Colleen Scott
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And then I eventually got him his adult disabled child social security disability stipend, which is much more reasonable. It's like the same amount you would get when you retire. I mean, there's some variance there, but in general.
And then I eventually got him his adult disabled child social security disability stipend, which is much more reasonable. It's like the same amount you would get when you retire. I mean, there's some variance there, but in general.
Yes, well, I started at the beginning researching and finding out about programs and the system existed so that I could help my son. And eventually I found a little post on Facebook. I mean, this was years later. And I think it was posted by a member of the NSSC, which is the organization that actually contacted you. That's how I got your information and contact information.
Yes, well, I started at the beginning researching and finding out about programs and the system existed so that I could help my son. And eventually I found a little post on Facebook. I mean, this was years later. And I think it was posted by a member of the NSSC, which is the organization that actually contacted you. That's how I got your information and contact information.
Yes, well, I started at the beginning researching and finding out about programs and the system existed so that I could help my son. And eventually I found a little post on Facebook. I mean, this was years later. And I think it was posted by a member of the NSSC, which is the organization that actually contacted you. That's how I got your information and contact information.
And they just randomly posted. There was a study that was about to be begun at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, which is a very famous research hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. And they were going to do something for schizophrenics that was new and unique.
And they just randomly posted. There was a study that was about to be begun at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, which is a very famous research hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. And they were going to do something for schizophrenics that was new and unique.
And they just randomly posted. There was a study that was about to be begun at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, which is a very famous research hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. And they were going to do something for schizophrenics that was new and unique.
It's called the Deep Brain Stimulator. So I contacted Johns Hopkins. I got nowhere with them. This is sort of funny. And then the story had been written up in a journal, a research journal. So I contacted the journal directly as well. Got nowhere with them either.
It's called the Deep Brain Stimulator. So I contacted Johns Hopkins. I got nowhere with them. This is sort of funny. And then the story had been written up in a journal, a research journal. So I contacted the journal directly as well. Got nowhere with them either.
It's called the Deep Brain Stimulator. So I contacted Johns Hopkins. I got nowhere with them. This is sort of funny. And then the story had been written up in a journal, a research journal. So I contacted the journal directly as well. Got nowhere with them either.
In fact, they even have a person hired at Johns Hopkins because they do so much research, I imagine, whose job it was to interface with people responding to the journal articles and in sort of an almost like a marketing advertising capacity or PR capacity. I contacted her. I got nowhere with her either. Finally, I ferreted out the name of the physician that was in charge of it.
In fact, they even have a person hired at Johns Hopkins because they do so much research, I imagine, whose job it was to interface with people responding to the journal articles and in sort of an almost like a marketing advertising capacity or PR capacity. I contacted her. I got nowhere with her either. Finally, I ferreted out the name of the physician that was in charge of it.
In fact, they even have a person hired at Johns Hopkins because they do so much research, I imagine, whose job it was to interface with people responding to the journal articles and in sort of an almost like a marketing advertising capacity or PR capacity. I contacted her. I got nowhere with her either. Finally, I ferreted out the name of the physician that was in charge of it.
And he's a 67-year-old, lovely psychiatrist who hails from Italy. Now, I had lived in Italy for a year myself, so I felt close to the Italians. And I think that might have led to why I contacted him directly, not through the hospital at all, and wrote him a long letter in my longhand. And he called me back. So then we were immediately in.
And he's a 67-year-old, lovely psychiatrist who hails from Italy. Now, I had lived in Italy for a year myself, so I felt close to the Italians. And I think that might have led to why I contacted him directly, not through the hospital at all, and wrote him a long letter in my longhand. And he called me back. So then we were immediately in.
And he's a 67-year-old, lovely psychiatrist who hails from Italy. Now, I had lived in Italy for a year myself, so I felt close to the Italians. And I think that might have led to why I contacted him directly, not through the hospital at all, and wrote him a long letter in my longhand. And he called me back. So then we were immediately in.
Just a matter of months. He was ready to go with his study and needed people to volunteer.
Just a matter of months. He was ready to go with his study and needed people to volunteer.
Just a matter of months. He was ready to go with his study and needed people to volunteer.