tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545465610500649673.post1778988524568703619..comments2023-10-18T08:13:44.850-07:00Comments on Rooster Calls: nightmaresUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545465610500649673.post-71212891558390172352008-03-01T19:55:00.000-08:002008-03-01T19:55:00.000-08:00Oh my...so many parallels...former teacher who won...Oh my...so many parallels...former teacher who wonders if she made mistakes with her students....mom who ended up on planet ADD instead of planet GIFTED...ists whom I stare at and wonder about...I feel like my daughter and my husband and I are in the book "A Bad Case of Stripes" when the ists show up....no easy solution except to live with my child where she is happiest and healthiest given the day and time....and cheer and encourage her strengths. You are doing well navigating and coping, even when you think youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545465610500649673.post-76203229431139636802008-02-29T18:20:00.000-08:002008-02-29T18:20:00.000-08:00Whenever I come face-to-face with some ignorant pe...Whenever I come face-to-face with some ignorant person judging my child, I try to remember one thing: what did I think about autism, special ed, and disability before Joey? I'm an educated person, a frickin' PhD... and I knew diddly over squat. This person in front of me probably knows even less than I did then. Then I get to work. <BR/><BR/>Don't spend too much time worrying about it now. You did the best you could then. Continue to do the best you can- incorporate the new info and learn and change and grow- and you'll be alright. Just remember the Four Noble Truths: <BR/><BR/>All life is suffering. <BR/>Suffering is caused by ignorance. <BR/>Ignorance is curable. <BR/>Live to cure your own ignorance, and the suffering stops. <BR/><BR/>The Buddha was a smart guy.Joeymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08254601805621175842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545465610500649673.post-80566834606402356012008-02-29T15:44:00.000-08:002008-02-29T15:44:00.000-08:00This is poignant and insightful. Makes me wonder ...This is poignant and insightful. Makes me wonder how things went at the IEP mtg today. :-) It DID strike a chord with me, though, about all the times I have been dismissed b/c I am "just the mom."Niksmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14715465327343655483noreply@blogger.com