I have been watching a PBS program called "After Newtown". A few others I have seen remind me of the same thing: the community that called itself survivors of psychiatry used to have a slogan; "nothing about us, without us". I don't see many of "us" who have experienced mental illness being asked for our input -- only the "experts" are asked. We are not all "crazies", who cannot be expected to have anything useful to contribute to the discussion. We are the ones who have experience. I think there are a number of peers in this Psych Central community who display what strikes me as a very great amount of insight and maturity -- much more so than I am used to in the general population. It is exactly the community of people who have "been there" that makes PC so valuable to me. I wish we were more visible when discussions take place that affect us so much.