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From: Elizabeth Stevenson (tamgoddessattbi.com) | |
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 08:56:01 -0700 (MST) |
Sharon, that's exactly right. Fortunately, he's now doing much better and I expect him to do all the normal things as well. That brings it's own worries! Liz > > On Tuesday, February 18, 2003, at 06:19 AM, Elizabeth Stevenson wrote: > >> All I can say is that I >> was unable to articulate what was happening to my son. > > This is typical of parents of children with learning disabilities. > This is particularly difficult if it is the first child. > > A friend said the minute her second baby was put in her arms she knew > he did not have the perceptual and processing problems her first son > had. After years of being treated as a bad mother and believing she had > in someway irreparably damaged her first son by failing to relate to > him, they were able to get the right help -- a series of different > cognitive approaches to develop various brain functions. Her child > could not visually connect, much less read, and was thus afraid to be > more than a few feet away from his mother. Unlike being blind, he was > reacting to confusing visual signals. He is now in one of the best high > schools in Manhattan and free of detectible disabilities, cognitive or > emotional. > > Sharon > ----- > Sharon Villines > Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC > http://www.takomavillage.org > > _______________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list > Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org Unsubscribe and other info: > http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L _______________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org Unsubscribe and other info: http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L
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children and caring for them/disabilities-long Elizabeth Stevenson, February 18 2003
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Re: children and caring for them/disabilities-long Sharon Villines, February 24 2003
- disabilities OT Elizabeth Stevenson, February 24 2003
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Re: children and caring for them/disabilities-long Sharon Villines, February 24 2003
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