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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 8868" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>On the one hand, your friend would probably do better if she moves to where there's a better program. on the other hand, everyone in your area would do better if she stays.</p><p></p><p>Wow! I like her already, a woman after my own heart! Shame about the stress reaction, though. If she's going to continue as a Warrior Mum, she needs to find ways to help herself reduce stress. She needs to do this for her kids as much as for herself.</p><p></p><p>Star, I had to laugh about the paranoia bit. The trouble is, I have had to BECOME paranoid, because I HAVE been stalked online. That's why I use a pseudonym.</p><p></p><p>Mind you, the people most likely to want to have a go at me for posting things like, "Your autism program is horrible? At least you HAVE one!" are the ones who haven't got the skills or the energy to find me if I'm using a pseudonym. [Besides, we now DO have an autism program of sorts, although it is still very limited.]</p><p></p><p>It sounds ridiculous, but it does happen. I have had things I've written on education-related issues under my own name turn up at the local school being handed round the staff. Things get 'lifted' and passed around. The rules of writing mean that I SHOULD have been asked when an article of mine originally submitted to a small support network magazine was re-published in a book dealing with Gifted & Talented Education, so at least I would have known. In that article I had criticised (but not named) the local school. I had even quoted them. As a result, my name was mud for a while. And I suspect that ever since then, despite favourable articles written since, every so often their computer tech person does a search on my name to see what I'm up to. Anything found would be passed on up the line, to provide ammunition for the next time I try to make waves.</p><p></p><p>It happens. They also know I'm working on a book of our experiences of the education system and how to get around the problems. I have friends in the system but I also have some big enemies who would love to see me nobbled.</p><p></p><p>Some paranoia can be justified. If it makes us appropriately cautious, it's good. If it cripples us with anxiety, it's bad. We need to put in some balance. If we're feeling paranoid, we need to think - what do THEY want from me? Is there anything I've been doing which would upset them? Sometimes the very people we're fearing can be there to help us, or who need our help.</p><p></p><p>A lot of people in Australia are nervous of the Tax Department. Our tax system has been simplified to the point where our tax return forms say, "How much did you earn last year? How much do you have left? Send it in." Well, not quite. But the rules keep changing, sometimes retrospectively. When trying to fill out your tax form to make sure you can claim as many deductions as possible, the last people you would want to ring would be the Tax Department. But in fact, they are the first who are the most helpful. They WILL help us claim deductions. Instead of thinking, "Don't ring them! Don't tip them off that you're thinking about trying to cut back on your tax expenditure!" it's a matter of recognising that our Tax department are raking it in by the billions. They can afford to be helpful and generous. They KNOW that EVERYBODY will try to cut back on their tax bill and will do their utmost to help you do it legally.</p><p>So for us, anxiety about the Tax Department is unwarranted, unless you KNOW you fiddled the books. THEN paranoia is justified, because they ARE out to get you.</p><p>But if the Tax Department contacts you to find out if you really did pay your accountant $60,000 then don't feel nervous. You're both on the same side.</p><p></p><p>OTE, I'm dying to know how this pans out. WAS the Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) fiddling the books?</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 8868, member: 1991"] On the one hand, your friend would probably do better if she moves to where there's a better program. on the other hand, everyone in your area would do better if she stays. Wow! I like her already, a woman after my own heart! Shame about the stress reaction, though. If she's going to continue as a Warrior Mum, she needs to find ways to help herself reduce stress. She needs to do this for her kids as much as for herself. Star, I had to laugh about the paranoia bit. The trouble is, I have had to BECOME paranoid, because I HAVE been stalked online. That's why I use a pseudonym. Mind you, the people most likely to want to have a go at me for posting things like, "Your autism program is horrible? At least you HAVE one!" are the ones who haven't got the skills or the energy to find me if I'm using a pseudonym. [Besides, we now DO have an autism program of sorts, although it is still very limited.] It sounds ridiculous, but it does happen. I have had things I've written on education-related issues under my own name turn up at the local school being handed round the staff. Things get 'lifted' and passed around. The rules of writing mean that I SHOULD have been asked when an article of mine originally submitted to a small support network magazine was re-published in a book dealing with Gifted & Talented Education, so at least I would have known. In that article I had criticised (but not named) the local school. I had even quoted them. As a result, my name was mud for a while. And I suspect that ever since then, despite favourable articles written since, every so often their computer tech person does a search on my name to see what I'm up to. Anything found would be passed on up the line, to provide ammunition for the next time I try to make waves. It happens. They also know I'm working on a book of our experiences of the education system and how to get around the problems. I have friends in the system but I also have some big enemies who would love to see me nobbled. Some paranoia can be justified. If it makes us appropriately cautious, it's good. If it cripples us with anxiety, it's bad. We need to put in some balance. If we're feeling paranoid, we need to think - what do THEY want from me? Is there anything I've been doing which would upset them? Sometimes the very people we're fearing can be there to help us, or who need our help. A lot of people in Australia are nervous of the Tax Department. Our tax system has been simplified to the point where our tax return forms say, "How much did you earn last year? How much do you have left? Send it in." Well, not quite. But the rules keep changing, sometimes retrospectively. When trying to fill out your tax form to make sure you can claim as many deductions as possible, the last people you would want to ring would be the Tax Department. But in fact, they are the first who are the most helpful. They WILL help us claim deductions. Instead of thinking, "Don't ring them! Don't tip them off that you're thinking about trying to cut back on your tax expenditure!" it's a matter of recognising that our Tax department are raking it in by the billions. They can afford to be helpful and generous. They KNOW that EVERYBODY will try to cut back on their tax bill and will do their utmost to help you do it legally. So for us, anxiety about the Tax Department is unwarranted, unless you KNOW you fiddled the books. THEN paranoia is justified, because they ARE out to get you. But if the Tax Department contacts you to find out if you really did pay your accountant $60,000 then don't feel nervous. You're both on the same side. OTE, I'm dying to know how this pans out. WAS the Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) fiddling the books? Marg [/QUOTE]
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