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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 386673" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>I too thought of Prader-Willi immediately based on your description. I agree with the others that evaluation by a specialist is essential.</p><p></p><p>Now, on to the "Poor little brown child" stuff. That sort of thing just makes me want to spit nails! It enrages me. Have you pointed out to the specialists, teachers and whoever else that what they are doing is RACIST? They are holding SK to a different -- lower -- standard, because he is of a different race. What they're saying to him is "We don't believe that you are as capable as a white child of doing X or Y or Z, so we're going to lower our expectations of you because as a little brown person you simply could not measure up without assistance." It's the same reason I loathe affirmative action programs. Whenever I have worked in a place with affirmative action policies, people always assume that I got the job not because I'm good at it, but because I'm a little brown woman. I would nip that in the bud pronto. SK will have enough of a fight ahead of him without the added burden of feeling not good enough because of his colour.</p><p></p><p>Trinity</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 386673, member: 3907"] I too thought of Prader-Willi immediately based on your description. I agree with the others that evaluation by a specialist is essential. Now, on to the "Poor little brown child" stuff. That sort of thing just makes me want to spit nails! It enrages me. Have you pointed out to the specialists, teachers and whoever else that what they are doing is RACIST? They are holding SK to a different -- lower -- standard, because he is of a different race. What they're saying to him is "We don't believe that you are as capable as a white child of doing X or Y or Z, so we're going to lower our expectations of you because as a little brown person you simply could not measure up without assistance." It's the same reason I loathe affirmative action programs. Whenever I have worked in a place with affirmative action policies, people always assume that I got the job not because I'm good at it, but because I'm a little brown woman. I would nip that in the bud pronto. SK will have enough of a fight ahead of him without the added burden of feeling not good enough because of his colour. Trinity [/QUOTE]
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