Search the web
Sign In
New User? Sign Up
AS-and-Proud-of-it · Autism Spectrum and Proud Of It!
? Already a member? Sign in to Yahoo!

Yahoo! Groups Tips

Did you know...
Show off your group to the world. Share a photo of your group with us.

Best of Y! Groups

   Check them out and nominate your group.
Having problems with message search? Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.

Messages

  Messages Help
Advanced
special education   Message List  
Reply | Forward Message #45579 of 46850 |
Re: [AS-and-Proud-of-it] special education

Yes, a horribly inaccurate, one-sided (at best), poorly-researched
article from the SF Chronicle.

There have been plenty of reasoned, intelligent responses sent to both
the editor and the author of the piece.

Shannon

--- Just Be <oxeneyed@...> wrote:

> I thought that this was interesting in light of previous discussions
> on whether parents get their kids diagnosed in order to get special
> services.
>
> http://www.autismtoday.com/wnextra.htm
>
> -Marcie
>
>
> Do not carry me on your back, nor leave me in the void to die.
> I can fly, so let me fly. If you cannot, then let me be.
> - "Simply Be", Donna Williams
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> Yahoo! Mail
> Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments.
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
> --
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>




Sat Mar 4, 2006 1:23 am

shannon_terra
Offline Offline
Send Email Send Email

Forward
Message #45579 of 46850 |
Expand Messages Author Sort by Date

I thought that this was interesting in light of previous discussions on whether parents get their kids diagnosed in order to get special services. ...
Just Be
oxeneyed
Offline Send Email
Mar 3, 2006
11:57 pm

Yes, a horribly inaccurate, one-sided (at best), poorly-researched article from the SF Chronicle. There have been plenty of reasoned, intelligent responses...
Shannon T Ahern
shannon_terra
Offline Send Email
Mar 4, 2006
1:23 am

... I'd surely love to see some of the documentation used to support your last sentence. For education. I'm not interested in flaming anyone. ... - Bill...
WD Loughman
wdlwdl2
Offline Send Email
Mar 4, 2006
6:33 am

I don't think I have any of the digests still from the lists where people posted their replies. :-( But I read at least 3 on various lists, plus a friend of...
Shannon T Ahern
shannon_terra
Offline Send Email
Mar 4, 2006
6:40 am

... Shannon - Have you received permission yet? Or is there a URL I could peek at? I'm really quite interested in what the responses may have been. - Bill ......
WD Loughman
wdlwdl2
Offline Send Email
Mar 11, 2006
9:04 am

Sorry for the delay. We had to take off when my SO's grandmother died. But I did get permission to share this. Also, I KNOW there was a group response posted...
Shannon T Ahern
shannon_terra
Offline Send Email
Mar 14, 2006
5:39 pm

... I'd appreciate that. ... [ snip ] - Bill...
WD Loughman
wdlwdl2
Offline Send Email
Mar 15, 2006
8:12 am

... the editor and the author of the piece.> I just want to say that I don't actually have an opinion in this matter. I really don't know anything about kids....
Just Be
oxeneyed
Offline Send Email
Mar 5, 2006
4:28 pm

... both ... matter. I really don't know anything about kids. I was just passing this along. ... Education is a touchy subject. Public schools are the...
Elaine Gallant
elainegallant
Offline Send Email
Mar 5, 2006
9:57 pm

Elaine Gallant wrote: [ snip ] ... I'd like to hear your take on special ed. If you spoke in a low voice, maybe the touchier among us wouldn't notice? ;) -...
WD Loughman
wdlwdl2
Offline Send Email
Mar 6, 2006
6:47 am

... single ... of who ... voice, ... It troubles me that AS is so labor intensive. I try to think what would have helped me as a student...but it's such a big...
Elaine Gallant
elainegallant
Offline Send Email
Mar 6, 2006
8:50 am

Personally, I believe that Aspie kids should have their own schools. At least here in Norway many kids with learning problems drop out of school by age 16. ......
ojmalm
Offline Send Email
Mar 6, 2006
5:41 pm

... School didn't prepare me for life on my own. I was homeless and finding food in grocery store dumpsters a year after graduating. It was sort of a choice to...
Elaine Gallant
elainegallant
Offline Send Email
Mar 6, 2006
6:23 pm

Hello, I am a member returning after a three year absence. I was born in 1946, and grew up totally different from my siblings and peers. I went through the ...
Terry Klasek
evharben
Offline Send Email
Mar 8, 2006
12:00 am

... Interesting. Thanks for sharing. You, like me (73) and others about your age and older, grew up "un-medicalized" - so to speak. Our older group of...
WD Loughman
wdlwdl2
Offline Send Email
Mar 8, 2006
12:32 am

... wrote: Bill, that would indeed be a fascinating study. But, as you know, the only way a comparative study of the sort to have any reliability regarding the...
Beti
mbdpargun
Offline Send Email
Mar 8, 2006
5:42 am

... You're absolutely right, of course. I raised the issue to point out the merit of that particular comparison. Also to point out the non-medicalized group is...
WD Loughman
wdlwdl2
Offline Send Email
Mar 8, 2006
6:55 am

Hi Terry, I joined the group during your absence. It's nice to meet you this way, welcome back, and thank you for sharing all this personal information with...
Beti
mbdpargun
Offline Send Email
Mar 8, 2006
5:34 am

In a message dated 3/8/2006 1:55:43 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, wdloughman@... writes: Also to point out the non-medicalized group is a unique study...
mommyin0305@...
aspiemommaof2
Offline Send Email
Mar 8, 2006
4:34 pm

... As Beti pointed out (3/07/06): other groups "... need also be taken into account ...". Yours, and you, certainly qualify. The difference between my cohort...
WD Loughman
wdlwdl2
Offline Send Email
Mar 8, 2006
10:23 pm

... I'm twenty-eight years old, which is not "school age", but still, not near seventies, either. I only had my diagnosis of Asperger's a couple of years ago....
Gatto Fritto
dnk1400
Offline Send Email
Mar 9, 2006
12:24 am

In a message dated 3/8/2006 7:25:10 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, gatto_fritto@... writes: So I had problems at school. There were varying explanations,...
mommyin0305@...
aspiemommaof2
Offline Send Email
Mar 10, 2006
3:31 am
Advanced

Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.
Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Guidelines - Help