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Aspergers...the diagnosis going away?
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 433199" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>With regard to the risks of labelling a child as different - in our area, schools and the education department are really fussy about confidentiality. I said I preferred information and openness, because the other kids in the class already knew (from their own experience) that difficult child 3 was weird. Giving them information reduced fear and hostility (at least that was the idea). Sadly, some parents (and therefore their kids) still had issues. "Retard" was a common insult for difficult child 3, usually coupled with another word meaning homosexual (and I don't mean "gay"). Once I explained to difficult child 3 that there was no way he was a retard, and the kids using that label were actually the low achievers in the class (and therefore speaking form their own insecurities) he relaxed and grinned. But for most of the school community, the autism label explaied a great deal and reduced the problems. </p><p></p><p>As I said at the time - "the other kids already know he's different. The label isn't making him different, his autism is."</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 433199, member: 1991"] With regard to the risks of labelling a child as different - in our area, schools and the education department are really fussy about confidentiality. I said I preferred information and openness, because the other kids in the class already knew (from their own experience) that difficult child 3 was weird. Giving them information reduced fear and hostility (at least that was the idea). Sadly, some parents (and therefore their kids) still had issues. "Retard" was a common insult for difficult child 3, usually coupled with another word meaning homosexual (and I don't mean "gay"). Once I explained to difficult child 3 that there was no way he was a retard, and the kids using that label were actually the low achievers in the class (and therefore speaking form their own insecurities) he relaxed and grinned. But for most of the school community, the autism label explaied a great deal and reduced the problems. As I said at the time - "the other kids already know he's different. The label isn't making him different, his autism is." Marg [/QUOTE]
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