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[Tami Kinney]

Bibi,

Oh, I have come to know those feelings in the past 5 years. Since I 
spent 46 years of life before that being a fairly mellow yellow, 
easy-going, even-tempered sort, they have been *very* difficult to learn 
to deal with. Fighting battles with criminals against whom you have no 
recourse, when you have no resources to spare -- including time,energy 
an health, is maddening. When the lawbreakers know that they can get 
away with their harassment and discrimination with impunity, when they 
believe they have that right because the victim of their crimes is fair 
game, that their right to ignore the law and even basic decency 
supersedes that of a disabled person... What can you do? Well, here, I 
have given up on advocacy. Or recourse. I can merely recover, at my own 
time and expense. And I am furious, since I have been in a position to 
see so many others experiencing the same things. And I have seen that in 
our current culture, it is okay for that to go on, that the disabled 
persons are expected to accept it and be grateful for it... No, it's 
crazy and crazy-making.

Still, for me, just giving up and letting these civil rights violators 
roll me under, to become a victim of the system that supports them is 
untenable. So I keep at it as I can, for myself or for others. Don't 
feel like I'm getting anywhere half the time, but... There are still a 
cope of areas that are daily struggles for me, although I have managed 
tor repair a lot of my life... And continue to move forward, slowly and 
painfully.

I do hope that you are able to get the assistance you need to keep your 
own equilibrium in this. And that you can find advocacy with the he 
legal issues so the the criminal activity ceases for you and yours, as 
well as for others because you are willing to keep yourself int he fight.

Tami

On 10/15/2011 12:30 AM, Criminal Justice Major Extraordinaire wrote:
> Hi, all,
> Service dog battle still continues on and there's no result as of yet.
> When I spoke with the assistant manager, next response I got was that 
> CHAFA and some other founders of the apartment complex are now 
> standing by the manager's side and stating that service dogs fall 
> under the pet rules, which I stated before they don't go under there.
> So, off to the Colorado Cross Disability Colision I go Monday with all 
> the necessary appropriate paperwork I need to back myself up in the 
> hopes I can get further.
> I immediately had a letter written by Doctor Jeremy Long which will be 
> out in the mail and I'll have my hands on it.
> I was so frustrated and angry yesterday afternoon, that I actually 
> felt as if I wanted to just go downstairs and punch the apartment 
> manager.
> This would not have been the first time I felt the need to just 
> destroy her into many pieces.
> It's happened before a couple years back and other times.
> That didn't happen as I took the smart approach and immediately 
> contacted the Outtpaitient Behavioral Services department at Denver 
> Health Medical and ended up being connected to a crysis nurse who was 
> able to help talk me through what was going on and happening.
> Normally to do another intake if not seen at a particular clenic for a 
> long time can be three weeks out.
> Scott the nurse felt that was too long for me to wait, so he's going 
> to try and push to get me in sooner.
> I told him that a couple years back, I worked with Dr. Lowdermilk and 
> was told that she permamently works there now.
> Scott's hope is to be able to get me connected with DR. Lowdermilk so 
> I can get in or at least, she would be able to talk with me directly.
> I wonder if it just may be me personally, but maybe others may go 
> through similarities as me.
> Do you have them moments of where you feel as if you're being mocho or 
> tough upon holding feelings back and it seems nothing is going to push 
> you over the edge?
> I guess for some time, I felt that I was in denial of this particular 
> situation bugging the creepers cheesers out of me and finally, it was 
> too much.
> I immediately went into melt down on the phone yesterday.
> I started to feel in despair as I was losing an important battle not 
> just for myself, but for other people with disabilities who have 
> service dogs and important of all, guide dogs.
> The big concern of why I was trying to hold everything back and stay 
> as calm as I could was to prevent a full blown severe asthma attack 
> and another convulsive grandmal seizure too.
> Eventually, everything was going to have to come out, one way or the 
> other, despite a possible medical consequence.
> I was told not to give up this battle and keep fighting for my rights, 
> but also for others as well.
> Will post more once I am able to meet with the Colorado cross 
> Disability Colision on Monday and it won't be just them either that 
> will get another update.
> The Colorado Legal Aid Center for People with Disabilities and Elderly 
> People will get it too.
> I am not going to give up on this and if I have to do this alone, it 
> is still going to be won.
> *Smiles*
> Bibi and Odie
> the happy spirited bounty labra wolf
>
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