tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post3608178072687402617..comments2024-02-29T03:57:00.088-05:00Comments on The Mermaid's Tale: Individualized attention for every kid: personalized disease?Anne Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-55044906815272665652011-05-11T13:13:53.642-04:002011-05-11T13:13:53.642-04:00And to reply to Pat's second point to Ken'...And to reply to Pat's second point to Ken's reply, I agree... I worry that our limited vocabulary (e.g. "disorder") and our propensity to label people can be harmful.Holly Dunsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05260104967932801186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-57343866265891373912011-05-11T13:11:25.918-04:002011-05-11T13:11:25.918-04:00based on comments here and on facebook, I'm wo...based on comments here and on facebook, I'm worried that my initial (very first) comment is being misunderstood. "ignore" is the big picture ignore... not the day to day stuff. I was relating to the post and referring to how we don't care about people around us as much as I'd like us to.Holly Dunsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05260104967932801186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-81411547034136748292011-05-11T12:32:46.422-04:002011-05-11T12:32:46.422-04:00Very good points. Except...I want my personal tuto...Very good points. Except...I want my personal tutor and I'm sure I can get myself diagnosed with something to qualify me for one....given my many deficiencies.Ken Weisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02049713123559138421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-10881506109568205872011-05-11T11:09:20.810-04:002011-05-11T11:09:20.810-04:00My feeling is that NOBODY understands what parenth...My feeling is that NOBODY understands what parenthood is like until they have a child. Even educated, realistic, savvy people -- or for that matter uneducated, daydreaming, flakey people --have peculiar expectations of what it will be like in my experience. Mother Nature is the best teacher. <br /><br />Also, of course, if autism spectrum is massively underdiagnosed (and it might be) we need to face the fact that a fair number of autists have managed to survive & thrive without special interventions. Take Temple Grandin for example. I am told they all live in Silicon Valley.... LOLPat Shipmanhttp://www.patshipman.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-91068484189800572842011-05-10T12:43:12.943-04:002011-05-10T12:43:12.943-04:00Indeed. :)Indeed. :)Anne Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-47246428770194528422011-05-10T12:40:56.922-04:002011-05-10T12:40:56.922-04:00Gravity's a lot harder on eggs than bags of fl...Gravity's a lot harder on eggs than bags of flour :).Holly Dunsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05260104967932801186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-6446582847862521802011-05-10T12:34:08.200-04:002011-05-10T12:34:08.200-04:00Thanks, Brenda! And I agree with all your points,...Thanks, Brenda! And I agree with all your points, Holly. (But, you don't think that having kids lug around a 5 pound bag of flour for a week teaches them the gravity of the responsibility of parenthood? ;-) )Anne Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-4757430143087713232011-05-10T12:11:28.289-04:002011-05-10T12:11:28.289-04:00The incidence of reading disability is probably co...The incidence of reading disability is probably correlated with the existence of schools, too! How often are such things circular or based on definitions?Ken Weisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02049713123559138421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-32256690389044494182011-05-10T12:09:45.966-04:002011-05-10T12:09:45.966-04:00This also reminds me of the observations that inci...This also reminds me of the observations that incidence of depression has risen in regions of the world where antidepressants have just been introduced.Holly Dunsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05260104967932801186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-2770384522634431532011-05-10T11:59:07.397-04:002011-05-10T11:59:07.397-04:00Well said, Anne! Thanks, Holly, for alerting me to...Well said, Anne! Thanks, Holly, for alerting me to the post. *Very* thought-provoking.Brenda Frazierhttp://www.personal.psu.edu/bcf134/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-14454345511761157042011-05-10T10:08:25.389-04:002011-05-10T10:08:25.389-04:00Parenthood is more than not dropping your egg in h...Parenthood is more than not dropping your egg in home ec, but how do you teach the real gravity of it to kids?Holly Dunsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05260104967932801186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-41809308278386970522011-05-10T09:35:40.741-04:002011-05-10T09:35:40.741-04:00Yes, well that is a major problem. Too many peopl...Yes, well that is a major problem. Too many people, too little care. The making is more fun than the caring. It's always been a potential problem (as Malthus stressed!). But in the age of effective contraception things should have changed. The no-sex movements that we sometimes read about seem to have had little effect!<br /><br />And now some countries, like Russia recently, are trying to persuade their stoic populations to make more merry....in a world that already has 6 or 7 billion.Ken Weisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02049713123559138421noreply@blogger.com