Thursday, August 2, 2012
Irish Autism Advocate:
Father
Jack Hackett
For those of you who are not already familiar
with the classic Father Ted Comedy Series this is a link to fill you in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Ted.
So strictly speaking Father
Jack was not actually an Autism Advocate in the series but instead he was
generally known to be a man of few words who could always make his feelings
known nonetheless.
For my autistic brain this was a real blessing.
You know where you are with someone like good old Father Jack Autism Advocate.
He was never likely to have any hidden agenda’s, no Public Relations team and
he could cut through the crap and say exactly what was on his mind. So good old
Autism Activist Father Jack, is just the type of person that everyone who has
Autism or Aspergers Syndrome, dreams of meeting.
The good Father Jack didn’t have many needs
really just a few very obsessive areas of special interest kept him happy.
His favorite saying was Feck! Drink! This was
often expanded upon with the occasional reference to a lovely girl.
So you may now be asking how did Father Jack
become an Autism Advocate? Well to be honest it is more a fantasy that I have
been having concerning the charming priest. Yes indeed some autistic people can
have very strange tastes indeed.
In my daydream I was having a meeting with a
representative from the Irish Autism services who are currently the
responsibility of the Irish Health Service Executive or the HSE as we more
lovingly refer to them.
…Lo and behold when I got to their office who
was there to greet me but the cranky, rather foul smelling, fag polluting
Father Jack.
Father Jack immediately takes a long pull out
of his fag butt and laughs heartily, ‘feck off.’
‘Do I take it then Father Jack that my son
isn’t likely to have any services from your multidisciplinary team anytime soon?
Father Jack displays his trademark crooked
smile and his nicotine encrusted teeth.
He
flicks his cigarette ash onto the floor and ignores me completely.
I jump startled when he decides to pounds his
other hand on the table and shout: ‘Drink. Arse. Girls!’
Then I wonder what about a bribe? So later I
come back into the office with a secret weapon i.e. a bottle of Jameson Whiskey.
I
wave it in Father Jack’s scarlet frozen face.
‘Father what about a bit of Speech
Therapy or Occupational Therapy for my son?’
Jack grabs the bottle in an instant and after a
struggle he is enjoying a number of quick swigs from the bottle and eventually
mutters, ‘Feck off.’
This response strangely enough is like a breath
of fresh air to me. For the love of God why? You might ask. Well at least on
this occasion there are no meaningless words, no false smiles that don’t reach
his eyes or no vague references to what my child might get at some unspecified
date sometime in the future.
No just this once I am actually being told the
plain, truth. Just a good old Feck off your child is getting nothing today and
you are not even going to get a nice cup of tea today.
However unlike the H.S.E. (Irish Health Service
Executive) or even most of the Autism Advocacy groups there is a method of
getting through to Father Jack.
‘…..You know what’ll happen Jack if you don’t
sign this form?
Autism Services for your son. Feck Off!
Father
Jack pretends he doesn’t hear. So then I turn to Plan B.
When I open the office door Father Ted runs
away from it and runs in the opposite direction towards the window.
Unfortunately for poor old Autism Advocate father Jack many have already attempted
that exit i.e. in a desperate last attempt to get away from the lies, the platitudes
and the sheer crap they have been told in this office many have ran for that
window already. So recently to avoid any potential bothersome litigation this potential
exit has already been barred up with two feet of thick steel.
‘No, no, noooooo……’ Father Jack drops to his
knees and nearly loses his grasp on his whiskey. Now he is covering his hands
over his ears and shrieking like a bishop giving a sermon. Then I quietly say
‘sign Father and I will get them to feck off.’
Ten minutes later Father Jack has become an
proper Autism Advocate and the forms to get my son regular sessions with a
Speech Therapist, an Occupational Therapist who is also actually fully trained
in Sensory Integration therapy, a Psychologist and he has even thrown in some
Music Therapy, the Halliwick Swimming course, Auditory Integration Therapy and
weekly consultations with a Nutritionist. Oh what a dream this is please Mary don’t wake up now!
So who exactly was
at the office door you might ask?
It was in fact a nice group of very charming
young women. But you might say doesn’t Father Jack love ‘nice girls?’
Oh yes indeed once they don’t happen to be of
the ‘Sisters of the Divine Heavens,’ variety who were all nicely attired in
pristine black and white dresses which were all divinely accessorized with Gucci rosary beads. Or to
just put it more simply they were….’feckin nuns!’
Unfortunately this nice dream must come to a
close and back in reality asking for services or financial assistance for your
autistic child in Ireland
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Saturday, July 28, 2012
Autism Services in Ireland Mrs Doyle Style
Who could ever forget Mrs Doyle’s passion for producing a good wholesome cup of tea? This of course is another truly Irish custom. Next to the pint of the black stuff the cup of tea has always been our mainstay.
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| Why would you be wanting Autism Services for your child. Shur just go on, have a nice cup of tea! |
Then though during the Celtic Tiger we seemed to take on more sophisticated tastes and instead of a good old mug of Irish Tea we decided to turn to the coffee instead. So if the Father Ted series was still around today Mrs Doyle might now be redirected to rustling up a couple of skinny latte’s or the odd cappuccino.
Of course there’s nothing wrong with a nice cup of whatever takes your fancy. Although with the Autism Early Intervention services that are currently available in Ireland you might often feel much more like a good stiff vodka at the end of the day. Especially if you are after attempting an in depth conversation with somebody who you are hoping might actually help you to get autism services for your child. Personally it is usually just me who ends up feeling like a bit of a mug at the end of it all!
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| Even during the Celtic Tiger our Special Needs kids in Ireland were ignored. There was no boom for Ireland's Autistic kids. |
Unfortunately though no matter how many cups of your chosen warm beverage that you might drink the sad truth of the matter is that children in Ireland are still not getting an A.S.D. diagnosis, services or their basis human rights met in our magnificent emerald Isle. Instead of real financial aid for services for our Special Needs Kids, their parents get offered coffee mornings, nothing wrong with this either if only our children could get the odd bit of Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Sensory integration Therapy. Domiciliary Care Allowance or just about any help really as well? I’d willingly forfeit my frothy beverage for just a little bit more of this, would you?
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| Ireland's Minister for Health Dr. James Reilly. He has a son with Autism but still he doesn't think children like my son need Autism Early Intervention Services. |
Unfortunately though when the cups are empty, there are still no adequate services for our autistic children. Why is this you might ask? All will be revealed in my memoir, ‘On the Spectrum.’ ‘The Politics behind Autism in Ireland,’ it is a truly fascinating read indeed.
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Who could ever forget Mrs Doyle’s passion for producing a good wholesome cup of tea? This of course is another truly Irish custom. Next to the pint of the black stuff the cup of tea has always been our mainstay.
Your whole world could be hanging on by a thread you might be up to your eyeballs in debt. Maybe you simply cannot get an Early Intervention ASD assessment for your child or the bank might just about to foreclose on your home. What’s often the suggested answer to your dilemma? Stick on the kettle there and we’ll all have a nice cup of tea.
Then though during the Celtic Tiger we seemed to take on more sophisticated tastes and instead of a good old mug of Irish Tea we decided to turn to the coffee instead. So if the Father Ted series was still around today Mrs Doyle might now be redirected to rustling up a couple of skinny latte’s or the odd cappuccino.
Of course there’s nothing wrong with a nice cup of whatever takes your fancy. Although with the Autism Early Intervention services that are currently available in Ireland you might often feel much more like a good stiff vodka at the end of the day. Especially if you are after attempting an in depth conversation with somebody who you are hoping might actually help you to get autism services for your child. Personally it is usually just me who ends up feeling like a bit of a mug at the end of it all!
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| Yes indeed, even during the Celtic Tiger Special Needs Kids and Fragile X tests were swept under the carpet here on our lovely Emerald Isle. Please bring back Father Ted he could run the country so much better! |
Unfortunately though no matter how many cups of your chosen warm beverage that you might drink the sad truth of the matter is that children in Ireland are still not getting an A.S.D. diagnosis, services or their basis human rights met in our magnificent emerald Isle. Instead of real financial aid for services for our Special Needs Kids, their parents get offered coffee mornings, nothing wrong with this either if only our children could get the odd bit of Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Sensory integration Therapy. Domiciliary Care Allowance or just about any help really as well? I’d willingly forfeit my frothy beverage for just a little bit more of this, would you?
At the moment in Ireland the system in place is a bit like the classic Marie Antoinette statement really i.e. ‘If they don’t have bread then let them eat cake.’ i.e. instead of our children getting services instead lets have tea, coffee and maybe even on a good day a nice sticky bun to keep us at bay.
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| Ireland's Minister for Health. Strangely enough he himself is a doctor with an autistic son. But yet now he doesn't even think that children with autism in Ireland even need a Special Needs Assistant in school. He just loves cutting with that scissors of his! |
It is a truly fascinating read indeed. Interested in Publishing it, i am open to suggestions..We'll have a nice cuppa and discuss it!
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Next Article: Why Father Jack should be running the Irish Autism Scene.
Marilyn Monroe and Multiple Personalities Series
http://thewritingowl.hubpages.com/hub/MarilynMonroeandNarcissisticPersonalityDisorder#comment-10450764
Click on link above to see images and full article on my Hub Pages, plus many more articles on this subject and many others too....
Marilyn Monroe and Narcissism
Marilyn Monroe and Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Marilyn Monroe to me is a woman who is endlessly fascinating. Previously I wrote about my belief that she could have had Aspergers Syndrome i.e. please see my previous article on Hub Pages, Marilyn Monroe and Aspergers Syndrome.
Now having delved into the Norma Jeane psychological make up a bit more and reading another biography about her life i.e. Marilyn Monroe, Private and Undisclosed by Michelle Morgan I think that the character that became Marilyn Monroe had many layers to her personality and that now it can never be truly unraveled.
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| Marilyn Monroe a woman with many characters |
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Marilyn Monroe and JoeDimaggio
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| The woman behind the legend was very smart but troubled |
Below is a list of clues from Marilyn Monroe’s life that to me indicate that along with Aspergers Syndrome Marilyn quite possibly also had a Personality Disorder. It is a pretty frequent occurrence for a person who has had a traumatic childhood. Or also people on the Autism Spectrum are much more likely to also develop a Personality Disorder. The most common ones being:Borderline Personality Disorder,Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Histrionic Personality Disorder. In the past it has often been speculated that Norma Jeane definitely ticked a lot of the right boxes for having certain characteristics of all three of these disorders.
Subjects covered in my Hub Pages Article
- Marilyn Monroe and Narcissistic Romance
- Childhood Narcissism and Norma Jeane Baker
- Marilyn Monroe and her legendary lateness
- The Narcissistic version of the truth
- JFK and Marilyn Monroe: Narcissistic Stand Off?
Was Bobby Kennedy part of Marilyn’s master plan to exact her revenge on JFK? Or could it have been her attempt at making JFK jealous? It is certainly possible but unfortunately for Marilyn it was a doomed plan from the start. Marilyn may have disastrously overestimated how her celebrity status could ever possibly be any match for the might of the Kennedy Clan.
When you have two Narcissists in a relationship it can only be a completely destructive experience and the only way it is going to end is very badly. Unfortunately for Marilyn this dangerous liaison was followed by the end of her life. Whatever the truth behind the Marilyn image really was she surely would be very happy now at how the Marilyn Monroe legend lives on ..
Click on link to my Hub Pages link above to read the full story, view my film footage of legend Marilyn Monroe and views the album of photo's. http://thewritingowl.hubpages.com/hub/MarilynMonroeandNarcissisticPersonalityDisorderFriday, June 22, 2012
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