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OMG, I am so tired of his twisted sense of reality--long rant
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 381305" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>On the subject of treating Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) kids differently or not - one thing we have to recognise, is these kids ARE different. That's where we are starting from. </p><p></p><p>In our place, our Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) kids do have to learn how to fit in. But they have to learn this from an entirely unexpected direction. They learn in a different way and they have different things they need to learn. So while we need to not wrap them in cotton wool, we do need to guide them differently, to support their learning differently.</p><p></p><p>In our house, Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) is not seen as a disability. The kids are told that society classifies it as a disability, but so is colour-blindness. However, people who are colour blind have special abilities in some career paths, notably army intelligence. You send a colour blind person up in a plane (or show them air reconnaissance photos) and the colour blind person's eye is not 'fooled' by camouflage colouring. Similarly, they are really good on safari at finding the tiger hiding in the long grass...</p><p></p><p>Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) does make life more complicated for our kids but it compensates with gifts. To a certain extent, especially if "it's no skin off my nose", we let the kids be who they are and to enjoy their uniqueness. When I found the boys sitting in the laundry totally observed in watching the new front loader washing machine do its job, I left them to it. I did not tell them they were weird, I did not make them feel ashamed. I know this is obvious - but some parents will do this.</p><p></p><p>In our own home, we allow them their space and their obsessions. It makes it easier for them to hold things together when they're away from their personal space. But we also make it clear - Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) is simply a variation of normal in the spectrum of humanity. While it may be officially classified as a disability, and we will use whatever offers if it can give us an edge, we ourselves see Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) as a gift.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 381305, member: 1991"] On the subject of treating Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) kids differently or not - one thing we have to recognise, is these kids ARE different. That's where we are starting from. In our place, our Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) kids do have to learn how to fit in. But they have to learn this from an entirely unexpected direction. They learn in a different way and they have different things they need to learn. So while we need to not wrap them in cotton wool, we do need to guide them differently, to support their learning differently. In our house, Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) is not seen as a disability. The kids are told that society classifies it as a disability, but so is colour-blindness. However, people who are colour blind have special abilities in some career paths, notably army intelligence. You send a colour blind person up in a plane (or show them air reconnaissance photos) and the colour blind person's eye is not 'fooled' by camouflage colouring. Similarly, they are really good on safari at finding the tiger hiding in the long grass... Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) does make life more complicated for our kids but it compensates with gifts. To a certain extent, especially if "it's no skin off my nose", we let the kids be who they are and to enjoy their uniqueness. When I found the boys sitting in the laundry totally observed in watching the new front loader washing machine do its job, I left them to it. I did not tell them they were weird, I did not make them feel ashamed. I know this is obvious - but some parents will do this. In our own home, we allow them their space and their obsessions. It makes it easier for them to hold things together when they're away from their personal space. But we also make it clear - Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) is simply a variation of normal in the spectrum of humanity. While it may be officially classified as a disability, and we will use whatever offers if it can give us an edge, we ourselves see Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) as a gift. Marg [/QUOTE]
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