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 g15IDwu05133; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 13:13:58 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 13:13:58 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <002d01c1ae70$18385640$6f351cce@hppav> 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: "Barbara Ellerbrook" <ellerbrk@mis.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-LD:3897] RE: adhd X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1454 Lines: 41 How can I get off of this list? PLEASE ----- Original Message ----- From: "clifwillard" <clifwillard@home.com> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 12:58 PM Subject: [NIFL-LD:3896] RE: adhd > > Marie, > I could not agree more. I suggest to my patients that they do not say they > have a reading disorder or ADHD. If they do, the faculty only see a > misguided stereotype and not the person. I suggest that they say, " I have > trouble staying focused, or sitting still for a long time, or I read > slowly." State the symptoms, not the label. Everyone can identify with the > symptoms and there is no stereotypic label. It usually works very well. > > Clif > > > At 09:58 AM 2/5/02 -0500, you wrote: > >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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