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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 128775" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Been living that for 21 yrs.</p><p> </p><p>Here's the ones that gall the heck outta me:</p><p> </p><p><strong>But he doesn't look disabled.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>How can he read if he's blind? </strong>( legallly blind is not the same as being blind, although almost)</p><p> </p><p><strong>He's smart, he just needs to try harder.</strong></p><p> </p><p>I've come to realize that as long as a person doesn't have a physical disability than can be seen and easily understood, people generally don't get it, don't want to get it.</p><p> </p><p>Travis has CP, mild but he has it. You can see it in his gait if you know what you're looking for, you can see it in his lack of fine motor control. It affects his language processing skills, organization skills, ect. It's blantantly obvious to anyone with a trained eye who spends 15 mins with him. Yet people say to me....</p><p> </p><p><strong>Are you sure he has CP? He's not walking funny or anything.....</strong></p><p> </p><p>Travis has absense seizures, is on medications for it. And I <strong>still</strong> had trouble getting people to believe it. Uh, they don't give people those medications for the fun of it.</p><p> </p><p>This is gonna sound awful, but I've run into medical professionals with the same attitudes. Now that's when it really ticks me off. They should know better.</p><p> </p><p>The reason is because the general public is not educated in learning, developmental, and mental disorders. Lack of knowledge creates stereotypical thinking and stigmas. </p><p> </p><p>Yet, these days you see kids in wheelchairs ect in tv shows.</p><p> </p><p>I remember the series St. Elsewhere. One of the doctors on the show had an autistic son, severely autistic. This is gonna sound corny, but having that autistic child on the show educated me far beyond my nurses training on autism. And I <strong>KNOW </strong>that's why I picked up on Travis' behaviors from the start, years before the docs finally varified it.</p><p> </p><p>I enjoy reading Dean Kontz because he often includes characters with various disabilities in his stories, including downs syndrome, mental disorders, ect. He makes them real to the publice and gives you a glimpse into their lives.</p><p> </p><p>I'll climb down off my soapbox now. lol Cuz I could go on and on.</p><p> </p><p>Hugs</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 128775, member: 84"] Been living that for 21 yrs. Here's the ones that gall the heck outta me: [B]But he doesn't look disabled.[/B] [B]How can he read if he's blind? [/B]( legallly blind is not the same as being blind, although almost) [B]He's smart, he just needs to try harder.[/B] I've come to realize that as long as a person doesn't have a physical disability than can be seen and easily understood, people generally don't get it, don't want to get it. Travis has CP, mild but he has it. You can see it in his gait if you know what you're looking for, you can see it in his lack of fine motor control. It affects his language processing skills, organization skills, ect. It's blantantly obvious to anyone with a trained eye who spends 15 mins with him. Yet people say to me.... [B]Are you sure he has CP? He's not walking funny or anything.....[/B] Travis has absense seizures, is on medications for it. And I [B]still[/B] had trouble getting people to believe it. Uh, they don't give people those medications for the fun of it. This is gonna sound awful, but I've run into medical professionals with the same attitudes. Now that's when it really ticks me off. They should know better. The reason is because the general public is not educated in learning, developmental, and mental disorders. Lack of knowledge creates stereotypical thinking and stigmas. Yet, these days you see kids in wheelchairs ect in tv shows. I remember the series St. Elsewhere. One of the doctors on the show had an autistic son, severely autistic. This is gonna sound corny, but having that autistic child on the show educated me far beyond my nurses training on autism. And I [B]KNOW [/B]that's why I picked up on Travis' behaviors from the start, years before the docs finally varified it. I enjoy reading Dean Kontz because he often includes characters with various disabilities in his stories, including downs syndrome, mental disorders, ect. He makes them real to the publice and gives you a glimpse into their lives. I'll climb down off my soapbox now. lol Cuz I could go on and on. Hugs [/QUOTE]
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