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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 128796" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>Lisa, Dreamer, you could have been describing my difficult child as well.</p><p>He doesn't have blindness, but difficult child has suffered from this as well, especially at school. In fact, one of the worst offenders was his <em><strong>1:1 Educational Aide!!!</strong></em> in Gr. 11.</p><p></p><p>Shari, green-grass-and-fence theory aside, I do agree that people believe in what they can see and understand. So, if your child is in a wheelchair, or has leg braces, or Down Syndrome, or something else that's obvious to them, then they understand it. </p><p>It's those situations that look like something they understand (bratty out-of-control kid having a tantrum), but are actually something else (rage triggered by food reaction and sensory integration disorder and whatever else) that lead to so much trouble.</p><p></p><p>I agree that everyone dealing with a disabled child has a tough row to hoe. However, those of us who have children with invisible disabilities also have society looking down their noses at us and our children because they assume the cause of the bad behaviour is will rather than disability.</p><p></p><p>One of the programs offered at my difficult child's Residential Treatment Center (RTC) is how to behave "normally" in public. It's part of the life skills training, and the program teaches what to do, what to say, how to behave, and what not to do in specific everyday situations. For example, specific instructions about what to do and say if the police stop you, how to ask for help in a store, the library, etc. </p><p></p><p>It's funny. So many of the things I love best about difficult child stem from his quirky view of the world. I wish that people would get past their quest for "normal" and see what a great kid my kid can be.</p><p></p><p>Sigh.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 128796, member: 3907"] Lisa, Dreamer, you could have been describing my difficult child as well. He doesn't have blindness, but difficult child has suffered from this as well, especially at school. In fact, one of the worst offenders was his [I][B]1:1 Educational Aide!!![/B][/I] in Gr. 11. Shari, green-grass-and-fence theory aside, I do agree that people believe in what they can see and understand. So, if your child is in a wheelchair, or has leg braces, or Down Syndrome, or something else that's obvious to them, then they understand it. It's those situations that look like something they understand (bratty out-of-control kid having a tantrum), but are actually something else (rage triggered by food reaction and sensory integration disorder and whatever else) that lead to so much trouble. I agree that everyone dealing with a disabled child has a tough row to hoe. However, those of us who have children with invisible disabilities also have society looking down their noses at us and our children because they assume the cause of the bad behaviour is will rather than disability. One of the programs offered at my difficult child's Residential Treatment Center (RTC) is how to behave "normally" in public. It's part of the life skills training, and the program teaches what to do, what to say, how to behave, and what not to do in specific everyday situations. For example, specific instructions about what to do and say if the police stop you, how to ask for help in a store, the library, etc. It's funny. So many of the things I love best about difficult child stem from his quirky view of the world. I wish that people would get past their quest for "normal" and see what a great kid my kid can be. Sigh. [/QUOTE]
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