Self-Taught Low-Vision Programmer Stalked, Attacked, Harassed and Ignored by Liberal Hometown

I am Robbie Bertram and my life matters.

After six months, I recently went to my local psychiatric unit because dealing with being violently assaulted and then mocked/ignored became too great of a burden.

I am seven years sober this month, I will celebrate it alone. Speaking out has cost me everything.

I don't care anymore.

No one has advocated for me, not really, so I'm advocating for myself and I'm not going to stop speaking out until this is a national scandal.

Let the world see the sick things that have been going on in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, starting with: what did anyone have to say about what happened to me? Where? When?

Accountability starts today.

It is time to deal a horrific death blow to this cancer in our country.

No one's basic rights, communal advocacy or right to exist should depend on their political preferences.

I'm heartbroken that this is the community I survived abuse, neglect, disability and alcoholism to return to.

But I never have to be alone again. After a lifetime of isolation and fear, I no longer fear just being another person. For my whole life I've been like a robot. I'm tired of that.

I've been documenting my life on my Facebook profile recently, you can decide what this is for yourself: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DupEQaS7N/