Return-Path: <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g15Ex0u28550; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 09:59:00 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 09:59:00 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <16e.84b6922.29914c95@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: AWilder106@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-LD:3894] RE: adhd X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Mac - Post-GM sub 146 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 661 Lines: 14 Let me talk about one part of the issue here. it seems to me that the social context the individual lives in, and is part of, causes much of the difficulty. If you go around announcing "I have adhd," you will raise a lot of confusion, maybe some social isolation, denial, pulling away, whatever. The inidividual's knowledge of a VALID label MAY BE useful for the individual in how to strategize, how to predict future difficulties, how to maximize potential, BUT knowledge of a disability by the general public may be a SOCIAL DISASTER. The DAR has a phonetic awareness component, it is a reading test, it does not diagnose, it describes. Andrea
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