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Comment on The Cure That Hurts by profmother

profmother — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:01:47 +0000

I still say that labels are ok- it’s our use of them where it becomes problematic. A label makes things less personal…

Comment on The Cure That Hurts by profmother

profmother — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:00:30 +0000

Good luck! It’s so frustrating how hard “normal” can be to maintain, and then when we ask for help for them- we’re the onees who are exaggerating!

Comment on Change in Education- Why, What, How by profmother

profmother — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:59:24 +0000

I just can’t give up yet…

Comment on Change in Education- Why, What, How by profmother

profmother — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:59:04 +0000

For those looking for that link, it’s at http://www.gael.org/gacis/GACIS_Post_Winter_Conference. Thanks for the link, Laura!

Comment on Change in Education- Why, What, How by Laura Kipp

Laura Kipp — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:39:40 +0000

Dear Dr. Hughes,
Thank you for including this summary on your blog. I also attended the seminar…very interesting and even jolting! FYI-the ppt material, white papers and notes can be found by googling “Dr. Daggett Georgia” and finding the winter GAEL conference link (Dec. 2011).
Laura Kipp

Comment on Change in Education- Why, What, How by Jan La Boone

Jan La Boone — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:32:30 +0000

Very interesting and scary. Perhaps we should get off of the dead horse!

Comment on The Cure That Hurts by Mel Salmon

Mel Salmon — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:12:59 +0000

Oh my goodness, you have just tapped right into my main fear…that my daughter will be “cured”, just because her speech has improved dramatically, although still behind her peers, and her behaviours have lessened because she is able to communicate with me a little better, therefore removing certain frustrations…on the surface it does appear that she has reached a level of “normal”.
But I know different…I’m still dealing with the fears and anxiety, the over the top tantrums, the fixations with various things….the list goes on and on.
Some days I even question my sanity as she manages to appear “normal” to all around her…I’m sure they do.
I don’t understand why some people are anti label, we all carry labels of one kind or another, autism is not, in my mind, a bad label to have, but it is necessary to get support and understanding from the rest of the world, not just for the child but for the family who have to live with it too.
I sincerely hope that my beautiful gifted girl can keep her label, I want her to be treated with compassion and understanding as she grows up, and not the spoilt difficult child she will be labelled without her autism label.

Comment on A Flawed Formula by Dr. Polly

Dr. Polly — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:10:19 +0000

Glad to have found you! Look forward to reading more.

Comment on Fighting Fog by autismmommytherapist

autismmommytherapist — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:39:48 +0000

There’s a lot of gray here, but what’s black-and-white to me is what a superb advocate you are for your child (and this is coming from the mother of two on the autism spectrum and a former educator). I worry about what’s down the road with both of my kids every single day, and I totally get the weight of that worry. You are doing an amazing job with him, just don’t forget that as you sift through all of this. Sending you good thoughts!

Comment on The Cure That Hurts by Barbara

Barbara — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:56:43 +0000

I’ve made comments elsewhere basically panning the effects of the impending DSM changes but you may have altered my thinking. I will think about it some more.

Meantime, sharing this:
http://thinkingautismguide.blogspot.com/2012/01/dsm-5-autism-criteria-clarifying-impact.html

And this:
http://susansenator.com/blog/2012/01/disability-it-really-is-okay/