than 1 percent of the vote in the last presidential election, chose
former Democratic Rep. Cynthia McKinney as its 2008 presidential
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I am mutliethnic male of Black,Portuguese,English,German,French,Italian,Puerto Rican,Native American,and Jewish born in San Francisco,California. I grew up in Sacramento,California. I was in United States Navy for 7 Years. I have a history of Dyslexia,Dyspraxia,ADHD, and I am an advocate/activist in regards to those conditions. I am also a mental health advocate/activist when it comes to understanding neurodivergent conditions(Dyslexia,Dyspraxia,other learning disabilities,ADHD,Aspergers,Autism,sensory integration disorders) needing to more understood by mental health professionals to avoid the misdiagnosing them as mental illness and unnecessary medicating. My spiritual/reliigious beliefs fit in with Unitarian Universalism,Neopaganism,New Age,and New Thought. I have a girlfriend who I love very much,and I look forward to spending the rest of my days with her.
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Green Party names McKinney as presidential pick
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Green Party, which captured far less
than 1 percent of the vote in the last presidential election, chose former Democratic Rep. Cynthia McKinney as its 2008 presidential candidate on Saturday. ADVERTISEMENT McKi... read more
Re: Obama's change toward the middle = flip-flopping
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I am liberal, and so Obama's not too liberal for my tastes. I actually wished that he was more liberal....like support gay marriage.
discussion post on Sat, July 12, 2008 - 4:02 PM
ON DEADLINE: When race is a multiple choice
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It looks like I am definitely not the only mixed "Black" person who
has experience ethnic confusion and confrontation with who I am. this one press writer has too. It seems that there could be a lot of people who identify with Barack Obama that... read more discussion post on Thu, July 3, 2008 - 9:14 AM
ON DEADLINE: When race is a multiple choice
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It looks like I am definitely not the only mixed "Black" person who has experience ethnic confusion and confrontation with who I am. this one press writer has too. It seems that there could be a lot of people who identify with Barack Obama th... read more discussion post on Thu, July 3, 2008 - 9:10 AM
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It looks like I am definitely not the only mixed "Black" person who
has experience ethnic confusion and confrontation with who I am. this one press writer has too. It seems that there could be a lot of people who identify with Barack Obama that... read more discussion post on Thu, July 3, 2008 - 9:05 AM
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The overlap of neurodivergent conditions and emotional problems
Sat, January 26, 2008 - 9:30 AM
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Aspergers is listed as one of the conditions misdiagnosed Bipolar in the book,THE BIPOLAR CHILD by The Definitive and Reassuring Guide to Childhood's Most Misunderstood Disorder by Demitri Papolos M.D.,Janice Papolos, Janice Papolos,Janice Papolos. One of the common characteristics of bipolar children listed in the book was learning disabilities which pretty much supports my belief that a lot of learning disabled are getting ... read more
Stop The Misdiagnosing of Neurodivergents
Fri, January 11, 2008 - 10:14 AM
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I feel that psychiatrists and other mental health professionals need to consider learning disabilities when patients have mental health problems. I have a long history of anxiety and depression,and not one single mental health professional even considered that I had learning disabilities. I believe that there should be screening for learning disabilities in people with mental health problems...especially if they have a history of low self e... read more I read the book, THE CARE AND FEEDING OF INDIGO CHILDREN by Doreen Virtue, Ph.D. I took a look at it,and I found that I could strongly relate to this stuff. Therefore, I bought the book. The more I read it, the more I believed that Indigo Child seemed like a label for children with learning disabilities and AD/HD. I feel that New Agers created this label because of the skyrocketing increase of diagnosing children with AD/HD. The problem is that the AD/HD condition is not just exclusi... read more I wanted to post about Vestibular Disorders (aka Cerebellar-Vestibular Dysfunction,inner ear problems) which have symptoms that overlap with Dyspraxia,Dyslexia,AD/HD,Auditory Processing Disorder,and especially sensory integration disorder Vestibular disorders in children are generally considered uncommon. They are not as easily recognized as vestibular disorders in adults, in part because children cannot describe their symptoms as well. Symptoms and signs that may indicate vestibular ... read more Psychiatrists and other mental health professionals tend to think that if a person speaks rapidly then they have manic speech. They think that is their speech is tangential,then they must be psychotic. They tend to judge people by their speech,and then tell them that they have a thought disorder,and so they tried to get them to take a neuroleptic. Some even want you to take Risperdal. That's what it was like for me as a Dyslexic,Dyspraxic,ADD person. They didn't know that my rapid,tangent... read more
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