved from the loss of hope and the desperation caused by the Prescribed Disengagement® given to me by everyone except my neurologist after the diagnosis of a rare younger onset dementia. Disturbingly, I’m acutely aware this prescription of disengaging from our pre diagnosis lives is still being handed…
Life is most certainly an interesting ride and always one where perspective is helpful, which I have gained much more than I bargined for lately! For the last almost 14 years, I’ve increasingly felt like I’ve been at war. In contrast to what’s happening in the Ukraine, clearly I’m not. But I witnessed something today…
In 2022, women are still worse off than men, so for #IWD2022 I am sharing a personal blog, as well as two important events. Scroll below for the details of the two events: 1) deinstitutionalization, and 2) ageing with rights. Apart from the reality that dementia affects more women and girls than men and boys,…
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