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metal_geek · 05-28-2008, 12:57 PM

First of all.. Most doctors won't disagnose disorders like this untill the children are 6 or 7. In this case the child was 5 so it's likely the DR's and parents were still going though the stages.

The kid has a disorder which makes him different from the other kids, and doesn't function well in the round hole we try to peg the "Average" kid into, in the education system. Alot of parents deal with the situation were little Mary hits kids, speaks out of turn... talks non stop, or can't sit still long enough to listen to what her teacher says.

These kids are special.. and not in a "short bus" kinda way most people put them in. These kids can do extraordianry things, brilliant thinkers, astonishing perception, exceptional understanding.. unfortuanly these things are overlooked because sitting in a class with 26 other children, with different skills, they stick out and are often singled out by students and teachers..

These children develop really low self esteem, not because they are "disabled" but because everyone in thier life treats them like that. Little Mary doesn't know why during a spelling test the teacher calls on little mikey, who gets praised when he spells bat corretly, and why she gets yelled at when she interject that BAT and CAT are spelled just like each other but C comes after B.... "Its not your turn, Mary, that's 3 times since we started, you'll have to go sit in the back till you can participate correctly"...

All the parents who have to deal with thier child being the "one", feel like they are doing something wrong, they are left out of playground parent circles, told by the education system they don't know how to raise a child, and are often told what is wrong with thier children by education professionals who "know more" then the parents and have seen this many times before. They often seek labels, so they can have support from communities who deal with the same issues. Even the education system provides funding based on diagnosis. Your kid gets an asbergers diagnosis, the school gets funding for an additional support teacher. Without that diagnosis they get nothing, dispite the same reality. It's a label for sure, but not for an excuse, it's for support.

If your child is being hit by another child in school, you don't care about what's wrong with that child get them the heck away from yours... I bet there are 20 sets of parents from that class who are glad the teacher "voted" him out. It's just more people that one little 5 year old has to overcome to reach the potential they have..

We all laugh at the 1 person vs 100 5 year olds... but in the case of children like these, its 1 Five year old vs 100 people... And people wonder whats wrong with them......
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CREAMPIE HAIRY

05-28-2008, 12:57 PM	#68
metal_geek Scoring Winger Join Date: Jan 2007 Exp:	First of all.. Most doctors won't disagnose disorders like this untill the children are 6 or 7. In this case the child was 5 so it's likely the DR's and parents were still going though the stages. The kid has a disorder which makes him different from the other kids, and doesn't function well in the round hole we try to peg the "Average" kid into, in the education system. Alot of parents deal with the situation were little Mary hits kids, speaks out of turn... talks non stop, or can't sit still long enough to listen to what her teacher says. These kids are special.. and not in a "short bus" kinda way most people put them in. These kids can do extraordianry things, brilliant thinkers, astonishing perception, exceptional understanding.. unfortuanly these things are overlooked because sitting in a class with 26 other children, with different skills, they stick out and are often singled out by students and teachers.. These children develop really low self esteem, not because they are "disabled" but because everyone in thier life treats them like that. Little Mary doesn't know why during a spelling test the teacher calls on little mikey, who gets praised when he spells bat corretly, and why she gets yelled at when she interject that BAT and CAT are spelled just like each other but C comes after B.... "Its not your turn, Mary, that's 3 times since we started, you'll have to go sit in the back till you can participate correctly"... All the parents who have to deal with thier child being the "one", feel like they are doing something wrong, they are left out of playground parent circles, told by the education system they don't know how to raise a child, and are often told what is wrong with thier children by education professionals who "know more" then the parents and have seen this many times before. They often seek labels, so they can have support from communities who deal with the same issues. Even the education system provides funding based on diagnosis. Your kid gets an asbergers diagnosis, the school gets funding for an additional support teacher. Without that diagnosis they get nothing, dispite the same reality. It's a label for sure, but not for an excuse, it's for support. If your child is being hit by another child in school, you don't care about what's wrong with that child get them the heck away from yours... I bet there are 20 sets of parents from that class who are glad the teacher "voted" him out. It's just more people that one little 5 year old has to overcome to reach the potential they have.. We all laugh at the 1 person vs 100 5 year olds... but in the case of children like these, its 1 Five year old vs 100 people... And people wonder whats wrong with them...... ________ CREAMPIE HAIRY Last edited by metal_geek; 05-06-2011 at 12:00 AM.