As a parent I seek out things that I see are the best for my children. The best cloths I can afford, the best schools to attend, the best programs to be apart of. We all want the best for our children, right? Why would we wish and strive for all the best things yet be expected to be exempt from a decisions that could potentially be life changing for your child?
Many agency's and organizations that are out there for the MI population, do just that. The "you do it our way" type of cookie cutter help is not always in the best interest of our MI, specially with our children. When it comes to the issue's that MI individuals deal with, like I have stated before, is not a hard science. Everyone is different thus every treatment plan is different. Also what treatment plan works today may not work in a month or two or a year from now. Our bodies are constantly changes thus the treatment plan must change as well.
The typical cookie cutter type treatment is "the old school method" of treatment and we have found that this does not work for most people. Just because a method does not always work it is hard to get a system to change its way of how they provide services after years of working this way. In order to change how things work, we need to fight for change.
We need to educate professionals, employee's that deal with MI individuals and others who have an impact on what goes on within companies. We need to get the word out about MI and the importance behind family being involved in the decision making and treatment. Who knows the person with MI the best, but the family. We spend the most time with them and know all the little do's and dont's of the person. Don't take away our voice and choice, it is important to us and our loved ones.
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