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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 425779" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Yes, people's lack of understanding can be demoralising... Just this morning a (French - this is relevant because the French in general tend to be "harder" and less compassionate, I find, than the British - for example - in general) friend said to me breezily "Oh, yes, you must find out what's at the bottom of J's hyperactivity, whether it's lack of iron or something else, so that he can do things normally like other children..." I looked at her a little aghast, trying to gather my thoughts, and eventually mumbled something along the lines of "Um, it's a bit more complicated than that..." I tried to explain that it was probably something in his brain that could not be "fixed" with some simple remedy. Much of her conversation was along the lines of "is he going to grow out of it and be like everyone else?" and I eventually said well, yes, that might be nice but in fact I think one has to accept him as he is and that he is not going suddenly to become calm and still... </p><p>Maybe that's all we can do - argue for children who are different to be accepted in their difference...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 425779, member: 11227"] Yes, people's lack of understanding can be demoralising... Just this morning a (French - this is relevant because the French in general tend to be "harder" and less compassionate, I find, than the British - for example - in general) friend said to me breezily "Oh, yes, you must find out what's at the bottom of J's hyperactivity, whether it's lack of iron or something else, so that he can do things normally like other children..." I looked at her a little aghast, trying to gather my thoughts, and eventually mumbled something along the lines of "Um, it's a bit more complicated than that..." I tried to explain that it was probably something in his brain that could not be "fixed" with some simple remedy. Much of her conversation was along the lines of "is he going to grow out of it and be like everyone else?" and I eventually said well, yes, that might be nice but in fact I think one has to accept him as he is and that he is not going suddenly to become calm and still... Maybe that's all we can do - argue for children who are different to be accepted in their difference... [/QUOTE]
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