jessica
it's jason parent.
it's been a few years, but i'm sure you remember me...
i
don't think i have access to a carleton account anymore, but i can
double check if you can't accept correspondence from this email. i think
if you check, though, you'll see i corresponded from this address
repeatedly.
i've been on odsp for two years, now. it's
brought me to windsor, ontario where the cost of living is much lower. i
was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder at the mission in
ottawa, which was an exaggeration of symptoms i was experiencing out of
concern for my homelessness at the time. i'm now up for renewal, and i'm
not likely to get renewed on that basis.
however,
after reflecting on my life history, i feel there's an undiagnosed
personality disorder going back many years that i'd benefit from having
diagnosed properly. now, you might recall that you were always impressed
by how i came off in an interview context - that is that there was a
large disconnect between how i presented myself to you face-to-face and
the outbursts that caused you to summon me to you. that same disconnect
is acting to my disadvantage. that is, i come off very normal and
stable. the truth is i AM very stable in the situation that i'm in and
don't really want things to change. i'm also fully cognizant that it's
difficult to extrapolate my symptoms from interviewing me. i'm going to
have to present an argument that's based on a long history of antisocial
behaviour going back to my early childhood - and that is well
documented through behavioural reports in grade school, high school and
university.
so, i'm hoping you can send me the reports
that you filled out about me so that i can take them to a psychiatric
evaluation as evidence of this long, long undiagnosed underlying issue.
even if it doesn't get me to odsp, i need it properly diagnosed and
understood.
in hindsight, i actually feel i should have
been diagnosed before the age of 15, at least. the argument was always
that i was very "bright" and that a diagnosis would negatively impact my
future. but as time has played out, it's become clear that the
underlying concerns need to be dealt with and that the fact that they
never were has really been far more negative than positive. i don't know
what diagnosis is forthcoming - i think it's going to depend a lot on
how the evidence is interpreted - but i couldn't imagine somebody
sorting through the suspensions and near expulsions i experienced
through a 20 year academic career without pulling something debilitating
out of it.
so, i'd appreciate that tremendously.
again, let me know if i need to send this from a different address. i
don't know if i even still know the passwords, though...
director of student affairs, carleton university
Hi Jessica,
I
remember you. Good to hear from you. Sounds like things are going
ok. I did my undergrad at Windsor. Lots of memories. I know in recent
years the town hasn't been doing so hot. Hopefully things are getting
better, particularly in the downtown core.
It shouldn't
be a problem for me to pull up some of my emails and then send them to
you again, but I will need you to send me an email from your CU
account. I'll send the emails there and you'll have them for your
records to support your appeal. I'm suspect the process of getting back
into your Carleton account is pretty straightforward. Once you get
access, let me know and I'll send you the information.
Let me know if that sounds like an acceptable course of action.
