Posted on 09/23/2007 7:43:27 PM PDT by Graybeard58
Well said. Bravo
Right, let's stand around and sing “Kumbaya” while American schools are furthered hobbled and weakened.
This nation still has enemies who will exploit such weakness.
“Yeah, the ADULT should know better. She was supposed to be managing the classroom, not he other way around.”
The very purpose of my comment referring to that was “What about the children?” Who’s responsible for THEIR safety when they turn their backs on a child like this?
Sheesh!
Then what is she doing with a job where she’s responsible to teach him?
Again, disciplinary action, moving him to a different program, placing the incident on his school record, etc. would be the proper responses. But criminal charges are a waste of court time and taxpayer dollars.
“This nation still has enemies who will exploit such weakness.”
I think a bigger threat to our nation are people like you walking around loose.
It’s ok to not know something, but to be willfully ignorant, and to still insist that you know what you’re talking about, when all evidence points to the contrary, that’s a lot scarier
than than a mainstream program.
The responsibility should rest upon the parents.
Autism is a severe mental disorder that severely inhibits socialization and communication skills. It is NOT the same as being unable to walk or even blind, where social skills are not limited, and communication skills are limited to a much smaller extent.
And yes, I know MD's who treat autistic children, as well as the parents of a seven year old autistic yound man. Most of the former agree with me, while the latter agrees with me 100%. "Mainstreaming" the autistic is a feel-good pipe dream that does a great disservice to the child and those around the child.
And it seems they love to continue to tell us what they don’t know.
The autism & sleep issue is rough. She can go on next to nothing most of the time. Not fun. We all go through those feelings of not being able to do it another day. And then we get up & do it again & God willing we will again tomorrow. I wouldn’t wish this life on anyone but at the same time I feel that I am quite blessed. There’s never a dull moment. That’s for sure.
“There is an old quote, it is better to remain silent and have other think you are ignorant than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.”
You’re absolutely right. You should remain silent. Your post has left no doubt in my mind, and I don’t have time for your ignorance and rudeness.
Well that explains a lot. But I’ll trust my own personal experiences over that of a scientology whack job.
“”Mainstreaming” the autistic is a feel-good pipe dream that does a great disservice to the child and those around the child.”
Depends on the child, and the particular class. You’re trying to put all people in a “One size fits all box”. That’s the same as your opposites who think every child should be mainstreamed. My son was mainstreamed in a language class in 1rst grade. After 1rst grade it was my opinion that he wasn’t getting enough out of it to warrant breaking his schedule. Speech therapy has had a wonderful effect on him tho.
” I wouldnt wish this life on anyone but at the same time I feel that I am quite blessed. Theres never a dull moment. Thats for sure.”
Yeah, at this point I’m pretty comfortable with what I have.
I always tell people that ask how we do it, that it’s not that hard, you just have to get your own mind right, and stop wishing that you’re raising a typical child, then get on with doing the best you can with what you have.
Some may have the funding but not all. One of the mantras when she was in the PS system was “no money” & “budget cuts eliminated that”. Many systems these days are just interested in moving them through until they’re 18. They have no interest in providing the needs of the child. They just want to provide what they’re legally obligated to do as minimally as possible.
[Its ok to not know something, but to be willfully ignorant]
Acutally, I've given a fair amount of thought to this subject.
I consider mainstreaming to be a human form of the parasitic behavior exhibited by certain species of birds.
Do you have any thoughts of your own that don’t connect to a link of someone else’s thoughts?
“Acutally, I’ve given a fair amount of thought to this subject.”
I’m sure you have, and I’ve given a fair amount amount of thought to space travel, but that doesn’t mean I’m an astronaut, or that I know anything about space travel.
As long as it’s a free country, people like yourself can log on to a discussion and hold forth with anything you can think up, but that doesn’t mean you know anything about your subject. You obviously don’t know much about this subject in particular, so maybe you should stick with Do Do Birds.
It’s amazing when the closet socialists come out on a thread like this.
Why should my reproductive resources be diverted to benefit your offspring?
With all due respect you are totally lacking the possession of a single clue.
Why should my reproductive resources be diverted to benefit your offspring?
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