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Crystal Fox

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
365 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Crystal Fox: One Mothers Journey Through Tragedy

No question if you spend any time with her. But my oldest son, Austin, had what they used to call in the old days Asperger's syndrome. We, again, same with him. And he was also twice exceptional. So he was also gifted. And he was diagnosed with ADHD. So trying to work out which issue he was having. We even questioned whether he had bipolar disorder as well. There's a lot of interlap.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Crystal Fox: One Mothers Journey Through Tragedy

No question if you spend any time with her. But my oldest son, Austin, had what they used to call in the old days Asperger's syndrome. We, again, same with him. And he was also twice exceptional. So he was also gifted. And he was diagnosed with ADHD. So trying to work out which issue he was having. We even questioned whether he had bipolar disorder as well. There's a lot of interlap.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Crystal Fox: One Mothers Journey Through Tragedy

No question if you spend any time with her. But my oldest son, Austin, had what they used to call in the old days Asperger's syndrome. We, again, same with him. And he was also twice exceptional. So he was also gifted. And he was diagnosed with ADHD. So trying to work out which issue he was having. We even questioned whether he had bipolar disorder as well. There's a lot of interlap.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Crystal Fox: One Mothers Journey Through Tragedy

And what they're starting to find in the genetics is genetically, there's a lot of interlap between all these diagnoses.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Crystal Fox: One Mothers Journey Through Tragedy

And what they're starting to find in the genetics is genetically, there's a lot of interlap between all these diagnoses.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Crystal Fox: One Mothers Journey Through Tragedy

And what they're starting to find in the genetics is genetically, there's a lot of interlap between all these diagnoses.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Crystal Fox: One Mothers Journey Through Tragedy

That's the million dollar question. And that's the question I ask a lot of people. So when I worked at the Arizona State Hospital for 30 years, one of the units that I worked out, and this is my favorite one that I like to talk about, was an open unit. It had open doors. So our patients came and went as they pleased. They were getting ready for discharge.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Crystal Fox: One Mothers Journey Through Tragedy

That's the million dollar question. And that's the question I ask a lot of people. So when I worked at the Arizona State Hospital for 30 years, one of the units that I worked out, and this is my favorite one that I like to talk about, was an open unit. It had open doors. So our patients came and went as they pleased. They were getting ready for discharge.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Crystal Fox: One Mothers Journey Through Tragedy

That's the million dollar question. And that's the question I ask a lot of people. So when I worked at the Arizona State Hospital for 30 years, one of the units that I worked out, and this is my favorite one that I like to talk about, was an open unit. It had open doors. So our patients came and went as they pleased. They were getting ready for discharge.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Crystal Fox: One Mothers Journey Through Tragedy

They were truly psychotic, schizophrenic, or bipolar, but they were stable on their medication, but still receiving a lot of supports. They were getting ready to go out into the community, so it was a slow transition back in those days. This is the 1990s when Clozzapine first came out. We went to the movie theaters. We went to what we call Park and Swap, a swap meet. We went on the bus.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Crystal Fox: One Mothers Journey Through Tragedy

They were truly psychotic, schizophrenic, or bipolar, but they were stable on their medication, but still receiving a lot of supports. They were getting ready to go out into the community, so it was a slow transition back in those days. This is the 1990s when Clozzapine first came out. We went to the movie theaters. We went to what we call Park and Swap, a swap meet. We went on the bus.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Crystal Fox: One Mothers Journey Through Tragedy

They were truly psychotic, schizophrenic, or bipolar, but they were stable on their medication, but still receiving a lot of supports. They were getting ready to go out into the community, so it was a slow transition back in those days. This is the 1990s when Clozzapine first came out. We went to the movie theaters. We went to what we call Park and Swap, a swap meet. We went on the bus.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Crystal Fox: One Mothers Journey Through Tragedy

We went to restaurants. They had dances to go to. They had all these different activities, but we've removed... all of those social situations. And so the thing with schizophrenia is just like the thing with developmental disabilities, they need support for an extended period of time with staff. And there shouldn't be any stigma around that.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Crystal Fox: One Mothers Journey Through Tragedy

We went to restaurants. They had dances to go to. They had all these different activities, but we've removed... all of those social situations. And so the thing with schizophrenia is just like the thing with developmental disabilities, they need support for an extended period of time with staff. And there shouldn't be any stigma around that.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Crystal Fox: One Mothers Journey Through Tragedy

We went to restaurants. They had dances to go to. They had all these different activities, but we've removed... all of those social situations. And so the thing with schizophrenia is just like the thing with developmental disabilities, they need support for an extended period of time with staff. And there shouldn't be any stigma around that.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Crystal Fox: One Mothers Journey Through Tragedy

The brain of somebody with schizophrenia that's been suffering with psychosis cognitively is impaired. They have to relearn stuff just like a person with a stroke has to relearn things. The difference between autism and schizophrenia, again, is we don't provide physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy. Those things aren't provided.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Crystal Fox: One Mothers Journey Through Tragedy

The brain of somebody with schizophrenia that's been suffering with psychosis cognitively is impaired. They have to relearn stuff just like a person with a stroke has to relearn things. The difference between autism and schizophrenia, again, is we don't provide physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy. Those things aren't provided.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Crystal Fox: One Mothers Journey Through Tragedy

The brain of somebody with schizophrenia that's been suffering with psychosis cognitively is impaired. They have to relearn stuff just like a person with a stroke has to relearn things. The difference between autism and schizophrenia, again, is we don't provide physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy. Those things aren't provided.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Crystal Fox: One Mothers Journey Through Tragedy

And so the re-entry back into society is very difficult. And this is the questions we need to ask ourselves. I talk with the police. and they don't want to really deal with mental illness. You talk with the jails, they don't want to deal with mental illness. You talk with the store owners that are around the homeless population, they don't want to deal with mental illness.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Crystal Fox: One Mothers Journey Through Tragedy

And so the re-entry back into society is very difficult. And this is the questions we need to ask ourselves. I talk with the police. and they don't want to really deal with mental illness. You talk with the jails, they don't want to deal with mental illness. You talk with the store owners that are around the homeless population, they don't want to deal with mental illness.