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Dyslexia and Childrens Art

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  Greetings, I have been lurking here for awhile and have a question. I am trying to learn more about dyslexia and particularly trying to gain an understanding about dyslexia and art. I’m having some problems with what I am reading. For instance, I’ve read that dyslexics are good at art , but not good at drawing. Also, that they are visual, spatial, and think in pictures. Well, one could say that both Andrew Wyeth and Picasso are good at art, are visual, spatial, and think in pictures. Wyeth presents a fixed viewpoint perspective even though he often distorts  perspective for his own artistic expression. Picasso most often presents the idea that since the canvas is flat, any representation of perspective would be false, nothing more than visual trickery . Yet, art elements presented by Picasso can create a dynamic artistic space that is unique and particular to each painting. Basically, my question involves trying to understand if there are clear indications as to whether dyslexics lean toward Wyeth or Picasso?  Have any of you been involved in any research or study that concerns my question? Can any of you point me toward a website that might help me concerning this matter? At this point, my understanding of dyslexia depends on settling this question. Let me tell you that I am an artist and retired art teacher. I would like to have you check out this web site. It concerns the developmental stages of children’s art. If you read it  you will see that my ultimate question is to find out if dyslexics are esssentially hapic or visual. http://www.deakin.edu.au/fac_edu/visarts/defining_childart.htm Thank you, Stewart Schooley

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  Greetings, I have been lurking here for awhile and have a question. I am trying to learn more about dyslexia and particularly trying to gain an understanding about dyslexia and art. I’m having some problems with what I am reading. For instance, I’ve read that dyslexics are good at art , but not good at drawing. Also, that they are visual, spatial, and think in pictures.

that is the sterotype yes. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Well, one could say that both Andrew Wyeth and Picasso are good at art, are visual, spatial, and think in pictures. Wyeth presents a fixed viewpoint perspective even though he often distorts  perspective for his own artistic expression. Picasso most often presents the idea that since the canvas is flat, any representation of perspective would be false, nothing more than visual trickery . Yet, art elements presented by Picasso can create a dynamic artistic space that is unique and particular to each painting. Basically, my question involves trying to understand if there are clear indications as to whether dyslexics lean toward Wyeth or Picasso?  Have any of you been involved in any research or study that concerns my question? Can any of you point me toward a website that might help me concerning this matter? At this point, my understanding of dyslexia depends on settling this question.

i would suspect due to the fact that dyslexica is such a broad church that differnt dyslexics would lean on way or another, every dyslexics i’ve met you find while you have simulartives you also have quite wide differnaces as well to the way your mind works. Let me tell you that I am an artist and retired art teacher. I would like to have you check out this web site. It concerns the developmental stages of children’s art. If you read it  you will see that my ultimate question is to find out if dyslexics are esssentially hapic or visual. http://www.deakin.edu.au/fac_edu/visarts/defining_childart.htm Thank you, Stewart Schooley

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Whether or not it’s proven, what I’m talking about is real, exists, and doesn’t have to be treated specifically with Irlen lenses. Way to read for content. If you carefully read what I said, this time for comprehension, you would understand my point. Can you all kindly fuck off, and take your crappy quoting skills somewhere else? We’re not interested here in uk.comp.sys.mac, and I suspect the poor things over at microsoft.public.pocketpc have enough misery in their lives without having to deal with this as well. Follow-ups set to alt.support.dyslexia. Daniele

Mark was posting from neither of those groups.  Some of the folks in ASAD shoot from the hip.  Mark says he doesn’t have ADD but he has at least an honorary dx. If someone included the words "Hamsters have dyslexia"  in their sig line would you respond favorably? **Guinea pigs have ADD. No they don’t.  They are small rodents that want out of their cages. _george

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My question to you is, What is the point in telling everyone it’s quackery?

 Mark’s posting from alt.support.attn-deficit.  A wide range of alt.snake-oil therapies have been sold as "cures" for ADHD.   In the case of ADHD the point is to use appraoches that are effective. I looked at your web site, Janna.  You’re doing good stuff. Aloha, _george

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – My question to you is, What is the point in telling everyone it’s quackery?  Mark’s posting from alt.support.attn-deficit.  A wide range of alt.snake-oil therapies have been sold as "cures" for ADHD.   In the case of ADHD the point is to use appraoches that are effective. I looked at your web site, Janna.  You’re doing good stuff. Aloha, _george

Thanks. And my point of course is not that Irlen lenses cure ADHD or autism (how stupid would that be?) but that visual processing problems are real and coloured lenses (not necessarily Irlens) can help alleviate those problems. -Janna — Another random thought from my random brain… Brought to you by the colour green, the number 7, and the letters J, L, and H. http://geocities.com/janna_louise Guinea pigs have ADD. "Home is not a place.  It is wherever your passion takes you." – President John Sheridan, Babylon 5 (Objects At Rest, Production #522) "If you don’t like the way the world is, you change it.  You have an obligation to change it.  You just do it one step at a time.  You really can change the world if you care enough." – Mary Wright Edelman Psalm 42:7

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If someone included the words "Hamsters have dyslexia"  in their sig line would you respond favorably? **Guinea pigs have ADD. No they don’t.  They are small rodents that want out of their cages. _george

Yeah, they do.  I have two females who live together in a 6′ wading pool in my living room. Last week they were chasing each other around the cage, and all of a sudden the one who was doing the chasing stopped running and started chewing on something.  The other one kept going until she realized that she wasn’t being chased anymore, so she decided it was the perfect time to chew on the water bottle. Trust me. ADD.  ;) -Janna (related to guinea pigs) — Another random thought from my random brain… Brought to you by the colour green, the number 7, and the letters J, L, and H. http://geocities.com/janna_louise Guinea pigs have ADD. "Home is not a place.  It is wherever your passion takes you." – President John Sheridan, Babylon 5 (Objects At Rest, Production #522) "If you don’t like the way the world is, you change it.  You have an obligation to change it.  You just do it one step at a time.  You really can change the world if you care enough." – Mary Wright Edelman Psalm 42:7

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Is there anyone clever enough to know how to change it on the iPaq? I can do in on Win XP: control panel: display – appearance – "Window Text" can change color (colour -uk) in most applications. (can this be done on a Mac?) Help please.

I would re-post that question to comp.sys.mac.apps … Most of the Big Wigs in the Mac world hang out there. I have never gone unsatisfied with the help I’ve gotten there. Cheers SP — Not a real Addy, yet

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – My question to you is, What is the point in telling everyone it’s quackery?  Mark’s posting from alt.support.attn-deficit.  A wide range of alt.snake-oil therapies have been sold as "cures" for ADHD.   In the case of ADHD the point is to use appraoches that are effective. I looked at your web site, Janna.  You’re doing good stuff. Aloha, _george Thanks. And my point of course is not that Irlen lenses cure ADHD or autism (how stupid would that be?) but that visual processing problems are real and coloured lenses (not necessarily Irlens) can help alleviate those problems. -Janna

Even if it’s a placebo effect in many cases, a placebo is better than doing nothing.  With reading, anything that gives the kid a boost in confidence is good. Yes, visual processing problems are real.  I have had some nasty migranes with weird visual effects. I had a weird visual problem driving today where tracks of burned rubber on the road made me dizzy. _george

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – For Irlens Sydrome (often assoc with Dyslexia and ADHD) for more information on the so-called Irlen Syndrome, see: http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/eyequack.html http://pavlov.psyc.queensu.ca/~psyc365/devdys/5.html As far as I can see, this "syndrome" has not been proven in any manner and is not recognized. With costs of $500.00 and more, it seems like a fleece job. I work with autistic children and have some vision sensitivities myself. There is a simple (almost free) testing procedure that you can use *before* you go the Irlen advisory route.  It’s very simple and really only requires the purchase of several coloured lightbulbs. Once you’ve completed the testing procedure, you can choose to either try different sunglasses in shades of the colour you have tested out on, or you can contact the Irlen people and get the precise testing done. One child I work with needs the colour red.  We found this by using the simple testing procedure and will probably not bother with the Irlen testing, as he seems content with any colour of red we can provide.  I make his worksheets on red paper as much as I can, and he has constant access to red sunglasses.  His printing improved dramatically from his last white sheet to his first red sheet.  His frustration has decreased, and he is more willing to do paperwork than he was prior to learning this and making adaptations. If anyone is interested in acquiring the testing procedure, e-mail me off-list and I will send it to you.  (Yes, for free.) I myself came out mildly yellow, but haven’t yet had the opportunity to try the adaptations we implemented for the above child as I wear glasses and can’t currently afford to get sunglasses to clip on. While interesting, your point does not provide proof of the existence of the so-called Irlen Syndrome. From all my reading, it is quackery. Whether or not it’s proven, what I’m talking about is real, exists, and doesn’t have to be treated specifically with Irlen lenses. Way to read for content. If you carefully read what I said, this time for comprehension, you would understand my point.

Okay, one more time because I wasn’t totally on the ball with the last two posts. What I wrote about vision problems and using coloured lenses *was specifically written to make it clear that you don’t have to go to Irlen if you think you might have trouble with colours*. The testing I mentioned is absolutely 100% simple to do, and I can send it to anyone who wants it.  For free.  All they have to do is collect the materials, which (aside from the coloured light bulbs) are everyday items anyone has in their home. So, again… way to read for content. Sheesh. The one link you provide does allow for the existence of vision problems that are alleviated by coloured lenses.  That the one group was perfectly happy with mere tinted lenses rather than the Irlen lenses means literally *nothing* and does not impact *my* point. -Janna — Another random thought from my random brain… Brought to you by the colour green, the number 7, and the letters J, L, and H. http://geocities.com/janna_louise Guinea pigs have ADD. "Home is not a place.  It is wherever your passion takes you." – President John Sheridan, Babylon 5 (Objects At Rest, Production #522) "If you don’t like the way the world is, you change it.  You have an obligation to change it.  You just do it one step at a time.  You really can change the world if you care enough." – Mary Wright Edelman Psalm 42:7

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – For Irlens Sydrome (often assoc with Dyslexia and ADHD) for more information on the so-called Irlen Syndrome, see: http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/eyequack.html http://pavlov.psyc.queensu.ca/~psyc365/devdys/5.html As far as I can see, this "syndrome" has not been proven in any manner and is not recognized. With costs of $500.00 and more, it seems like a fleece job. I work with autistic children and have some vision sensitivities myself. There is a simple (almost free) testing procedure that you can use *before* you go the Irlen advisory route.  It’s very simple and really only requires the purchase of several coloured lightbulbs. Once you’ve completed the testing procedure, you can choose to either try different sunglasses in shades of the colour you have tested out on, or you can contact the Irlen people and get the precise testing done. One child I work with needs the colour red.  We found this by using the simple testing procedure and will probably not bother with the Irlen testing, as he seems content with any colour of red we can provide.  I make his worksheets on red paper as much as I can, and he has constant access to red sunglasses.  His printing improved dramatically from his last white sheet to his first red sheet.  His frustration has decreased, and he is more willing to do paperwork than he was prior to learning this and making adaptations. If anyone is interested in acquiring the testing procedure, e-mail me off-list and I will send it to you.  (Yes, for free.) I myself came out mildly yellow, but haven’t yet had the opportunity to try the adaptations we implemented for the above child as I wear glasses and can’t currently afford to get sunglasses to clip on. While interesting, your point does not provide proof of the existence of the so-called Irlen Syndrome. From all my reading, it is quackery.

Perhaps, but headaches from looking at computer screens are very real. And I know I prefer to look at the world -literally- through rose colored glasses.  Unfortunately, I have been seeing the world through clear lenses lately. _george

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – For Irlens Sydrome (often assoc with Dyslexia and ADHD) for more information on the so-called Irlen Syndrome, see: http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/eyequack.html http://pavlov.psyc.queensu.ca/~psyc365/devdys/5.html As far as I can see, this "syndrome" has not been proven in any manner and is not recognized. With costs of $500.00 and more, it seems like a fleece job. I work with autistic children and have some vision sensitivities myself. There is a simple (almost free) testing procedure that you can use *before* you go the Irlen advisory route.  It’s very simple and really only requires the purchase of several coloured lightbulbs. Once you’ve completed the testing procedure, you can choose to either try different sunglasses in shades of the colour you have tested out on, or you can contact the Irlen people and get the precise testing done. One child I work with needs the colour red.  We found this by using the simple testing procedure and will probably not bother with the Irlen testing, as he seems content with any colour of red we can provide.  I make his worksheets on red paper as much as I can, and he has constant access to red sunglasses.  His printing improved dramatically from his last white sheet to his first red sheet.  His frustration has decreased, and he is more willing to do paperwork than he was prior to learning this and making adaptations. If anyone is interested in acquiring the testing procedure, e-mail me off-list and I will send it to you.  (Yes, for free.) I myself came out mildly yellow, but haven’t yet had the opportunity to try the adaptations we implemented for the above child as I wear glasses and can’t currently afford to get sunglasses to clip on. While interesting, your point does not provide proof of the existence of the so-called Irlen Syndrome. From all my reading, it is quackery. Perhaps, but headaches from looking at computer screens are very real. And I know I prefer to look at the world -literally- through rose colored glasses.  Unfortunately, I have been seeing the world through clear lenses lately. _george

It can have a lot to do with the ‘flicker’. There is the LCD flicker … and the flourescent backlight flicker. For whatever reason, I have always foun it much more difficult to read inverted ‘white on black’  … such as reading from a chalkboard. … the ‘reading’ is easy. … the MEANING just doesn’t seem to ‘register’. I don’t know if my experience in unusual or ‘common’   …. "Black on white" has become the norm. It does occur to me that if ‘flicker’ is involved in a specific kind of way, it may be preferable to ‘invert’ Example:  Think of ’slow’ or ‘fast’ phosphours and ‘inverting’ in the old crt monitiors.   ( assuming that you can remember those things … ) flicker and it’s frequency can make a big difference.  … as can contrast … as can ‘typeface’ .. as I find as I get older.  .. as I get older, it is more difficult for me to focus near or focus far.  … ’stare’ at a computer too long and go ‘cross-eyed’ in the distance. … it’s NOT just eye focus!  … it has to do with binocular vison processing. If I get my nose out of my computer; … after a few days, things go back to normal and I don’t go about ‘cross eyed’ … and on and on and on … So many factors are involved. Go in with your head "up". P.S I wish they would make ‘incandescent’ backlights  …or… explore different florescent flicker rates … RL Actually I don’t dislike him.  Just don’t have any help to offer him and don’t find attempting to make sense of his ravings a productive use of my time.  I’ve killfiled several people for whom I have a good deal of respect because of the wrangle factor is jclarke  (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) ignoring you too?

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reading black text on a *white* background causes headaches.  Is there anyone clever enough to know how to change it on the iPaq? I can do in on Win XP: control panel: display – appearance – "Window Text" can change color (colour -uk) in most applications. (can this be done on a Mac?)

I don’t know what an iPaq is, but on Mac OS X you do it with    System Preferences Universal Access Switch to White on Black There are ways of doing it on earlier systems, but I seem to have mislaid the relevant control panel on my OS 9.1 machine. I remember doing it with a third-party utility on a system around 3.2 in the late 1980s, so probably all Macs ever made can do it.  Both that old one and the current one in Panther share a little design bug; the rounded corners of the screen display get inverted from black to white, making distracting little bright quadrants. You can also set background colour on a per-window basis in both MacOS X and the X11 window system (what most Linux people use). Under the Motif window manager on SunOS, I used to reserve girly pink for chat windows with a particular person.  One of my colleagues had all his text edit windows snot-green because he’d read in some user interface research paper that it reduced error rates.  Working on his machine made me feel slightly nauseous. Jack Campin:  11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760 <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/   for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557

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Whether or not it’s proven, what I’m talking about is real

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For Irlens Sydrome (often assoc with Dyslexia and ADHD) reading black text on a *white* background causes headaches. Is there anyone clever enough to know how to change it on the iPaq? I can do in on Win XP: control panel: display – appearance – "Window Text" can change color (colour -uk) in most applications. (can this be done on a Mac?)

On the Mac – ctrl-option-command-8 HTH.         -z- — My lozenge is a full earthy herbal lozenge incorporating a miscellanea of weeds known for advancing sexual longing and performance, causing an increase in sexual craving, a betterment in your volume and execution, besides as increased energy and joy during sexual activeness.

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For Irlens Sydrome (often assoc with Dyslexia and ADHD) reading black text on a *white* background causes headaches. Is there anyone clever enough to know how to change it on the iPaq? I can do in on Win XP: control panel: display – appearance – "Window Text" can change color (colour -uk) in most applications. (can this be done on a Mac?) Help please.

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For Irlens Sydrome (often assoc with Dyslexia and ADHD) reading black text on a *white* background causes headaches. Is there anyone clever enough to know how to change it on the iPaq? I can do in on Win XP: control panel: display – appearance – "Window Text" can change color (colour -uk) in most applications. (can this be done on a Mac?) Help please.

Universal Access Control Panel is your friend. :-) Bob W

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For Irlens Sydrome (often assoc with Dyslexia and ADHD)

for more information on the so-called Irlen Syndrome, see: http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/eyequack.html http://pavlov.psyc.queensu.ca/~psyc365/devdys/5.html As far as I can see, this "syndrome" has not been proven in any manner and is not recognized. With costs of $500.00 and more, it seems like a fleece job.

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – For Irlens Sydrome (often assoc with Dyslexia and ADHD) for more information on the so-called Irlen Syndrome, see: http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/eyequack.html http://pavlov.psyc.queensu.ca/~psyc365/devdys/5.html As far as I can see, this "syndrome" has not been proven in any manner and is not recognized. With costs of $500.00 and more, it seems like a fleece job.

I work with autistic children and have some vision sensitivities myself. There is a simple (almost free) testing procedure that you can use *before* you go the Irlen advisory route.  It’s very simple and really only requires the purchase of several coloured lightbulbs. Once you’ve completed the testing procedure, you can choose to either try different sunglasses in shades of the colour you have tested out on, or you can contact the Irlen people and get the precise testing done. One child I work with needs the colour red.  We found this by using the simple testing procedure and will probably not bother with the Irlen testing, as he seems content with any colour of red we can provide.  I make his worksheets on red paper as much as I can, and he has constant access to red sunglasses.  His printing improved dramatically from his last white sheet to his first red sheet.  His frustration has decreased, and he is more willing to do paperwork than he was prior to learning this and making adaptations. If anyone is interested in acquiring the testing procedure, e-mail me off-list and I will send it to you.  (Yes, for free.) I myself came out mildly yellow, but haven’t yet had the opportunity to try the adaptations we implemented for the above child as I wear glasses and can’t currently afford to get sunglasses to clip on. -Janna — Another random thought from my random brain… Brought to you by the colour green, the number 7, and the letters J, L, and H. http://geocities.com/janna_louise Guinea pigs have ADD. "Home is not a place.  It is wherever your passion takes you." – President John Sheridan, Babylon 5 (Objects At Rest, Production #522) "If you don’t like the way the world is, you change it.  You have an obligation to change it.  You just do it one step at a time.  You really can change the world if you care enough." – Mary Wright Edelman Psalm 42:7

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – For Irlens Sydrome (often assoc with Dyslexia and ADHD) for more information on the so-called Irlen Syndrome, see: http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/eyequack.html http://pavlov.psyc.queensu.ca/~psyc365/devdys/5.html As far as I can see, this "syndrome" has not been proven in any manner and is not recognized. With costs of $500.00 and more, it seems like a fleece job. I work with autistic children and have some vision sensitivities myself. There is a simple (almost free) testing procedure that you can use *before* you go the Irlen advisory route.  It’s very simple and really only requires the purchase of several coloured lightbulbs. Once you’ve completed the testing procedure, you can choose to either try different sunglasses in shades of the colour you have tested out on, or you can contact the Irlen people and get the precise testing done. One child I work with needs the colour red.  We found this by using the simple testing procedure and will probably not bother with the Irlen testing, as he seems content with any colour of red we can provide.  I make his worksheets on red paper as much as I can, and he has constant access to red sunglasses.  His printing improved dramatically from his last white sheet to his first red sheet.  His frustration has decreased, and he is more willing to do paperwork than he was prior to learning this and making adaptations. If anyone is interested in acquiring the testing procedure, e-mail me off-list and I will send it to you.  (Yes, for free.) I myself came out mildly yellow, but haven’t yet had the opportunity to try the adaptations we implemented for the above child as I wear glasses and can’t currently afford to get sunglasses to clip on.

While interesting, your point does not provide proof of the existence of the so-called Irlen Syndrome. From all my reading, it is quackery.

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For Irlens Sydrome (often assoc with Dyslexia and ADHD) for more information on the so-called Irlen Syndrome, see: http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/eyequack.html http://pavlov.psyc.queensu.ca/~psyc365/devdys/5.html As far as I can see, this "syndrome" has not been proven in any manner and is not recognized. With costs of $500.00 and more, it seems like a fleece job.

(X-post removed from my post) Hang on. Is this the same thing as ‘meers-irlen’ syndrome (my spelling may be off). My friends son has been diagnosed with this along with his dyslexia and dyspraxia in Glasgow, Scotland – as has my daughter’s boyfriend, and two kids I know at my youngest’s school. What it means to them is being prescribed coloured lenses (blue and green respectively, and I know a girl with yellow lenses), to help them with their reading. The boy with blue glasses also has blue paper, and both in conjunction, as he says ’stops the letters jumping up and down’.  Bear in mind, all this treatment is available on the UK National Health Service, so no incentive for fleecing, as it were. Just wondering? :o ) — Grymma AFPOh Goddess Of Hangovers; B.F.(use ‘reply to’) Sometimes I make a mental note, but then forget where I put it.

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – For Irlens Sydrome (often assoc with Dyslexia and ADHD) for more information on the so-called Irlen Syndrome, see: http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/eyequack.html http://pavlov.psyc.queensu.ca/~psyc365/devdys/5.html As far as I can see, this "syndrome" has not been proven in any manner and is not recognized. With costs of $500.00 and more, it seems like a fleece job. I work with autistic children and have some vision sensitivities myself. There is a simple (almost free) testing procedure that you can use *before* you go the Irlen advisory route.  It’s very simple and really only requires the purchase of several coloured lightbulbs. Once you’ve completed the testing procedure, you can choose to either try different sunglasses in shades of the colour you have tested out on, or you can contact the Irlen people and get the precise testing done. One child I work with needs the colour red.  We found this by using the simple testing procedure and will probably not bother with the Irlen testing, as he seems content with any colour of red we can provide.  I make his worksheets on red paper as much as I can, and he has constant access to red sunglasses.  His printing improved dramatically from his last white sheet to his first red sheet.  His frustration has decreased, and he is more willing to do paperwork than he was prior to learning this and making adaptations. If anyone is interested in acquiring the testing procedure, e-mail me off-list and I will send it to you.  (Yes, for free.) I myself came out mildly yellow, but haven’t yet had the opportunity to try the adaptations we implemented for the above child as I wear glasses and can’t currently afford to get sunglasses to clip on.

A suggestion for those who need less contrast than is normally found in textbooks (i.e., black print on white paper), you might try getting some transluscent report covers of varying colors (so you can find the right "fit" for yourself or your student) and slip the "offending" page inside of the cover (i.e., the "spine" of the cover being on the outside of the page). I could not find the "el cheapo" ones that I usually get (at Wal-Mart, target, etc) for illustrative purposes, but one example can be found at http://www.keysan.com/ksu3120b.htm Buny

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – For Irlens Sydrome (often assoc with Dyslexia and ADHD) for more information on the so-called Irlen Syndrome, see: http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/eyequack.html http://pavlov.psyc.queensu.ca/~psyc365/devdys/5.html As far as I can see, this "syndrome" has not been proven in any manner and is not recognized. With costs of $500.00 and more, it seems like a fleece job. I work with autistic children and have some vision sensitivities myself. There is a simple (almost free) testing procedure that you can use *before* you go the Irlen advisory route.  It’s very simple and really only requires the purchase of several coloured lightbulbs. Once you’ve completed the testing procedure, you can choose to either try different sunglasses in shades of the colour you have tested out on, or you can contact the Irlen people and get the precise testing done. One child I work with needs the colour red.  We found this by using the simple testing procedure and will probably not bother with the Irlen testing, as he seems content with any colour of red we can provide.  I make his worksheets on red paper as much as I can, and he has constant access to red sunglasses.  His printing improved dramatically from his last white sheet to his first red sheet.  His frustration has decreased, and he is more willing to do paperwork than he was prior to learning this and making adaptations. If anyone is interested in acquiring the testing procedure, e-mail me off-list and I will send it to you.  (Yes, for free.) I myself came out mildly yellow, but haven’t yet had the opportunity to try the adaptations we implemented for the above child as I wear glasses and can’t currently afford to get sunglasses to clip on. While interesting, your point does not provide proof of the existence of the so-called Irlen Syndrome. From all my reading, it is quackery.

Whether or not it’s proven, what I’m talking about is real, exists, and doesn’t have to be treated specifically with Irlen lenses. Way to read for content. -Janna — Another random thought from my random brain… Brought to you by the colour green, the number 7, and the letters J, L, and H. http://geocities.com/janna_louise Guinea pigs have ADD. "Home is not a place.  It is wherever your passion takes you." – President John Sheridan, Babylon 5 (Objects At Rest, Production #522) "If you don’t like the way the world is, you change it.  You have an obligation to change it.  You just do it one step at a time.  You really can change the world if you care enough." – Mary Wright Edelman Psalm 42:7

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – For Irlens Sydrome (often assoc with Dyslexia and ADHD) for more information on the so-called Irlen Syndrome, see: http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/eyequack.html http://pavlov.psyc.queensu.ca/~psyc365/devdys/5.html As far as I can see, this "syndrome" has not been proven in any manner and is not recognized. With costs of $500.00 and more, it seems like a fleece job. (X-post removed from my post) Hang on. Is this the same thing as ‘meers-irlen’ syndrome (my spelling may be off). My friends son has been diagnosed with this along with his dyslexia and dyspraxia in Glasgow, Scotland – as has my daughter’s boyfriend, and two kids I know at my youngest’s school. What it means to them is being prescribed coloured lenses (blue and green respectively, and I know a girl with yellow lenses), to help them with their reading. The boy with blue glasses also has blue paper, and both in conjunction, as he says ’stops the letters jumping up and down’.  Bear in mind, all this treatment is available on the UK National Health Service, so no incentive for fleecing, as it were. Just wondering? :o )

Yes, same thing. My Mom teaches piano to a girl who has to wear pink lenses so the notes stop moving around on the page. -Janna — Another random thought from my random brain… Brought to you by the colour green, the number 7, and the letters J, L, and H. http://geocities.com/janna_louise Guinea pigs have ADD. "Home is not a place.  It is wherever your passion takes you." – President John Sheridan, Babylon 5 (Objects At Rest, Production #522) "If you don’t like the way the world is, you change it.  You have an obligation to change it.  You just do it one step at a time.  You really can change the world if you care enough." – Mary Wright Edelman Psalm 42:7

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – For Irlens Sydrome (often assoc with Dyslexia and ADHD) for more information on the so-called Irlen Syndrome, see: http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/eyequack.html http://pavlov.psyc.queensu.ca/~psyc365/devdys/5.html As far as I can see, this "syndrome" has not been proven in any manner and is not recognized. With costs of $500.00 and more, it seems like a fleece job. I work with autistic children and have some vision sensitivities myself. There is a simple (almost free) testing procedure that you can use *before* you go the Irlen advisory route.  It’s very simple and really only requires the purchase of several coloured lightbulbs. Once you’ve completed the testing procedure, you can choose to either try different sunglasses in shades of the colour you have tested out on, or you can contact the Irlen people and get the precise testing done. One child I work with needs the colour red.  We found this by using the simple testing procedure and will probably not bother with the Irlen testing, as he seems content with any colour of red we can provide.  I make his worksheets on red paper as much as I can, and he has constant access to red sunglasses.  His printing improved dramatically from his last white sheet to his first red sheet.  His frustration has decreased, and he is more willing to do paperwork than he was prior to learning this and making adaptations. If anyone is interested in acquiring the testing procedure, e-mail me off-list and I will send it to you.  (Yes, for free.) I myself came out mildly yellow, but haven’t yet had the opportunity to try the adaptations we implemented for the above child as I wear glasses and can’t currently afford to get sunglasses to clip on. While interesting, your point does not provide proof of the existence of the so-called Irlen Syndrome. From all my reading, it is quackery. Whether or not it’s proven, what I’m talking about is real, exists, and doesn’t have to be treated specifically with Irlen lenses. Way to read for content.

If you carefully read what I said, this time for comprehension, you would understand my point.

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Whether or not it’s proven, what I’m talking about is real, exists, and doesn’t have to be treated specifically with Irlen lenses. Way to read for content. If you carefully read what I said, this time for comprehension, you would understand my point.

Can you all kindly fuck off, and take your crappy quoting skills somewhere else? We’re not interested here in uk.comp.sys.mac, and I suspect the poor things over at microsoft.public.pocketpc have enough misery in their lives without having to deal with this as well. Follow-ups set to alt.support.dyslexia. Daniele — Apple Juice Ltd                         Chapter Arts Centre Market Road                                     www.apple-juice.co.uk Cardiff CF5 1QE                                         029 2019 0140

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – For Irlens Sydrome (often assoc with Dyslexia and ADHD) for more information on the so-called Irlen Syndrome, see: http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/eyequack.html http://pavlov.psyc.queensu.ca/~psyc365/devdys/5.html As far as I can see, this "syndrome" has not been proven in any manner and is not recognized. With costs of $500.00 and more, it seems like a fleece job. I work with autistic children and have some vision sensitivities myself. There is a simple (almost free) testing procedure that you can use *before* you go the Irlen advisory route.  It’s very simple and really only requires the purchase of several coloured lightbulbs. Once you’ve completed the testing procedure, you can choose to either try different sunglasses in shades of the colour you have tested out on, or you can contact the Irlen people and get the precise testing done. One child I work with needs the colour red.  We found this by using the simple testing procedure and will probably not bother with the Irlen testing, as he seems content with any colour of red we can provide.  I make his worksheets on red paper as much as I can, and he has constant access to red sunglasses.  His printing improved dramatically from his last white sheet to his first red sheet.  His frustration has decreased, and he is more willing to do paperwork than he was prior to learning this and making adaptations. If anyone is interested in acquiring the testing procedure, e-mail me off-list and I will send it to you.  (Yes, for free.) I myself came out mildly yellow, but haven’t yet had the opportunity to try the adaptations we implemented for the above child as I wear glasses and can’t currently afford to get sunglasses to clip on. While interesting, your point does not provide proof of the existence of the so-called Irlen Syndrome. From all my reading, it is quackery. Whether or not it’s proven, what I’m talking about is real, exists, and doesn’t have to be treated specifically with Irlen lenses. Way to read for content. If you carefully read what I said, this time for comprehension, you would understand my point.

My question to you is, What is the point in telling everyone it’s quackery? My point was to give simple information based on my experience.  It’s backed up by many others’ experience.  Just because some scientists somewhere say that it’s not real (based on what criteria, exactly?) doesn’t mean it isn’t real. -Janna (not thinking completely straight – buried under a lot of paperwork ATM) — Another random thought from my random brain… Brought to you by the colour green, the number 7, and the letters J, L, and H. http://geocities.com/janna_louise Guinea pigs have ADD. "Home is not a place.  It is wherever your passion takes you." – President John Sheridan, Babylon 5 (Objects At Rest, Production #522) "If you don’t like the way the world is, you change it.  You have an obligation to change it.  You just do it one step at a time.  You really can change the world if you care enough." – Mary Wright Edelman Psalm 42:7

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Hi Ben, It’s hard to give advice without knowing what the child’s strengths and weaknesses are.  Has anyone, including the parents considered having the children tested?  It would make things a lot easier for those working with them. If that isn’t an option, I can give you a few suggestions to start with. Try finding out if the children know the sounds each letter makes to start off with.  You’d be surprised, many having trouble in the system don’t know all of their sounds.  If they know them all, go a little further and see if they know the sounds of digraphs (sh, th, ch, wh, qu, ck). Once they know all of the sounds, see if they can segment a word.  The method that I find the best is tapping to do this.  Here’s how the Wilson program describes tapping: The Wilson program has twelve steps. Steps One and Two emphasize phonemic segmentation skills (the ability to separate the sounds in a word) and blending the sounds together again. Initially utilizing monosyllabic words, a student learns to segment sounds within words. In addition to using sound cards, the Wilson program uses a "sound tapping" procedure in these early steps. For example, in teaching the word "map" three lettered cards are put on the table to represent the three sounds in the word. The student is taught to say each sound while tapping a different finger to his or her thumb, as follows:   a.. As he says the /m/ sound, he taps his index finger to his thumb.   b.. As he says the /a/ sound, he taps his middle finger to his thumb.   c.. As he says the /p/ sound, he taps his ring finger to his thumb.   d.. He then says the sounds as he drags his thumb across the three fingers starting with his index finger and ending with his ring finger. The tapping also helps the child focus. Just make sure that they use their right hand when doing this. Once they get the hang of that, you can play games with them.  You could write a word on the board, leaving one letter out.  Tell them what the word is and they have to tell you the missing letter.  Worksheets with pictures where the child has to fill in the missing sound works very well also. We teach about closed syllables (when the vowel is blocked by another letter, it makes it’s short sound, e.g. cat, cut, can), bonus letters (any closed, one syllable word ending with f, l or s gets a bonus, eg pass, fluff, will), welded sounds such as "all", "an", "am", blends (using the tapping to hear each sound), open syllables (words like me, he, go, the vowel is not blocked so it makes it’s long sound), vowel teams (two vowels together which creates an open syllable so the first vowel does all of the talking and makes his long sound e.g. meat, loaf, pay) and the list goes on. English really is predictable and learning these concepts are a lot easier than memorizing each word. We practice and do this work with letter tiles.  Some dyslexics have a hard time multi tasking.  Spelling a word means sounding it out, figuring out the letters, remembering how to write the letters and then getting them down on paper.  It just seems to overwhelm some kids.  If you use letter tiles, they can sound out the word, choose his tiles as he goes along and then copy it onto paper.  This also helps for a child who makes a lot of letter reversals. The way I teach it is everyday, we concentrate on a concept like the ones listed above.  We do sound drills.  If I’m working on closed syllables, I may choose just the vowels cards.  I show it to him and he tells me the sound.  Before we start on the spelling part of the lesson, I lay the sound cards on the table, say a sound and have him point to the appropriate card. For the reading,  you choose a few words that follow that concept and have the child tap them out to read them.  Then you switch it around.  Dictate the same word to the child and have them choose the appropriate letter tiles. Choose reading material that they can be successful at.  Reading the same story over a few times is great and they can see themselves getting faster and faster.  Eventually, once they understand how the word was put together, they begin to recognize them from re reading the same text. The biggest thing to remember is that they need to feel successful in what they are doing so if it means going back and doing things that are below their actual grade level, so be it.  I see too many people trying to get the child reading and spelling a their grade level without having a solid foundation and it just doesn’t work. If you can get your hands on any Orton Gillingham program, that would be your best guide.  Personally, I think every school should have one and at least one person trained in the program. Take care Kathy

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Dear Group I would like to have some advise. I am helping out in the small private Christian school, slow readers on one to one basis. Now there are two boys from grade three, who are very poor readers and spellers. One also has a hard time to concentrate. I believe they are dyslectic. Now I am self, have dyslexia, but certainly not that bad. Could you give me? Any advise how I can help these boys? , What method I could use, to make their reading better. Your input will be very much appreciate Ben

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Dear Group I would like to have some advise. I am helping out in the small private Christian school, slow readers on one to one basis. Now there are two boys from grade three, who are very poor readers and spellers. One also has a hard time to concentrate. I believe they are dyslectic. Now I am self, have dyslexia, but certainly not that bad. Could you give me? Any advise how I can help these boys? , What method I could use, to make their reading better. Your input will be very much appreciate Ben

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Gosh Jani, I had no idea the UK was so backward!

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writes Well of course they would. It sickens me that in that country people could be left to die on a trolley… Oop’s! That never happens in America of course… I have a bridge I want to sell you…

No there are no waiting lists in America, there are no poor and no crime. I don’t want a bridge thanks, there’s no where to put it. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Snip… My partner reads like a seven year old. She can;t write legibally because she suiffers dyspraxia too,. She often gets flustered when trying to talk to people because she often fails to find the rights words, or more a case of stringing them together. She stutters and stammers at people because of it and lack of confidence then they call her stupid! She isn’t stupid! So she doesn’t have any confidence in herself, and thinks herself lucky to have anyone care about her or want her. Instead of giving her the confidence to go out and make the most of her life, it sounds like your taking advantage of her lack of confidence to keep her. Great way to get a free slave .

Get this, My relationship’s being scrutinized by a stranger. LOL. She’s not my slave, she’s my partner. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Snip Try being born with a bad heart, asthma and bronchitis. Try having your first heart attack at 34, waking up in intensive care with your partner crying on the bed sheets and you being too weak to even stroke her hair for a little comfort. Try spending three weeks in a wheel chair before I could get the strength to even risk walking. Try being unable to ever have kids because the strain of pregnancy will kill you. Try wondering if you’ll wake up the following day. Is that real enough for you? You are sorry for yourself aren’t you.

No. I’m more sorry for you. Why are you replying to that part of the thread now? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – If your lesbian, it doesn’t stop your partner from having children… so what are you complaining about. You could have your partners children and help bring them up. Or is that to much like reality. You really haven’t a clue have you? How am I supposed to impregnate her you tactless tosser? When your young death is only round the corner. Do you ever visit the graveyard and see the children;s graves some less than a day old. I have a bad heart, it may stop and i’m dead, no warning, nothing and I’m gone. things like childrens graves and my health teach me and my beloved not to take things for granted. I don’t visit graves, I will be in one soon enough, the people I loved are not in those graves the only thing their is a shell, I find those who sit and cry over baby’s graves to be very shallow people. Tears are for those who are alive and hurting. Not for the dead who don’t care and don’t know.

Were you born this cold or was it your choice? I don’t find anything shallow about people who lost a child. I am not frightend of death, I have known him for a long time, But I am frightend of not living, Funny I saw that quote on a movie, I forgot which one it is. Good quotes don’t always come from movies.

Who said it came from a movie? I’m frightened of death because I  fear for those I leave behind. Why..?… Do you imagine that they couldn’t cope without you, that your so important in their lives that they could never go on and live and laugh again.

No I know they will miss me. That’s what happens when your cared about. You should try it sometime. From your attitude I don’t imagine you have many friends. You don’t know what I have done! If you had done anything you would be rushing to tell me. No I wouldn’t! Your an open book. You have done nothing.

Wrong again. You don’t know what i’ve done and I’m not telling you. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – snip Where did I say anything that would make me a bigot, or a fascist. Question mark Ok ‘Bigot’, you use terms like, "people like you" which is a generalisation the you pick on intellect like it;s not ok to pick on a dyslexic because she has a brain and feelings but it’s ok to pick on a person of low intelligencve because from your apparent point of view they don’t ‘Facist’ yoou object to people having a point of view that differs to yours, so you don’t like free speech so you are a fascist and you beleive that people you regard aas being of lower intellegence, fully abled or have never travelled  are an inferior species to you. Fascist and practically a Nazi. Did you fight them? If you did then you are a hypocrite too. (chuckle ) I knew you could do it, NAZI. You just lost the argument, anyone who is reduced down to calling someone else a nazi has lost

Rubbish. Another fallback on Godwin’s law. Godwin’s law states that anyone who calles somebody a Nazi inaccurately then that part of the argument is lost. Read his law. If it were as general as you think then nobody would use it and besides no one called you a Nazi. If I had then it wouldn’tt have been an incorrect usage. snip That’s you. This country practices freedom of speach and that you can’t dleal with? did you ever fight for that? some of my family did! Keep in mind you brought up the subject of the war, to boast about some of your family fighting in it.

No you bought the subject of war by telling me what you fought for. Yes I fought for that, So then you are a hypocrite because you fought for somethig you don’t beleive in! and my uncle died for that, and some of my friends, I lost two great uncles, a great antie and a grandfather. None of which you can remember, I on the other hand lost people I knew and loved.

According to you that would be shallow. I lived through the war, and the bombs, you only talk about it, I did it. So are you expecting me to apologise because I was born almost 30 years too late? You brought up the subject of the war remember, not me

No you did. Freedom of speech means we can both say what we think, yes you and me BOTH! Am I stopping you, !

If you weren’t trying then we wouldn’t be having this conversation. Your idea of freedom of speech is you saying what you think and everyone else agreeing with you. No that’s yours. Mine is about being free to agree, disagree or abstaining. Freedom of speech means we both have the right to say what we think, not just you. Not hust you either. As I recall it’s you who’s been trying to tell me what tnot to say

No it’s you been trying to tell me what not to say. . – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I don’t think America will like you very much… Moaning Minis are no more popular their than they are here. they do like freedom of speech but are sensitive to the concept of other people. Too much for you apparently. You really don’t have much idea do you.. More than you so it seems. . Don’t invite me to your next book burning will you? Fascist! Childish, infantile, spoilt, and selfish, No but you deserved that! you have wasted your life, and used your illness to hide behind. Snip I would never burn books, I am a dyslexic remember for us communication is far to important to destroy it, Books aren’t everything you know. Keep them but don’t rely on them, give a breath and they are out of date. Books are constant repository’s of knowledge and information, even if the information is out of date its still of interest because it shows how people thought, and how they reacted to their circumstances.

I agree, but they aren’t everything. I think any book burning would be done by you, not me.

More likely you than me. You post on the newsgroups you take your chances, I suggest you do some reading before you post again, about ten years worth…. Why? you don’t (Grin) try reading the posts again, I have made it clear that I love books and reading, and why… But then I don’t regard books that are old as out of date or boring.

You have made it clear you generalise and make unsound assumptions about people you know nothing about. you act like a spoiled child deprived of its sweets. Funny that I was thinking you are an old bigot that thinks everyone has to be grateful to you  for what you did in the war, should treat you like royalty and should give you infinate amount of money, bus passes and you get to push to the fronnt of a bus ques because you think everyone behind you owes you their life. Then so you can complain about how little you get. Pensioners have done their bit and should enjoy their retirement but we don’t owe you a thing. Your war was with hitler, not with us! (Grin) Yep I really hit a nerve,

Interesting you think you win a point if you hit a nerve. Your blind ignorance hits a few nerves. You are the one who brought up the war, I didnt,

repeating incorrect information doesn’t make it truer. You are the one whose family fought in that war.. I don’t have a bus pass, I cant get onto buses, or walk down them to get a seat,

I’m sad for you but is this relelvent?  I am about as down to earth practical as its possible to be, and yes I think I am special, in fact I am unique… but then so is everyone else.

Your life is unique, you aren’t. Ive seen so many like you. Again your looking in that mirror and seeing yourself, a selfish, egotistical person,

No That’s what’s in your mirror. I’m not slefish, I’m not egotistical I live one day to the next. who needs everyone to pander to her needs,

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Shez I am dyslexic, do you want to make an issue out of that to… No but I bet you do. Pleading pretend dyslexia didn’t get you very far on URP, did it? Hint – it won’t get you very far here, either.

I agree. I think Shez isn’t dyslexic, but instead a moron.

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I love when people misuse the word, ‘obviously’ like that. It seems you haven’t been where I have. Fair do but you should respect the individual point of view on life etc. I am dyslexic, do you want to make an issue out of that to… I live on a pension, I am disabled,   I have grown up children, and grandchildren, I  remember this country before the health service, When getting a doctor was likely to bankrupt the family… When getting an education if you were not middle class was practically impossible beyond the reading writing and arithmetic stage, just the basics. Going to university was not just difficult it was almost impossible, unless you were lucky enough to get a scholarship, if you were a woman it was twice as difficult. You don’t appreciate what you have, because you have never been without it. I suggest you travel a bit before you make observations about this country, a bit of culture shock in a third world country tends to focus the mind a lot. If you stopped moaning long enough to take a good look around you, You might realise just how lucky you are, But then some people are never happy unless they are complaining about something. Its not perfect, but then those who moan about it are never prepared to make the changes, or do the dirty work of changing what needs changing. — Shez’s Garden at http://www.oldcity.f2s.com/shez/ For twits who claim to be so enlightened. I have one word, bullshit. You are right, Shez, about the need to travel in the Third World. But then again, he would not survive. For the like of these condemn the UK or the US for not being "enlightened", I have a curse. May you live  without, and learn.

Actually, you’re quite ignorant, as is Shez. It is right to complain about the system.  It’s not about comparing it to third world countries, and thinking it’s better in the first world, but instead of looking at the first world and realizing that it could be better still.

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – writes writes I love when people misuse the word, ‘obviously’ like that. It seems you haven’t been where I have. Fair do but you should respect the individual point of view on life etc. I am dyslexic, do you want to make an issue out of that to… No but I bet you do. Your dead right I do, I find people like you who pull others on spelling usually have little else to do, or very little intelligence to do it with. I didn’t pull you on your spelling, I pulled you or the way you used obviously to summaries something you could know nothing about. You might have got that but for the apparent chip on your shoulder. Incidentally, you shouldn’t remark on a person’s intelligence particularly when you don’t know the person’s intelligence and even if you do know the person’s then you should know better than to remark on it because that would make you as bad as those that comment on your spelling. People with lower IQs than you have feelings too. Do you normally babble on like this,

Questions end with a question mark as you well know and your response is a poor defense at best. You can certainly make a good guess at someone’s intelligence on the newsgroups, not by their spelling but by their knowledge.

No intelleigence has nothing to do with knowledge. Your a dyslexic, you should have been told that. Yours appears to be minimal. If your upset by people knowing you have a low IQ, I would suggest you not post on a newsgroup like this one.

Oh so you see yourself qualified to remark on my IQ? I thought you knew better, what with you being dyslexic etc. I live on a pension, I am disabled, So am I. Which… I take it your over 65. No I am disabled, not on a pension. Why didnt you say that in the first place…

I did! does that make a difference? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I have grown up children, and grandchildren, I can’t have kids or grandchildren.but what exactly has any of this to do with other people’s point of view of life? (Sigh) are people just generally dense today, or is it you in particular. RMAOL. You are the poor victim and yet you are as big a biggot as anyone else. "(Sigh) are people just generally dense today, or is it you in particular" That iis so rich. LOL I don’t usually have to spell things out, but as you have a problem understanding things I did.

I don’t remark on spelling. People say what they mean, that’s all if they spell it bad then so what? if we can” decipher it then why try? BTW I know what you have been saying and it’s still bull! I am a pensioner disabled, I have raised children who now have there own children, I understand what its like to live on a fixed income, and having raised children I know How difficult and costly it can be, and how hard you fight for your family to give them the best you can. Obviously you never had that problem You think children are a problem? Again, what exactly has any of this to do with other people’s point of view of life? You obviously never had children, children are always a problem.

Tact was never your strong point was it? I don’t know you but I bet you would be the first to tell a cancer patient that she is dead. The point I was making was that I live on a limited income, and I am disabled both of which put me at the bottom of the health and the wealth index in this country I don’t have a lot of money, and I have physical problems, yet I have enough to manage on, and my health is well looked after. Their are very few countries in the world where I would get the help and receive the support that I do in this country.

I don’t have a lot either save for a array of family, friends and people with full compassion. I can’t work, my partner is my career. We have little money between us but we make do. I get your point because I have an idea what you are feeling but again what has this to do with the individual perspective? You are ashamed of your chilldren? I would never be ashamed of mine if ever I could get them! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –  I  remember this country before the health service, When getting a doctor was likely to bankrupt the family… When getting an education if you were not middle class was practically impossible beyond the reading writing and arithmetic stage, just the basics. Going to university was not just difficult it was almost impossible, unless you were lucky enough to get a scholarship, if you were a woman it was twice as difficult. You don’t appreciate what you have, because you have never been without it. I do appreciate what I have I also appreciate what I have not and never will have. What have you missed, its a free country, Yes including free speech and the right to your own point of view. a democracy, you don’t have to pay for medical expenses, and if your disabled you know how help you can get. Including help like mobility, adapt ions to your home so you live at home no matter how disabled you are, That you can see a specialist that you don’t need to pay prescription charges if your over 60, or on a fixed income. Or a child. I know about the help ‘I’ can get and I’m glad it’s free or my medical bill would be huge. But you still complain, the original moaning Minnie… if you had to pay for your medical costs, you would probably be dead by now, I certainly would.. Or you would be on the streets begging, and that happens in a lot of countries.

I don’t know of you disability nor shall I ask you but withoout NHS I wold be a corpse and my partner would be alone. You wouldn’t beleive how much that hurts! Do you imagine that sort of help is available all over the world, its not I assure you. And a lot that is not available in America, ask some Americans about prescription charges, about medical bills, and social security.. You might be suprised. They have insurance, its all like private medical care over their I’m told. Don’t be stupid, insurance and private medical care is for those who can afford it,

Explain what is stupid about what I said! and if you work in a job that doesn’t pay enough you cant afford it, If you are disabled you couldn’t afford it either. You wouldn’t even be able to afford the prescription charges.. Which are among the highest in the world. Something that is causing a lot of bitterness and strife in America at the moment is the cost of prescription charges for senior citizens, Bush has brought in a new law which is supposed to help senior citizens and reduce there prescription costs, in fact it lines the pockets of the drug company’s, and its cheaper to get your prescription on line from another country. And have it posted to you. It would save about 60% of the cost to buy outside America. Don’t you watch the news, or keep up with current events. !

Yes I do but have you been there? I ask because you don’t read the news ecause you are dyslexic and are prone to misintepretation! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I suggest you travel a bit before you make observations about this country, a bit of culture shock in a third world country tends to focus the mind a lot. All being well, my partner and I are going to America this summer. We are aiming to go lo CA and indulge into a mingle with bothe the ‘civilised’ culture and the ‘tribal’ That should be an eye opener. It will certainly be an eye opener for the native Americans another tourist wanting to be play at being at traditional American spirituality.. There you go. You tell me to travel a bit and when I tell you I am going to you shoot me down. Make up your mind please. Their are enough people on this group who are Native American and who resent those like yourself who want to play at being part of their spirituality. Their comments over the last weeks on those who play spiritual tourist have been sharp and obvious.

So explain why one minute you want me to travel and when I tell you my plan’s you do shoot me down! I don’t suppose that the tribes will be any to pleased to be excluded from the civilised culture either, They had quite a good culture long before America was colonized. Actually they are more included than you believe. in many cases it’s their choice to stay farther away from ‘civilization’s as possible. It depends on which side of the coin your on, Not everyone thinks that our modern culture is all that civilised…

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writes Well of course they would. It sickens me that in that country people could be left to die on a trolley… Oop’s!

That never happens in America of course… I have a bridge I want to sell you… Snip… My partner reads like a seven year old. She can;t write legibally because she suiffers dyspraxia too,. She often gets flustered when trying to talk to people because she often fails to find the rights words, or more a case of stringing them together. She stutters and stammers at people because of it and lack of confidence then they call her stupid! She isn’t stupid!

So she doesn’t have any confidence in herself, and thinks herself lucky to have anyone care about her or want her. Instead of giving her the confidence to go out and make the most of her life, it sounds like your taking advantage of her lack of confidence to keep her. Great way to get a free slave . Snip Try being born with a bad heart, asthma and bronchitis. Try having your first heart attack at 34, waking up in intensive care with your partner crying on the bed sheets and you being too weak to even stroke her hair for a little comfort. Try spending three weeks in a wheel chair before I could get the strength to even risk walking. Try being unable to ever have kids because the strain of pregnancy will kill you. Try wondering if you’ll wake up the following day. Is that real enough for you?

You are sorry for yourself aren’t you. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – If your lesbian, it doesn’t stop your partner from having children… so what are you complaining about. You could have your partners children and help bring them up. Or is that to much like reality. You really haven’t a clue have you? How am I supposed to impregnate her you tactless tosser? When your young death is only round the corner. Do you ever visit the graveyard and see the children;s graves some less than a day old. I have a bad heart, it may stop and i’m dead, no warning, nothing and I’m gone. things like childrens graves and my health teach me and my beloved not to take things for granted.

I don’t visit graves, I will be in one soon enough, the people I loved are not in those graves the only thing their is a shell, I find those who sit and cry over baby’s graves to be very shallow people. Tears are for those who are alive and hurting. Not for the dead who don’t care and don’t know. I am not frightend of death, I have known him for a long time, But I am frightend of not living, Funny I saw that quote on a movie, I forgot which one it is.

Good quotes don’t always come from movies. I’m frightened of death because I  fear for those I leave behind.

Why..?… Do you imagine that they couldn’t cope without you, that your so important in their lives that they could never go on and live and laugh again. You don’t know what I have done! If you had done anything you would be rushing to tell me. No I wouldn’t!

Your an open book. You have done nothing. snip – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Where did I say anything that would make me a bigot, or a fascist. Question mark Ok ‘Bigot’, you use terms like, "people like you" which is a generalisation the you pick on intellect like it;s not ok to pick on a dyslexic because she has a brain and feelings but it’s ok to pick on a person of low intelligencve because from your apparent point of view they don’t ‘Facist’ yoou object to people having a point of view that differs to yours, so you don’t like free speech so you are a fascist and you beleive that people you regard aas being of lower intellegence, fully abled or have never travelled  are an inferior species to you. Fascist and practically a Nazi. Did you fight them? If you did then you are a hypocrite too.

(chuckle ) I knew you could do it, NAZI. You just lost the argument, anyone who is reduced down to calling someone else a nazi has lost snip That’s you. This country practices freedom of speach and that you can’t dleal with? did you ever fight for that? some of my family did!

Keep in mind you brought up the subject of the war, to boast about some of your family fighting in it. Yes I fought for that, So then you are a hypocrite because you fought for somethig you don’t beleive in! and my uncle died for that, and some of my friends, I lost two great uncles, a great antie and a grandfather.

None of which you can remember, I on the other hand lost people I knew and loved. I lived through the war, and the bombs, you only talk about it, I did it. So are you expecting me to apologise because I was born almost 30 years too late?

You brought up the subject of the war remember, not me Freedom of speech means we can both say what we think, yes you and me BOTH!

Am I stopping you, ! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Your idea of freedom of speech is you saying what you think and everyone else agreeing with you. No that’s yours. Mine is about being free to agree, disagree or abstaining. Freedom of speech means we both have the right to say what we think, not just you. Not hust you either. As I recall it’s you who’s been trying to tell me what tnot to say. I don’t think America will like you very much… Moaning Minis are no more popular their than they are here. they do like freedom of speech but are sensitive to the concept of other people. Too much for you apparently. You really don’t have much idea do you.. More than you so it seems. . Don’t invite me to your next book burning will you? Fascist! Childish, infantile, spoilt, and selfish, No but you deserved that! you have wasted your life, and used your illness to hide behind. Snip I would never burn books, I am a dyslexic remember for us communication is far to important to destroy it, Books aren’t everything you know. Keep them but don’t rely on them, give a breath and they are out of date.

Books are constant repository’s of knowledge and information, even if the information is out of date its still of interest because it shows how people thought, and how they reacted to their circumstances. I think any book burning would be done by you, not me. You post on the newsgroups you take your chances, I suggest you do some reading before you post again, about ten years worth…. Why? you don’t

(Grin) try reading the posts again, I have made it clear that I love books and reading, and why… But then I don’t regard books that are old as out of date or boring. you act like a spoiled child deprived of its sweets. Funny that I was thinking you are an old bigot that thinks everyone has to be grateful to you  for what you did in the war, should treat you like royalty and should give you infinate amount of money, bus passes and you get to push to the fronnt of a bus ques because you think everyone behind you owes you their life. Then so you can complain about how little you get. Pensioners have done their bit and should enjoy their retirement but we don’t owe you a thing. Your war was with hitler, not with us!

(Grin) Yep I really hit a nerve, You are the one who brought up the war, I didnt, You are the one whose family fought in that war.. I don’t have a bus pass, I cant get onto buses, or walk down them to get a seat,  I am about as down to earth practical as its possible to be, and yes I think I am special, in fact I am unique… but then so is everyone else. Again your looking in that mirror and seeing yourself, a selfish, egotistical person, who needs everyone to pander to her needs, who cry’s crocodile tears over dead children’s graves, instead of putting a little hard work into helping children who are alive and need some of that sympathy. I cant be hurt by your jibes because they don’t apply to me. However they do apply to you. Perhaps in future you will give your partner some of the confidence and care she needs, instead of grabbing all the attention for yourself, If miracles happen you might even stop moaning long enough to enjoy the world just as it is. — S

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writes You don’t think, you react,

Don’t tell me what I do or i’ll do the same for you. You react withour even reading the post you are responding too and once again, what has any of this to do with personal points of view? Now answer the question please! You think I will feel sorry for you because tomorrow you may die,…

No I don’t because i don’t think you have it in you. You are soo tied up with yourself you have no room for anyone else. A lesson for you. People matter particularly those who llove you and who you love! When you get to my age, tomorrow you may die is part of your life. Having another day means you make the most of it. Not moan and complain about it.

Tommorw I may die is part of everyones life but when you have a dicky ticker and you know from your doctors that every dawn is a new one borrowed then you see things a little bit differently from others and you shouldn’t feel bad for doing so. I don’t need people to feel sorry for me, I don’t have time for that, I have things I want to do,

Of course not, you have enough self pity for everyone! shouldn’t remark on a person’s intelligence particularly when you don’t know the person’s intelligence and even if you do know the person’s then you should know better than to remark on it because that would make you as bad as those that comment on your spelling. People with lower IQs than you have feelings too. Do you normally babble on like this, Questions end with a question mark as you well know and your response is a poor defense at best. Is it, I see it touched a nerve

I see I did. So what?. You can certainly make a good guess at someone’s intelligence on the newsgroups, not by their spelling but by their knowledge. No intelleigence has nothing to do with knowledge. Your a dyslexic, you should have been told that. Why should I have been told that, ?

You would have been told that beause being a dyslexic your schoolteachers and people in general who weren’t made you feel stupid because as you know, one of the lesser symptoms of dyslexia is a bad short term memory. That doesn’t mean you aren’t intellegent Rather as a rule they are but you won’t let yours kick in because you let  your intolerences get in the way! Dyslexics think laterally, Something you obviously have never done.

‘Never’ Another generalisation? Do you ever do anything else? You can be a genius, but if your raised by idiots, you can only learn what they teach you… knowledge is part of intelligence…

Knowledge is the product of intelligence. I see knowledge as a building and intelligence as bricks and mortar. It’s not as simple as that but you know what I mean, I hope. Yours appears to be minimal. If your upset by people knowing you have a low IQ, I would suggest you not post on a newsgroup like this one. Oh so you see yourself qualified to remark on my IQ? I thought you knew better, what with you being dyslexic etc. (Chuckle) its no use trying to upset me by telling me I am dyslexic,

You really haven’t got a clue have you? I already know that, and it doesn’t bother me.

Yes it does, You have a huge chip on your sholder because of it. IYR you brought it up! Perhaps it had not dawned on you that I don’t make it secret of it,  because am not ashamed of it, You act like a child in a school yard, pointing at yelling.. Ooh look at her she’s dyslexic.

Aw bless. I’m never going to do that because my partner is dyslexic! Suprise suprise, your not the only one or are you the only biggot! . You tell me not to talk about other peoples intelligence because it might be cruel, and yet you constantly refer to my dyslexia…  Hypocrite

as you pretendf to know, dyslexia has nothing to dio with intellegence and as you are a dyslexic then you know what its like tobe persecuted and feeling stupid when you aren’t. Hypocrite No sorry you are proof that dyslexics can be stupid. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I live on a pension, I am disabled, So am I. Which… I take it your over 65. No I am disabled, not on a pension. Why didnt you say that in the first place… I did! does that make a difference? I said I was on a pension and disabled, You said you were to… it would be normal to assume your over 65. If your on a pension.

No you said, "I live on a pension, I am disabled" I said, So am i which only fits the disabeld part because, "I live on a pension" "So am I" Doesn’t fit where "I’m disabled" "So am I" Does. You see it doesn’t work the first way. Dyslexics have an excellent command of the english language as a rule even if their expression is poor and you being dyslexic should have got the flow of this basic concept of logical flow! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I have grown up children, and grandchildren, I can’t have kids or grandchildren.but what exactly has any of this to do with other people’s point of view of life? (Sigh) are people just generally dense today, or is it you in particular. RMAOL. You are the poor victim and yet you are as big a biggot as anyone else. "(Sigh) are people just generally dense today, or is it you in particular" That iis so rich. LOL I don’t usually have to spell things out, but as you have a problem understanding things I did. I don’t remark on spelling. People say what they mean, that’s all if they spell it bad then so what? if we can” decipher it then why try? Dyslexia rules ko….

Old joke but I’m glad you can laugh at it. You should laugh at a few more things IYAM. BTW I know what you have been saying and it’s still bull! Is it, then why are you so angry.

Because you are judging someone you don’t know anything about. Because you think yourself so enlightened and yet show you are no more so than anyone else. So why are  you so angry? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I am a pensioner disabled, I have raised children who now have there own children, I understand what its like to live on a fixed income, and having raised children I know How difficult and costly it can be, and how hard you fight for your family to give them the best you can. Obviously you never had that problem You think children are a problem? Again, what exactly has any of this to do with other people’s point of view of life? You obviously never had children, children are always a problem. Tact was never your strong point was it? I don’t know you but I bet you would be the first to tell a cancer patient that she is dead. I wouldn’t need to, corpses cant hear, But if you mean I call a spade a spade, yes I do,

No, I call a spade a spade, you call a spade a f****** grave digger. BTW I never said the cancer patient has passed on! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – The point I was making was that I live on a limited income, and I am disabled both of which put me at the bottom of the health and the wealth index in this country I don’t have a lot of money, and I have physical problems, yet I have enough to manage on, and my health is well looked after. Their are very few countries in the world where I would get the help and receive the support that I do in this country. I don’t have a lot either save for a array of family, friends and people with full compassion. I can’t work, my partner is my career. We have little money between us but we make do. I get your point because I have an idea what you are feeling but again what has this to do with the individual perspective? Compassion, Why would I need compassion, ?

That is my perspective of you entirely. I bet ‘compassion’ isn’t even in your dictionary  ? I have friends and I have family and I enjoy their company without needing them to feel sorry for me. They know I have problems but I don’t need people to constantly make allowances for me, because I am disabled,

That’s why you need compassion. Get it yet? You are ashamed of your chilldren? I would never be ashamed of mine if ever I could get them! (Grin)  children are trouble and strife, they cost a fortune, they are constantly on your mind and constantly in your thoughts. It doesn’t stop you loving them, or being proud of them, Every parent knows that kids are trouble, its part of the package, you accept all of it not just the good bits.  Children are part of your life from the moment they are born to the moment you die, You never stop being a parent, even when they are parents, and grandparents themselves.

That must be the first thing you said that I agree with. Though if I could have children I would probably spoil them rotten and no lectures about "you shouldn’t do that" please. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –  I  remember this country before the health service, When getting a doctor was likely to bankrupt the family… When getting an education if you were not middle class was practically impossible beyond the reading writing and arithmetic stage, just the basics. Going to university was not just difficult it was almost impossible, unless you were lucky enough to get a scholarship, if you were a woman it was twice as difficult. You don’t appreciate what you have, because you have never been without it. I do appreciate what I have I also appreciate what I have not and never will have. What have you missed, its a free country, Yes including free speech and the right to your own point of view. So is anyone stopping you speaking… am I putting a gag over your mouth,

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writes You don’t think, you react, You think I will feel sorry for you because tomorrow you may die,… When you get to my age, tomorrow you may die is part of your life. Having another day means you make the most of it. Not moan and complain about it. I don’t need people to feel sorry for me, I don’t have time for that, I have things I want to do, shouldn’t remark on a person’s intelligence particularly when you don’t know the person’s intelligence and even if you do know the person’s then you should know better than to remark on it because that would make you as bad as those that comment on your spelling. People with lower IQs than you have feelings too. Do you normally babble on like this, Questions end with a question mark as you well know and your response is a poor defense at best.

Is it, I see it touched a nerve. You can certainly make a good guess at someone’s intelligence on the newsgroups, not by their spelling but by their knowledge. No intelleigence has nothing to do with knowledge. Your a dyslexic, you should have been told that.

Why should I have been told that, ?  Dyslexics think laterally, Something you obviously have never done. You can be a genius, but if your raised by idiots, you can only learn what they teach you… knowledge is part of intelligence… Yours appears to be minimal. If your upset by people knowing you have a low IQ, I would suggest you not post on a newsgroup like this one. Oh so you see yourself qualified to remark on my IQ? I thought you knew better, what with you being dyslexic etc.

(Chuckle) its no use trying to upset me by telling me I am dyslexic, I already know that, and it doesn’t bother me. Perhaps it had not dawned on you that I don’t make it secret of it,  because am not ashamed of it, You act like a child in a school yard, pointing at yelling.. Ooh look at her she’s dyslexic.. You tell me not to talk about other peoples intelligence because it might be cruel, and yet you constantly refer to my dyslexia…  Hypocrite – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I live on a pension, I am disabled, So am I. Which… I take it your over 65. No I am disabled, not on a pension. Why didnt you say that in the first place… I did! does that make a difference?

I said I was on a pension and disabled, You said you were to… it would be normal to assume your over 65. If your on a pension. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I have grown up children, and grandchildren, I can’t have kids or grandchildren.but what exactly has any of this to do with other people’s point of view of life? (Sigh) are people just generally dense today, or is it you in particular. RMAOL. You are the poor victim and yet you are as big a biggot as anyone else. "(Sigh) are people just generally dense today, or is it you in particular" That iis so rich. LOL I don’t usually have to spell things out, but as you have a problem understanding things I did. I don’t remark on spelling. People say what they mean, that’s all if they spell it bad then so what? if we can” decipher it then why try?

Dyslexia rules ko…. BTW I know what you have been saying and it’s still bull!

Is it, then why are you so angry. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I am a pensioner disabled, I have raised children who now have there own children, I understand what its like to live on a fixed income, and having raised children I know How difficult and costly it can be, and how hard you fight for your family to give them the best you can. Obviously you never had that problem You think children are a problem? Again, what exactly has any of this to do with other people’s point of view of life? You obviously never had children, children are always a problem. Tact was never your strong point was it? I don’t know you but I bet you would be the first to tell a cancer patient that she is dead.

I wouldn’t need to, corpses cant hear, But if you mean I call a spade a spade, yes I do, The point I was making was that I live on a limited income, and I am disabled both of which put me at the bottom of the health and the wealth index in this country I don’t have a lot of money, and I have physical problems, yet I have enough to manage on, and my health is well looked after. Their are very few countries in the world where I would get the help and receive the support that I do in this country. I don’t have a lot either save for a array of family, friends and people with full compassion. I can’t work, my partner is my career. We have little money between us but we make do. I get your point because I have an idea what you are feeling but again what has this to do with the individual perspective?

Compassion, Why would I need compassion, ?  I have friends and I have family and I enjoy their company without needing them to feel sorry for me. They know I have problems but I don’t need people to constantly make allowances for me, because I am disabled, You are ashamed of your chilldren? I would never be ashamed of mine if ever I could get them!

(Grin)  children are trouble and strife, they cost a fortune, they are constantly on your mind and constantly in your thoughts. It doesn’t stop you loving them, or being proud of them, Every parent knows that kids are trouble, its part of the package, you accept all of it not just the good bits.  Children are part of your life from the moment they are born to the moment you die, You never stop being a parent, even when they are parents, and grandparents themselves. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –  I  remember this country before the health service, When getting a doctor was likely to bankrupt the family… When getting an education if you were not middle class was practically impossible beyond the reading writing and arithmetic stage, just the basics. Going to university was not just difficult it was almost impossible, unless you were lucky enough to get a scholarship, if you were a woman it was twice as difficult. You don’t appreciate what you have, because you have never been without it. I do appreciate what I have I also appreciate what I have not and never will have. What have you missed, its a free country, Yes including free speech and the right to your own point of view.

So is anyone stopping you speaking… am I putting a gag over your mouth, No I am not I am challenging your ideas not stopping you having them, that is called debate. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – a democracy, you don’t have to pay for medical expenses, and if your disabled you know how help you can get. Including help like mobility, adapt ions to your home so you live at home no matter how disabled you are, That you can see a specialist that you don’t need to pay prescription charges if your over 60, or on a fixed income. Or a child. I know about the help ‘I’ can get and I’m glad it’s free or my medical bill would be huge. But you still complain, the original moaning Minnie… if you had to pay for your medical costs, you would probably be dead by now, I certainly would.. Or you would be on the streets begging, and that happens in a lot of countries. I don’t know of you disability nor shall I ask you but withoout NHS I wold be a corpse and my partner would be alone. You wouldn’t beleive how much that hurts! Do you imagine that sort of help is available all over the world, its not I assure you. And a lot that is not available in America, ask some Americans about prescription charges, about medical bills, and social security.. You might be suprised. They have insurance, its all like private medical care over their I’m told. Don’t be stupid, insurance and private medical care is for those who can afford it, Explain what is stupid about what I said!

Its the unknowing belief that because its American it must be better, I know a lot of Americans these days who would be very pleased to have our National health service, Private medical care is very expensive, so is the insurance. Neither you or I would be able to afford it, and if we were both in America we might get Medicare, but it would be a second rate service. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -and if you work in a job that doesn’t pay enough you cant afford it, If you are disabled you couldn’t afford it either. You wouldn’t even be able to afford the prescription charges.. Which are among the highest in the world. Something that is causing a lot of bitterness and strife in America at the moment is the cost of prescription charges for senior citizens, Bush has brought in a new law which is supposed to help senior citizens and reduce there prescription costs, in fact it lines the pockets of the drug company’s, and its cheaper to get your prescription on line from another country. And have it posted to you. It would save about 60% of the cost to buy outside America. Don’t you watch the news, or keep up with current events. ! Yes I do but have you been there? I ask because you don’t read the news ecause you are dyslexic and are prone to misintepretation!

I am dyslexic not blind… and again your complaining about me talking about stupid people and you constantly refer to dyslexics as if they couldn’t read, write or think. Dyslexia can be mild to sever.. And you can learn to read and write.. Its just a lot more difficult for dyslexics, they more than most value communication. Both oral, written and read. Dyslexics are among the best communicators in any country, they have had to learn to be. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I suggest you travel a bit before you

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – writes I love when people misuse the word, ‘obviously’ like that. It seems you haven’t been where I have. Fair do but you should respect the individual point of view on life etc. I am dyslexic, do you want to make an issue out of that to… No but I bet you do. Your dead right I do, I find people like you who pull others on spelling usually have little else to do, or very little intelligence to do it with. I didn’t pull you on your spelling, I pulled you or the way you used obviously to summaries something you could know nothing about. You might have got that but for the apparent chip on your shoulder. Incidentally, you shouldn’t remark on a person’s intelligence particularly when you don’t know the person’s intelligence and even if you do know the person’s then you should know better than to remark on it because that would make you as bad as those that comment on your spelling. People with lower IQs than you have feelings too. I live on a pension, I am disabled, So am I. Which… I take it your over 65. No I am disabled, not on a pension. I have grown up children, and grandchildren, I can’t have kids or grandchildren.but what exactly has any of this to do with other people’s point of view of life? (Sigh) are people just generally dense today, or is it you in particular. RMAOL. You are the poor victim and yet you are as big a biggot as anyone else. "(Sigh) are people just generally dense today, or is it you in particular" That iis so rich. LOL I am a pensioner disabled, I have raised children who now have there own children, I understand what its like to live on a fixed income, and having raised children I know How difficult and costly it can be, and how hard you fight for your family to give them the best you can. Obviously you never had that problem You think children are a problem? Again, what exactly has any of this to do with other people’s point of view of life?  I  remember this country before the health service, When getting a doctor was likely to bankrupt the family… When getting an education if you were not middle class was practically impossible beyond the reading writing and arithmetic stage, just the basics. Going to university was not just difficult it was almost impossible, unless you were lucky enough to get a scholarship, if you were a woman it was twice as difficult. You don’t appreciate what you have, because you have never been without it. I do appreciate what I have I also appreciate what I have not and never will have. What have you missed, its a free country, Yes including free speech and the right to your own point of view. a democracy, you don’t have to pay for medical expenses, and if your disabled you know how help you can get. Including help like mobility, adapt ions to your home so you live at home no matter how disabled you are, That you can see a specialist that you don’t need to pay prescription charges if your over 60, or on a fixed income. Or a child. I know about the help ‘I’ can get and I’m glad it’s free or my medical bill would be huge. Do you imagine that sort of help is available all over the world, its not I assure you. And a lot that is not available in America, ask some Americans about prescription charges, about medical bills, and social security.. You might be suprised. They have insurance, its all like private medical care over their I’m told. I suggest you travel a bit before you make observations about this country, a bit of culture shock in a third world country tends to focus the mind a lot. All being well, my partner and I are going to America this summer. We are aiming to go lo CA and indulge into a mingle with bothe the ‘civilised’ culture and the ‘tribal’ That should be an eye opener. It will certainly be an eye opener for the native Americans another tourist wanting to be play at being at traditional American spirituality.. There you go. You tell me to travel a bit and when I tell you I am going to you shoot me down. Make up your mind please. I don’t suppose that the tribes will be any to pleased to be excluded from the civilised culture either, They had quite a good culture long before America was colonized. Actually they are more included than you believe. in many cases it’s their choice to stay farther away from ‘civilization’s as possible. If you don’t mind sharing then where have you travelled? America, Egypt, Singapore, Hongkong, Denmark, Germany, Syria, the middle east.. India… quite a few places, and many of them third world, many of them are still third world.. Well they say travel broadens the mind but after what you have said, I’m beginning to wonder. You don’t have any idea what the real world is like do you… you have this image of it all being better than where you are. Your probably right.. With your attitude no where would be good enough. I’ve heard that recorded message before from other people who don’t know what they are talking about. Are you saying that if you live in the UK you’re not in a real world? Try being born with a bad heart, asthma and bronchitis. Try having your first heart attack at 34, waking up in intensive care with your partner crying on the bed sheets and you being too weak to even stroke her hair for a little comfort. Try spending three weeks in a wheel chair before I could get the strength to even risk walking. Try being unable to ever have kids because the strain of pregnancy will kill you. Try wondering if you’ll wake up the following day. Is that real enough for you?

I think the strain of pregnancy would indeed kill you, Darren. It’s not really a suitable physical condition for men. Probably less dangerous than the strain of trying to remember which persona you’re using on different ngs, though… Jani – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – My world is far from ideal but I make the best of what I have and I suggest you do the same. If you stopped moaning long enough to take a good look around you, You might realise just how lucky you are, But then some people are never happy unless they are complaining about something. You don’t see what’s around me, you only see what’s around you. (Grin ) I fought for some of the things you enjoy now, and take for granted, for women to have equal rights, for women to have the vote, for equal wages, pensions and a lot of other things. I didnt just sit back and moan, I got out their and did. Which is why people like you annoy me so much, You moan and never stop moaning and you never, ever do anything about it. You want the country to carry you, and you never put any effort into making sure that everyone has the right to a good education, health care, equal rights, the vote, You’re running out of tape. Turn it to the other side. Why is it everytime Someone makes that speech they make it to someone they don’t know? Its not perfect, but then those who moan about it are never prepared to make the changes, or do the dirty work of changing what needs changing. Some people are in better positions to change it than others and not all changes are for the better. Was you lecture above from a standardised text or were you using your own perspective? Everyone is in a position to change things, those who make excuses for their own laziness I don’t have a lot of time for. Nonsense! What about the third world with their pestilence, famine, disease and drought? Is that their fault? Are you suggesting they suffer like that because they are too lazy to fix it? Oh yes, I see it now. According to you all they need do is get off their arses and they can bring civilization to themselves in no time at all. Your ignorance is profound. I don’t have a lot of time for moaning Minnies either, and you strike as the a full scale moaning Minnie, Its all everyone else’s fault. Never yours. Have a nice time in America, I think you should move their, we could with a few less hypocrites Blah blah blah. I think I’ll stick around, I’m kind of dependent on the free health service even if it means I have to put up with bigots, fascists like you. Hypocrite! — Shez’s Garden at http://www.oldcity.f2s.com/shez/ — Shez’s Garden at http://www.oldcity.f2s.com/shez/

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writes – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – writes I love when people misuse the word, ‘obviously’ like that. It seems you haven’t been where I have. Fair do but you should respect the individual point of view on life etc. I am dyslexic, do you want to make an issue out of that to… No but I bet you do. Your dead right I do, I find people like you who pull others on spelling usually have little else to do, or very little intelligence to do it with. I didn’t pull you on your spelling, I pulled you or the way you used obviously to summaries something you could know nothing about. You might have got that but for the apparent chip on your shoulder. Incidentally, you shouldn’t remark on a person’s intelligence particularly when you don’t know the person’s intelligence and even if you do know the person’s then you should know better than to remark on it because that would make you as bad as those that comment on your spelling. People with lower IQs than you have feelings too.

Do you normally babble on like this, You can certainly make a good guess at someone’s intelligence on the newsgroups, not by their spelling but by their knowledge. Yours appears to be minimal. If your upset by people knowing you have a low IQ, I would suggest you not post on a newsgroup like this one. I live on a pension, I am disabled, So am I. Which… I take it your over 65. No I am disabled, not on a pension.

Why didnt you say that in the first place… I have grown up children, and grandchildren, I can’t have kids or grandchildren.but what exactly has any of this to do with other people’s point of view of life? (Sigh) are people just generally dense today, or is it you in particular. RMAOL. You are the poor victim and yet you are as big a biggot as anyone else. "(Sigh) are people just generally dense today, or is it you in particular" That iis so rich. LOL

I don’t usually have to spell things out, but as you have a problem understanding things I did. I am a pensioner disabled, I have raised children who now have there own children, I understand what its like to live on a fixed income, and having raised children I know How difficult and costly it can be, and how hard you fight for your family to give them the best you can. Obviously you never had that problem You think children are a problem? Again, what exactly has any of this to do with other people’s point of view of life?

You obviously never had children, children are always a problem. The point I was making was that I live on a limited income, and I am disabled both of which put me at the bottom of the health and the wealth index in this country I don’t have a lot of money, and I have physical problems, yet I have enough to manage on, and my health is well looked after. Their are very few countries in the world where I would get the help and receive the support that I do in this country. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –  I  remember this country before the health service, When getting a doctor was likely to bankrupt the family… When getting an education if you were not middle class was practically impossible beyond the reading writing and arithmetic stage, just the basics. Going to university was not just difficult it was almost impossible, unless you were lucky enough to get a scholarship, if you were a woman it was twice as difficult. You don’t appreciate what you have, because you have never been without it. I do appreciate what I have I also appreciate what I have not and never will have. What have you missed, its a free country, Yes including free speech and the right to your own point of view. a democracy, you don’t have to pay for medical expenses, and if your disabled you know how help you can get. Including help like mobility, adapt ions to your home so you live at home no matter how disabled you are, That you can see a specialist that you don’t need to pay prescription charges if your over 60, or on a fixed income. Or a child. I know about the help ‘I’ can get and I’m glad it’s free or my medical bill would be huge.

But you still complain, the original moaning Minnie… if you had to pay for your medical costs, you would probably be dead by now, I certainly would.. Or you would be on the streets begging, and that happens in a lot of countries. Do you imagine that sort of help is available all over the world, its not I assure you. And a lot that is not available in America, ask some Americans about prescription charges, about medical bills, and social security.. You might be suprised. They have insurance, its all like private medical care over their I’m told.

Don’t be stupid, insurance and private medical care is for those who can afford it, and if you work in a job that doesn’t pay enough you cant afford it, If you are disabled you couldn’t afford it either. You wouldn’t even be able to afford the prescription charges.. Which are among the highest in the world. Something that is causing a lot of bitterness and strife in America at the moment is the cost of prescription charges for senior citizens, Bush has brought in a new law which is supposed to help senior citizens and reduce there prescription costs, in fact it lines the pockets of the drug company’s, and its cheaper to get your prescription on line from another country. And have it posted to you. It would save about 60% of the cost to buy outside America. Don’t you watch the news, or keep up with current events. ! I suggest you travel a bit before you make observations about this country, a bit of culture shock in a third world country tends to focus the mind a lot. All being well, my partner and I are going to America this summer. We are aiming to go lo CA and indulge into a mingle with bothe the ‘civilised’ culture and the ‘tribal’ That should be an eye opener. It will certainly be an eye opener for the native Americans another tourist wanting to be play at being at traditional American spirituality.. There you go. You tell me to travel a bit and when I tell you I am going to you shoot me down. Make up your mind please.

Their are enough people on this group who are Native American and who resent those like yourself who want to play at being part of their spirituality. Their comments over the last weeks on those who play spiritual tourist have been sharp and obvious. I don’t suppose that the tribes will be any to pleased to be excluded from the civilised culture either, They had quite a good culture long before America was colonized. Actually they are more included than you believe. in many cases it’s their choice to stay farther away from ‘civilization’s as possible.

It depends on which side of the coin your on, Not everyone thinks that our modern culture is all that civilised… If you don’t mind sharing then where have you travelled? America, Egypt, Singapore, Hongkong, Denmark, Germany, Syria, the middle east.. India… quite a few places, and many of them third world, many of them are still third world.. Well they say travel broadens the mind but after what you have said, I’m beginning to wonder.

Oh I forgot France, Belgium Holland, and Spain, but that’s just Europe. Travel douse broaden the mind, you also learn that everyone has the same needs and desires for themselves and their family’s. Security, What we have for many people around the world is something they just dream about, a home, money, and access to education, health and medical care. Seeing people living on the streets on pennies a day, men women and children, is a culture shock, those who cant take it never return to third world countries, Those who can, make an effort to change what they can. a lot of the countries who are poor, are poor because they are paying of huge loans to the world bank… the people of those countries never see any of that money it goes in graft and payments to those in power. The country then has massive debt and spends years simply paying off the interest, without ever reducing the loan. I have in my time written and marched to bring peoples attention to the world bank, to stop the loans given to governments who obviously cant pay them back, and are using the money themselves for luxury’s. And to allow those country’s in debt to pay of the capital without paying interest. I still when I can try to help bring the worlds bank involvement in graft and payments to the powerful is brought to light. You don’t have any idea what the real world is like do you… you have this image of it all being better than where you are. Your probably right.. With your attitude no where would be good enough. I’ve heard that recorded message before from other people who don’t know what they are talking about.

Did it ever dawn on you that perhaps they were right, that you don’t know what the rest of the world is like and that you have no real idea of how lucky we are in this country to live in a place that provides for those who are old, ill, or disabled… Are you saying that if you live in the UK you’re not in a real world?

Yes I am, because outside the UK, most countries do not provide the social services that the UK provide, Why do you suppose that those who are leaving their countries as economic migrants make a bee line for the UK. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Try being born with a bad heart, asthma and bronchitis. Try having your first heart attack at 34, waking up in intensive care with your partner crying on the bed sheets and you being too weak to

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – writes I love when people misuse the word, ‘obviously’ like that. It seems you haven’t been where I have. Fair do but you should respect the individual point of view on life etc. I am dyslexic, do you want to make an issue out of that to… No but I bet you do. Your dead right I do, I find people like you who pull others on spelling usually have little else to do, or very little intelligence to do it with.

I didn’t pull you on your spelling, I pulled you or the way you used obviously to summaries something you could know nothing about. You might have got that but for the apparent chip on your shoulder. Incidentally, you shouldn’t remark on a person’s intelligence particularly when you don’t know the person’s intelligence and even if you do know the person’s then you should know better than to remark on it because that would make you as bad as those that comment on your spelling. People with lower IQs than you have feelings too. I live on a pension, I am disabled, So am I. Which… I take it your over 65.

No I am disabled, not on a pension. I have grown up children, and grandchildren, I can’t have kids or grandchildren.but what exactly has any of this to do with other people’s point of view of life? (Sigh) are people just generally dense today, or is it you in particular.

RMAOL. You are the poor victim and yet you are as big a biggot as anyone else. "(Sigh) are people just generally dense today, or is it you in particular" That iis so rich. LOL I am a pensioner disabled, I have raised children who now have there own children, I understand what its like to live on a fixed income, and having raised children I know How difficult and costly it can be, and how hard you fight for your family to give them the best you can. Obviously you never had that problem

You think children are a problem? Again, what exactly has any of this to do with other people’s point of view of life? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –  I  remember this country before the health service, When getting a doctor was likely to bankrupt the family… When getting an education if you were not middle class was practically impossible beyond the reading writing and arithmetic stage, just the basics. Going to university was not just difficult it was almost impossible, unless you were lucky enough to get a scholarship, if you were a woman it was twice as difficult. You don’t appreciate what you have, because you have never been without it. I do appreciate what I have I also appreciate what I have not and never will have. What have you missed, its a free country,

Yes including free speech and the right to your own point of view. a democracy, you don’t have to pay for medical expenses, and if your disabled you know how help you can get. Including help like mobility, adapt ions to your home so you live at home no matter how disabled you are, That you can see a specialist that you don’t need to pay prescription charges if your over 60, or on a fixed income. Or a child.

I know about the help ‘I’ can get and I’m glad it’s free or my medical bill would be huge. Do you imagine that sort of help is available all over the world, its not I assure you. And a lot that is not available in America, ask some Americans about prescription charges, about medical bills, and social security.. You might be suprised.

They have insurance, its all like private medical care over their I’m told. I suggest you travel a bit before you make observations about this country, a bit of culture shock in a third world country tends to focus the mind a lot. All being well, my partner and I are going to America this summer. We are aiming to go lo CA and indulge into a mingle with bothe the ‘civilised’ culture and the ‘tribal’ That should be an eye opener. It will certainly be an eye opener for the native Americans another tourist wanting to be play at being at traditional American spirituality..

There you go. You tell me to travel a bit and when I tell you I am going to you shoot me down. Make up your mind please. I don’t suppose that the tribes will be any to pleased to be excluded from the civilised culture either, They had quite a good culture long before America was colonized.

Actually they are more included than you believe. in many cases it’s their choice to stay farther away from ‘civilization’s as possible. If you don’t mind sharing then where have you travelled? America, Egypt, Singapore, Hongkong, Denmark, Germany, Syria, the middle east.. India… quite a few places, and many of them third world, many of them are still third world..

Well they say travel broadens the mind but after what you have said, I’m beginning to wonder. You don’t have any idea what the real world is like do you… you have this image of it all being better than where you are. Your probably right.. With your attitude no where would be good enough.

I’ve heard that recorded message before from other people who don’t know what they are talking about. Are you saying that if you live in the UK you’re not in a real world? Try being born with a bad heart, asthma and bronchitis. Try having your first heart attack at 34, waking up in intensive care with your partner crying on the bed sheets and you being too weak to even stroke her hair for a little comfort. Try spending three weeks in a wheel chair before I could get the strength to even risk walking. Try being unable to ever have kids because the strain of pregnancy will kill you. Try wondering if you’ll wake up the following day. Is that real enough for you? My world is far from ideal but I make the best of what I have and I suggest you do the same. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – If you stopped moaning long enough to take a good look around you, You might realise just how lucky you are, But then some people are never happy unless they are complaining about something. You don’t see what’s around me, you only see what’s around you. (Grin ) I fought for some of the things you enjoy now, and take for granted, for women to have equal rights, for women to have the vote, for equal wages, pensions and a lot of other things. I didnt just sit back and moan, I got out their and did. Which is why people like you annoy me so much, You moan and never stop moaning and you never, ever do anything about it. You want the country to carry you, and you never put any effort into making sure that everyone has the right to a good education, health care, equal rights, the vote,

You’re running out of tape. Turn it to the other side. Why is it everytime Someone makes that speech they make it to someone they don’t know?   Its not perfect, but then those who moan about it are never prepared to make the changes, or do the dirty work of changing what needs changing. Some people are in better positions to change it than others and not all changes are for the better. Was you lecture above from a standardised text or were you using your own perspective? Everyone is in a position to change things, those who make excuses for their own laziness I don’t have a lot of time for.

Nonsense! What about the third world with their pestilence, famine, disease and drought? Is that their fault? Are you suggesting they suffer like that because they are too lazy to fix it? Oh yes, I see it now. According to you all they need do is get off their arses and they can bring civilization to themselves in no time at all. Your ignorance is profound. I don’t have a lot of time for moaning Minnies either, and you strike as the a full scale moaning Minnie, Its all everyone else’s fault. Never yours. Have a nice time in America, I think you should move their, we could with a few less hypocrites

Blah blah blah. I think I’ll stick around, I’m kind of dependent on the free health service even if it means I have to put up with bigots, fascists like you. Hypocrite! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – — Shez’s Garden at http://www.oldcity.f2s.com/shez/ — Shez’s Garden at http://www.oldcity.f2s.com/shez/

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – . :) . Mind you we still get free tetanus, scrapes, diabetes and a free national health service for what it’s worth. Its worth far more than you can imagine.  You have never had to live without it, and because of that, have no idea what a struggle it is to do without it. Indeed. though i think when they let gays get married and adopt children, then we will be making progress. Why?  Who really gives a shit about marriage in the general population?  If you are so het up about issues like those, try wresting your government out of the ass of your national church. This is where your energy might be better spent. That’s true. Because with that comes multiple benefits. In some ways it’s remarkable in Canada, because our second largest religion is the United Church of Canada, who is so liberal that they are actually one of the main lobbiests in favour of homosexual marriage.

Hmph.  Interesting. Just separate all marriage from religion and religious ideas and there won’t be a problem. In the US the biggest benefit from marriage is the tax law..  Other than that, all property and survivorship advantages can be covered under legal arrangements, BUT with marriage its free and automatic. There really isn’t anything about marriage that is to the advantage of a couple except the federal and state tax laws.  And of course, since we don’t have national insurance, health insurance comapanies have to cover spouses, but not significant others or life partners. The problem in the US with legalizing gay marriage, is that under our laws, private business may not have to recognize it, even if the federal tax structure does.  Its not a simple reversal of law. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Seriously though give it time and i think we will change our name from the united kingdom to the "union of Bush" . That’s a great idea.  Its worth changing for a one term American President. I hope you’re right about that one term thing. You seem to have more faith in the American people than the polls about his approval would indicate.

Fuck the polls.  Polls are made by calling people up and seeing if they will take the time to answer a bunch of questions.  The economy is a disaster and that is how people are going to vote. Tons of people are out of work, they don’t appear on the unemployment figures because after benefits run out they are dropped from the statistics.  I enjoy Bush’s campaigning in the rust belt, because they have been hit hard and blame him…rightly so.  When you get right wing assholes like fotty nuking his posts where he supported bush….well, there you go. You can’t tell anything that is going on if you watch American TV.  The news isn’t real, its censored and has become a cheering section for commercial interests….just like the papers.  Real journalism is dead. People are pissed off. You have to watch the religious right though.  They’d support the devil himself if he said he’d put prayer in school.  They vote in a block and always turn out.  You have to watch the upper middle class left too, because they are so pig ignorant, they waffle, split their vote, and flail on marginal issues. However, I think that there are enough people left holding the stinky bag they’ve had thrust upon them, who really are going to get off their ass and vote this time.  IF Kerry chooses the right running mate, he can win. Pip

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Shez I am dyslexic, do you want to make an issue out of that to… No but I bet you do.

Pleading pretend dyslexia didn’t get you very far on URP, did it? Hint – it won’t get you very far here, either. I live on a pension, I am disabled, So am I.

Yeah, you’re a disabled hereditary-wiccan art-student lesbian who just happens to be a male dyslexic catholic wannabee geek. Daz, you’re a fuckwit. Live with it. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I have grown up children, and grandchildren, I can’t have kids or grandchildren.but what exactly has any of this to do with other people’s point of view of life?  I  remember this country before the health service, When getting a doctor was likely to bankrupt the family… When getting an education if you were not middle class was practically impossible beyond the reading writing and arithmetic stage, just the basics. Going to university was not just difficult it was almost impossible, unless you were lucky enough to get a scholarship, if you were a woman it was twice as difficult. You don’t appreciate what you have, because you have never been without it. I do appreciate what I have I also appreciate what I have not and never will have. I suggest you travel a bit before you make observations about this country, a bit of culture shock in a third world country tends to focus the mind a lot. All being well, my partner and I are going to America this summer. We are aiming to go lo CA and indulge into a mingle with bothe the ‘civilised’ culture and the ‘tribal’ That should be an eye opener.

That’ll be most entertaining, when Pixie learns that the nice Lesbian she’s been chatting to for all this time is actually a bloke. Or, are you expecting to convince the American URP posters that you’re female? California, heh, you couldn’t have chosen better, if you wanted a welcome from those who already know what you are, Dazza. Nice one. Jani

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writes – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – writes writes You don’t get tubal ligations and vasectomies for free?  And you have to jump through hoops to undergo the process? And you call yourself a first world country? (Or 4 first world countries, anyway) You really do have a lot in common with the US. What’s this problem that people in the UK and the US have with childless sex? Is that why homosexuals have such issues, because they’re not procreating? You should try living here. The UK is a tissue of false promises, lies and victorian values. Ok we let our children go clubbing now but we still hate gays, women, Americans and coloureds. We still think childless sex is a sin and that the only opinion allowed is there’s. I name it narrow bandwidth. :) . Mind you we still get free tetanus, scrapes, diabetes and a free national health service for what it’s worth. though i think when they let gays get married and adopt children, then we will be making progress. Seriously though give it time and i think we will change our name from the united kingdom to the "union of Bush" . Hehe. — S I don’t find that race, creed, or colour, and even gender are that much of a problem in this country compared to many others. Perhaps you need to get outside of Britain to appreciate that fact Nor do we set fire to gays, or hunt them down as a sport with rifles, which happens in some other countries.. Yes we do get free national health service, and if you think that a paid for health service is better then try living in America.. This country is not perfect, never will be… but it has a lot going for it, in the fact that its a small country and when voters yell, the government has to take notice. Their are far worse places. You obviously never see the good in anything, only the bad, what a miserable life you must lead. — Shez’s Garden at http://www.oldcity.f2s.com/shez/ I love when people misuse the word, ‘obviously’ like that. It seems you haven’t been where I have. Fair do but you should respect the individual point of view on life etc. I am dyslexic, do you want to make an issue out of that to… No but I bet you do.

Your dead right I do, I find people like you who pull others on spelling usually have little else to do, or very little intelligence to do it with. I live on a pension, I am disabled, So am I.

Which… I take it your over 65. I have grown up children, and grandchildren, I can’t have kids or grandchildren.but what exactly has any of this to do with other people’s point of view of life?

(Sigh) are people just generally dense today, or is it you in particular. I am a pensioner disabled, I have raised children who now have there own children, I understand what its like to live on a fixed income, and having raised children I know How difficult and costly it can be, and how hard you fight for your family to give them the best you can. Obviously you never had that problem  I  remember this country before the health service, When getting a doctor was likely to bankrupt the family… When getting an education if you were not middle class was practically impossible beyond the reading writing and arithmetic stage, just the basics. Going to university was not just difficult it was almost impossible, unless you were lucky enough to get a scholarship, if you were a woman it was twice as difficult. You don’t appreciate what you have, because you have never been without it. I do appreciate what I have I also appreciate what I have not and never will have.

What have you missed, its a free country, a democracy, you don’t have to pay for medical expenses, and if your disabled you know how help you can get. Including help like mobility, adapt ions to your home so you live at home no matter how disabled you are, That you can see a specialist that you don’t need to pay prescription charges if your over 60, or on a fixed income. Or a child. Do you imagine that sort of help is available all over the world, its not I assure you. And a lot that is not available in America, ask some Americans about prescription charges, about medical bills, and social security.. You might be suprised. I suggest you travel a bit before you make observations about this country, a bit of culture shock in a third world country tends to focus the mind a lot. All being well, my partner and I are going to America this summer. We are aiming to go lo CA and indulge into a mingle with bothe the ‘civilised’ culture and the ‘tribal’ That should be an eye opener.

It will certainly be an eye opener for the native Americans another tourist wanting to be play at being at traditional American spirituality.. I don’t suppose that the tribes will be any to pleased to be excluded from the civilised culture either, They had quite a good culture long before America was colonised. If you don’t mind sharing then where have you travelled?

America, Egypt, Singapore, Hongkong, Denmark, Germany, Syria, the middle east.. India… quite a few places, and many of them third world, many of them are still third world.. You don’t have any idea what the real world is like do you… you have this image of it all being better than where you are. Your probably right.. With your attitude no where would be good enough. If you stopped moaning long enough to take a good look around you, You might realise just how lucky you are, But then some people are never happy unless they are complaining about something. You don’t see what’s around me, you only see what’s around you.

(Grin ) I fought for some of the things you enjoy now, and take for granted, for women to have equal rights, for women to have the vote, for equal wages, pensions and a lot of other things. I didnt just sit back and moan, I got out their and did. Which is why people like you annoy me so much, You moan and never stop moaning and you never, ever do anything about it. You want the country to carry you, and you never put any effort into making sure that everyone has the right to a good education, health care, equal rights, the vote, Its not perfect, but then those who moan about it are never prepared to make the changes, or do the dirty work of changing what needs changing. Some people are in better positions to change it than others and not all changes are for the better. Was you lecture above from a standardised text or were you using your own perspective?

Everyone is in a position to change things, those who make excuses for their own laziness I don’t have a lot of time for. I don’t have a lot of time for moaning Minnies either, and you strike as the a full scale moaning Minnie, Its all everyone else’s fault. Never yours. Have a nice time in America, I think you should move their, we could with a few less hypocrites — Shez’s Garden at http://www.oldcity.f2s.com/shez/

– Shez’s Garden at http://www.oldcity.f2s.com/shez/

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. :) . Mind you we still get free tetanus, scrapes, diabetes and a free national health service for what it’s worth. Its worth far more than you can imagine.  You have never had to live without it, and because of that, have no idea what a struggle it is to do without it.

Have you done without it? Recently I mean. though i think when they let gays get married and adopt children, then we will be making progress. Why?  Who really gives a shit about marriage in the general population?

My partner and I do! If you are so het up about issues like those, try wresting your government out of the ass of your national church. This is where your energy might be better spent.

The government has nothing to do with my church. Seriously though give it time and i think we will change our name from the united kingdom to the "union of Bush" . That’s a great idea.  Its worth changing for a one term American President.

I was being sarcastic. Pip

– S — I live my life like I play games, I cheat. – Trolls are your enemies, wipe them out. http://www.hyphenologist.co.uk/killfile/antitrollfaqhtm.htm –

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – writes writes You don’t get tubal ligations and vasectomies for free?  And you have to jump through hoops to undergo the process? And you call yourself a first world country? (Or 4 first world countries, anyway) You really do have a lot in common with the US. What’s this problem that people in the UK and the US have with childless sex? Is that why homosexuals have such issues, because they’re not procreating? You should try living here. The UK is a tissue of false promises, lies and victorian values. Ok we let our children go clubbing now but we still hate gays, women, Americans and coloureds. We still think childless sex is a sin and that the only opinion allowed is there’s. I name it narrow bandwidth. :) . Mind you we still get free tetanus, scrapes, diabetes and a free national health service for what it’s worth. though i think when they let gays get married and adopt children, then we will be making progress. Seriously though give it time and i think we will change our name from the united kingdom to the "union of Bush" . Hehe. — S I don’t find that race, creed, or colour, and even gender are that much of a problem in this country compared to many others. Perhaps you need to get outside of Britain to appreciate that fact Nor do we set fire to gays, or hunt them down as a sport with rifles, which happens in some other countries.. Yes we do get free national health service, and if you think that a paid for health service is better then try living in America.. This country is not perfect, never will be… but it has a lot going for it, in the fact that its a small country and when voters yell, the government has to take notice. Their are far worse places. You obviously never see the good in anything, only the bad, what a miserable life you must lead. — Shez’s Garden at http://www.oldcity.f2s.com/shez/ I love when people misuse the word, ‘obviously’ like that. It seems you haven’t been where I have. Fair do but you should respect the individual point of view on life etc. I am dyslexic, do you want to make an issue out of that to…

No but I bet you do. I live on a pension, I am disabled,

So am I. I have grown up children, and grandchildren,

I can’t have kids or grandchildren.but what exactly has any of this to do with other people’s point of view of life?  I  remember this country before the health service, When getting a doctor was likely to bankrupt the family… When getting an education if you were not middle class was practically impossible beyond the reading writing and arithmetic stage, just the basics. Going to university was not just difficult it was almost impossible, unless you were lucky enough to get a scholarship, if you were a woman it was twice as difficult. You don’t appreciate what you have, because you have never been without it.

I do appreciate what I have I also appreciate what I have not and never will have. I suggest you travel a bit before you make observations about this country, a bit of culture shock in a third world country tends to focus the mind a lot.

All being well, my partner and I are going to America this summer. We are aiming to go lo CA and indulge into a mingle with bothe the ‘civilised’ culture and the ‘tribal’ That should be an eye opener. If you don’t mind sharing then where have you travelled? If you stopped moaning long enough to take a good look around you, You might realise just how lucky you are, But then some people are never happy unless they are complaining about something.

You don’t see what’s around me, you only see what’s around you. Its not perfect, but then those who moan about it are never prepared to make the changes, or do the dirty work of changing what needs changing.

Some people are in better positions to change it than others and not all changes are for the better. Was you lecture above from a standardised text or were you using your own perspective? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – — Shez’s Garden at http://www.oldcity.f2s.com/shez/

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I love when people misuse the word, ‘obviously’ like that. It seems you haven’t been where I have. Fair do but you should respect the individual point of view on life etc. I am dyslexic, do you want to make an issue out of that to… I live on a pension, I am disabled,   I have grown up children, and grandchildren,  I  remember this country before the health service, When getting a doctor was likely to bankrupt the family… When getting an education if you were not middle class was practically impossible beyond the reading writing and arithmetic stage, just the basics. Going to university was not just difficult it was almost impossible, unless you were lucky enough to get a scholarship, if you were a woman it was twice as difficult. You don’t appreciate what you have, because you have never been without it. I suggest you travel a bit before you make observations about this country, a bit of culture shock in a third world country tends to focus the mind a lot. If you stopped moaning long enough to take a good look around you, You might realise just how lucky you are, But then some people are never happy unless they are complaining about something. Its not perfect, but then those who moan about it are never prepared to make the changes, or do the dirty work of changing what needs changing. — Shez’s Garden at http://www.oldcity.f2s.com/shez/

For twits who claim to be so enlightened. I have one word, bullshit. You are right, Shez, about the need to travel in the Third World. But then again, he would not survive. For the like of these condemn the UK or the US for not being "enlightened", I have a curse. May you live  without, and learn. Harley — Boycott Starbucks http://www.haidabuckscafe.com/ Reply to vyl at pacbell dot net

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. :) . Mind you we still get free tetanus, scrapes, diabetes and a free national health service for what it’s worth.

Its worth far more than you can imagine.  You have never had to live without it, and because of that, have no idea what a struggle it is to do without it. though i think when they let gays get married and adopt children, then we will be making

progress. Why?  Who really gives a shit about marriage in the general population?  If you are so het up about issues like those, try wresting your government out of the ass of your national church. This is where your energy might be better spent. Seriously though give it time and i think we will change our name from the united kingdom to the "union of Bush" .

That’s a great idea.  Its worth changing for a one term American President. Pip – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hehe. — S — I live my life like I play games, I cheat. – Trolls are your enemies, wipe them out. http://www.hyphenologist.co.uk/killfile/antitrollfaqhtm.htm –

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. :) . Mind you we still get free tetanus, scrapes, diabetes and a free national health service for what it’s worth. Its worth far more than you can imagine.  You have never had to live without it, and because of that, have no idea what a struggle it is to do without it.

Indeed. though i think when they let gays get married and adopt children, then we will be making progress. Why?  Who really gives a shit about marriage in the general population?  If you are so het up about issues like those, try wresting your government out of the ass of your national church. This is where your energy might be better spent.

That’s true. Because with that comes multiple benefits. In some ways it’s remarkable in Canada, because our second largest religion is the United Church of Canada, who is so liberal that they are actually one of the main lobbiests in favour of homosexual marriage. Seriously though give it time and i think we will change our name from the united kingdom to the "union of Bush" . That’s a great idea.  Its worth changing for a one term American President.

I hope you’re right about that one term thing. You seem to have more faith in the American people than the polls about his approval would indicate.

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writes – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – writes You don’t get tubal ligations and vasectomies for free?  And you have to jump through hoops to undergo the process? And you call yourself a first world country? (Or 4 first world countries, anyway) You really do have a lot in common with the US. What’s this problem that people in the UK and the US have with childless sex? Is that why homosexuals have such issues, because they’re not procreating? You should try living here. The UK is a tissue of false promises, lies and victorian values. Ok we let our children go clubbing now but we still hate gays, women, Americans and coloureds. We still think childless sex is a sin and that the only opinion allowed is there’s. I name it narrow bandwidth. :) . Mind you we still get free tetanus, scrapes, diabetes and a free national health service for what it’s worth. though i think when they let gays get married and adopt children, then we will be making progress. Seriously though give it time and i think we will change our name from the united kingdom to the "union of Bush" . Hehe. — S I don’t find that race, creed, or colour, and even gender are that much of a problem in this country compared to many others. Perhaps you need to get outside of Britain to appreciate that fact Nor do we set fire to gays, or hunt them down as a sport with rifles, which happens in some other countries.. Yes we do get free national health service, and if you think that a paid for health service is better then try living in America.. This country is not perfect, never will be… but it has a lot going for it, in the fact that its a small country and when voters yell, the government has to take notice. Their are far worse places. You obviously never see the good in anything, only the bad, what a miserable life you must lead. — Shez’s Garden at http://www.oldcity.f2s.com/shez/ I love when people misuse the word, ‘obviously’ like that. It seems you haven’t been where I have. Fair do but you should respect the individual point of view on life etc.

I am dyslexic, do you want to make an issue out of that to… I live on a pension, I am disabled,   I have grown up children, and grandchildren,  I  remember this country before the health service, When getting a doctor was likely to bankrupt the family… When getting an education if you were not middle class was practically impossible beyond the reading writing and arithmetic stage, just the basics. Going to university was not just difficult it was almost impossible, unless you were lucky enough to get a scholarship, if you were a woman it was twice as difficult. You don’t appreciate what you have, because you have never been without it. I suggest you travel a bit before you make observations about this country, a bit of culture shock in a third world country tends to focus the mind a lot. If you stopped moaning long enough to take a good look around you, You might realise just how lucky you are, But then some people are never happy unless they are complaining about something. Its not perfect, but then those who moan about it are never prepared to make the changes, or do the dirty work of changing what needs changing. — Shez’s Garden at http://www.oldcity.f2s.com/shez/

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Seriously though give it time and i think we will change our name from the united kingdom to the "union of Bush" . Hehe.

Hmmm…It just occurred to me that I haven’t noticed anyone  refer to the "coalition of the willing" in Iraq as "The Bush League of Nations",. Missed opportunity there. Joe

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – writes You don’t get tubal ligations and vasectomies for free?  And you have to jump through hoops to undergo the process? And you call yourself a first world country? (Or 4 first world countries, anyway) You really do have a lot in common with the US. What’s this problem that people in the UK and the US have with childless sex? Is that why homosexuals have such issues, because they’re not procreating? You should try living here. The UK is a tissue of false promises, lies and victorian values. Ok we let our children go clubbing now but we still hate gays, women, Americans and coloureds. We still think childless sex is a sin and that the only opinion allowed is there’s. I name it narrow bandwidth. :) . Mind you we still get free tetanus, scrapes, diabetes and a free national health service for what it’s worth. though i think when they let gays get married and adopt children, then we will be making progress. Seriously though give it time and i think we will change our name from the united kingdom to the "union of Bush" . Hehe. — S I don’t find that race, creed, or colour, and even gender are that much of a problem in this country compared to many others. Perhaps you need to get outside of Britain to appreciate that fact Nor do we set fire to gays, or hunt them down as a sport with rifles, which happens in some other countries.. Yes we do get free national health service, and if you think that a paid for health service is better then try living in America.. This country is not perfect, never will be… but it has a lot going for it, in the fact that its a small country and when voters yell, the government has to take notice. Their are far worse places. You obviously never see the good in anything, only the bad, what a miserable life you must lead. — Shez’s Garden at http://www.oldcity.f2s.com/shez/

I love when people misuse the word, ‘obviously’ like that. It seems you haven’t been where I have. Fair do but you should respect the individual point of view on life etc. — S — I live my life like I play games, I cheat. – Trolls are your enemies, wipe them out. http://www.hyphenologist.co.uk/killfile/antitrollfaqhtm.htm –

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writes – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – You don’t get tubal ligations and vasectomies for free?  And you have to jump through hoops to undergo the process? And you call yourself a first world country? (Or 4 first world countries, anyway) You really do have a lot in common with the US. What’s this problem that people in the UK and the US have with childless sex? Is that why homosexuals have such issues, because they’re not procreating? You should try living here. The UK is a tissue of false promises, lies and victorian values. Ok we let our children go clubbing now but we still hate gays, women, Americans and coloureds. We still think childless sex is a sin and that the only opinion allowed is there’s. I name it narrow bandwidth. :) . Mind you we still get free tetanus, scrapes, diabetes and a free national health service for what it’s worth. though i think when they let gays get married and adopt children, then we will be making progress. Seriously though give it time and i think we will change our name from the united kingdom to the "union of Bush" . Hehe. — S

I don’t find that race, creed, or colour, and even gender are that much of a problem in this country compared to many others. Perhaps you need to get outside of Britain to appreciate that fact Nor do we set fire to gays, or hunt them down as a sport with rifles, which happens in some other countries.. Yes we do get free national health service, and if you think that a paid for health service is better then try living in America.. This country is not perfect, never will be… but it has a lot going for it, in the fact that its a small country and when voters yell, the government has to take notice. Their are far worse places. You obviously never see the good in anything, only the bad, what a miserable life you must lead. — Shez’s Garden at http://www.oldcity.f2s.com/shez/

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – You don’t get tubal ligations and vasectomies for free?  And you have to jump through hoops to undergo the process? And you call yourself a first world country? (Or 4 first world countries, anyway) You really do have a lot in common with the US. What’s this problem that people in the UK and the US have with childless sex? Is that why homosexuals have such issues, because they’re not procreating? You should try living here. The UK is a tissue of false promises, lies and victorian values. Ok we let our children go clubbing now but we still hate gays, women, Americans and coloureds. We still think childless sex is a sin and that the only opinion allowed is there’s. I name it narrow bandwidth. :) . Mind you we still get free tetanus, scrapes, diabetes and a free national health service for what it’s worth. though i think when they let gays get married and adopt children, then we will be making progress. Seriously though give it time and i think we will change our name from the united kingdom to the "union of Bush" . Hehe.

Oh gosh. Some of that is real scary stuff. It’s amazing that you aren’t really familiar with the basic workings of a particular country unless you live there and whatnot. I mean, if I hadn’t seen people on URP talking about this, I would never have thought it to be like this at all.

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You don’t get tubal ligations and vasectomies for free?  And you have to jump through hoops to undergo the process? And you call yourself a first world country? (Or 4 first world countries, anyway) You really do have a lot in common with the US. What’s this problem that people in the UK and the US have with childless sex? Is that why homosexuals have such issues, because they’re not procreating?

You should try living here. The UK is a tissue of false promises, lies and victorian values. Ok we let our children go clubbing now but we still hate gays, women, Americans and coloureds. We still think childless sex is a sin and that the only opinion allowed is there’s. I name it narrow bandwidth. :) . Mind you we still get free tetanus, scrapes, diabetes and a free national health service for what it’s worth. though i think when they let gays get married and adopt children, then we will be making progress. Seriously though give it time and i think we will change our name from the united kingdom to the "union of Bush" . Hehe. — S — I live my life like I play games, I cheat. – Trolls are your enemies, wipe them out. http://www.hyphenologist.co.uk/killfile/antitrollfaqhtm.htm –

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You don’t get tubal ligations and vasectomies for free?  And you have to jump through hoops to undergo the process? And you call yourself a first world country? (Or 4 first world countries, anyway) You really do have a lot in common with the US. What’s this problem that people in the UK and the US have with childless sex? Is that why homosexuals have such issues, because they’re not procreating?

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NLP and Dyslexia

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Yes I can see that learning words visually is good for people who have trouble with phonological processing; -before I received any dyslexic support lessons the only words I knew were ones I’d learnt visually -so I could spell as many words as I could read! But unless you are suggesting that people learn 9,000 words visually they would have to use the sound structure of the word in order to read or write new words. So my guess is that this method is extremely good in the short term but utterly inadequate in the long term.     My vocabulary is probably far greater than 9000 words (I’ve never actually counted) and every single one is visually learned. I have very bad spelling though, especially since I make up spellings for words I have only heard and can’t read phonetically at all. For years I knew the word charisma, but thought the word I was reading was a new and different word sounded out like charm-is-a, and charisma being spelled karisma :)     I do remember seeing a report on children learning spelling when experimental methods were in vogue and hooked on phonics was big. Phonetic spelling, it turned out, just didn’t work at all for any child. The system was just plain flawed, and hooked on phonics wasn’t working for anyone, and their claims at being helpful for dyslexic children were also false and they were actually causing them to revert. My school used the hooked on phonics system, and I personally didn’t take to it.     But memorizing word structures was also flawed. It doesn’t work very well. I use it anyways, it’s how I see words. They look like pictures to me that hint at their meanings. This gets screwed up sometimes though. I remember associating a burning piece of wood with the word fag, and then thinking it was a torch at a later date.     The best method was actually the oldest method. Rote memorization of spellings. Say a word, like actually. Then spell it, a-c-t-u-a-l-l-y. Repeat over and over until it’s drilled into a child’s brain.

well like all things you or should use a combo of techniques no method works 100% of the time… roger

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The NLP frauds were rubn out of Phladelphia years ago They mainly ply their scams out of England – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Roger wrote whats NLP then? never was told oh useing this method etc when i was a kiddy winky. NLP is Neuro-Linguistic Programming and it’s a way of modelling a person’s internal processes, mainly their visual, auditory and kinesthetic experiences. Interestingly, when good reader/speller’s are modelled and their internal process is compared to a poor reader/speller’s, the differences demonstrate that a good reader/speller uses a visual method even though they might have been taught auditorily. This best process can be easily taught to poor readers. I about boil over in anger seeing phonics continually pitched to our children. It’s a horribly inneficient method for teaching a visual process. Ugh, spitooi! I challenge the readers of this forum to question their friends on this. Find someone who spells really well. Ask them to spell a long but easy word, something like "programming" or "demonstrate". You will probably notice their eyes defocus and most good spellers will look upwards. Ask them about their internal experience, how did they do it inside their heads. Most will say they saw the word in their imagination. Of course there are always exceptions to every rule, but most people will be using their visual memory. Contrast that with how a poor speller does it. That process will be different. Many poor spellers look down first as they might be trying to kinesthetically feel out the word, trying their darndest to translate the sounds into letters. Many times a person’s eye’s will go around in a circle pattern as they try to access the information. Please note that this is also what happens when a person is listening to a speaker and the listener isn’t comprehending the speaker’s words. Trust me, it only takes a few minutes to teach the new way of reading/spelling. I spend more time setting up the change and some more time after the change checking, but the actual change happens quickly. NLP’s methods make sense and are easily implemented.

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Roger wrote whats NLP then? never was told oh useing this method etc when i was a kiddy winky.

NLP is Neuro-Linguistic Programming and it’s a way of modelling a person’s internal processes, mainly their visual, auditory and kinesthetic experiences. Interestingly, when good reader/speller’s are modelled and their internal process is compared to a poor reader/speller’s, the differences demonstrate that a good reader/speller uses a visual method even though they might have been taught auditorily. This best process can be easily taught to poor readers. I about boil over in anger seeing phonics continually pitched to our children. It’s a horribly inneficient method for teaching a visual process. Ugh, spitooi! I challenge the readers of this forum to question their friends on this. Find someone who spells really well. Ask them to spell a long but easy word, something like "programming" or "demonstrate". You will probably notice their eyes defocus and most good spellers will look upwards. Ask them about their internal experience, how did they do it inside their heads. Most will say they saw the word in their imagination. Of course there are always exceptions to every rule, but most people will be using their visual memory. Contrast that with how a poor speller does it. That process will be different. Many poor spellers look down first as they might be trying to kinesthetically feel out the word, trying their darndest to translate the sounds into letters. Many times a person’s eye’s will go around in a circle pattern as they try to access the information. Please note that this is also what happens when a person is listening to a speaker and the listener isn’t comprehending the speaker’s words. Trust me, it only takes a few minutes to teach the new way of reading/spelling. I spend more time setting up the change and some more time after the change checking, but the actual change happens quickly. NLP’s methods make sense and are easily implemented.

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   My vocabulary is probably far greater than 9000 words (I’ve never actually counted) and every single one is visually learned. I have very bad spelling though, especially since I make up spellings for words I have only heard and can’t read phonetically at all. For years I knew the word charisma, but thought the word I was reading was a new and different word sounded out like charm-is-a, and charisma being spelled karisma :)

Wow, I have to tell you I had the very same experience with the word charisma. Every time I read it I pronounced it char-isma as in charred and I thought the correct spelling was karisma. I finally looked charisma up in the dictionary to see what it meant! What a shocker that was. I remember getting angry and looking up karisma only to not find it. It took me a while to stop saying char when seeing that word. I think both the visual only method and the phonetic methods have their advantages and I feel phonics has the most drawbacks. I firmly believe the visual method should be taught first and followed up by phonics. My experience with poor readers is that phonics doesn’t make any sense to them until they learn the visual process. It’s like putting the cart in front of the horse.     I do remember seeing a report on children learning spelling when experimental methods were in vogue and hooked on phonics was big. Phonetic spelling, it turned out, just didn’t work at all for any child. The system was just plain flawed, and hooked on phonics wasn’t working for anyone, and their claims at being helpful for dyslexic children were also false and they were actually causing them to revert. My school used the hooked on phonics system, and I personally didn’t take to it.     But memorizing word structures was also flawed. It doesn’t work very well. I use it anyways, it’s how I see words. They look like pictures to me that hint at their meanings. This gets screwed up sometimes though. I remember associating a burning piece of wood with the word fag, and then thinking it was a torch at a later date.     The best method was actually the oldest method. Rote memorization of spellings. Say a word, like actually. Then spell it, a-c-t-u-a-l-l-y. Repeat over and over until it’s drilled into a child’s brain.

Interesting Rob, your difficulty with the word flag is a valid point and I’m suspecting you just had an inaccurate represention of it’s meaning the first time you learned "flag". Is this not the same with learning contextual meaning with any vocabulary word, either visually or phonetically? My experience is there’s an easy reading learning process to be followed and if one of the steps is left out, the results won’t be optimum. Actually, this is the exact reason why many kids have no comprehension abilities when reading. They are missing the step of associating word meaning with the visual word. Obviously teachers must be focusing way too much on pronunciation and neglecting to teach comprehension… if they can say the word the must know it’s meaning? Then the child is considered wrong if they can’t write a sentence using that word? I give the teachers a big fat F!

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Roger wrote whats NLP then? never was told oh useing this method etc when i was a kiddy winky. NLP is Neuro-Linguistic Programming and it’s a way of modelling a person’s internal processes, mainly their visual, auditory and kinesthetic experiences. Interestingly, when good reader/speller’s are modelled and their internal process is compared to a poor reader/speller’s, the differences demonstrate that a good reader/speller uses a visual method even though they might have been taught auditorily. This best process can be easily taught to poor readers. I about boil over in anger seeing phonics continually pitched to our children. It’s a horribly inneficient method for teaching a visual process. Ugh, spitooi!

you might not like it but its still a extremly valuable tool, it has some major flaws, namely the way that the pronacation of words has changed over time so that many words don’t spell as they sound. but it shouldn’t be disregared, – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I challenge the readers of this forum to question their friends on this. Find someone who spells really well. Ask them to spell a long but easy word, something like "programming" or "demonstrate". You will probably notice their eyes defocus and most good spellers will look upwards. Ask them about their internal experience, how did they do it inside their heads. Most will say they saw the word in their imagination. Of course there are always exceptions to every rule, but most people will be using their visual memory. Contrast that with how a poor speller does it. That process will be different. Many poor spellers look down first as they might be trying to kinesthetically feel out the word, trying their darndest to translate the sounds into letters. Many times a person’s eye’s will go around in a circle pattern as they try to access the information. Please note that this is also what happens when a person is listening to a speaker and the listener isn’t comprehending the speaker’s words.

well i use the shape/memory/rules of langage on words i know on words i don’t know or don’t use frequntly i use sound-likly shape/rules of langage to try to form the word. Trust me, it only takes a few minutes to teach the new way of reading/spelling. I spend more time setting up the change and some more time after the change checking, but the actual change happens quickly.

well for some it probably is a useful tool but a "fix all" i wouldn’t of thought so as it requires use of memory which for many dyslexics is very poor NLP’s methods make sense and are easily implemented.

roger

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m an adult with various dyslexia symptoms, mostly auditory/verbal related. I’ve just recently begun paying attention and learning about dyslexia, and that’s how I realized I have experienced many symptoms all my life. I’ve also been a rabid NLP enthusiast for the past 10 years. I have successfully used NLP to teach a dyslexic child (10 yr old) to read and spell…  it only took me two hours and he read an entire page from a Harry Potter book conversationally. In that 2 hrs he learned a good 30 words. He could read them and spell them both forwards and backwards. He then had a way of learning new words on his own. His school had labelled him as never going to read and gave him all his tests orally. Now he can read. I have used NLP to teach other children to read/study/motivation/self esteem, but this was the first child where I highly suspected dyslexia, as I saw the letters moving on him several times. I believe NLP can help any one learn to read. Curiously, I did a search and found a few NLP discussions from years past, but nothing recent, so I thought I’d start a new thread. If anyone wants to learn this methodology or has questions, I’m an enthusiastic partner.

whats NLP then? never was told oh useing this method etc when i was a kiddy winky. roger

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The NLP frauds were rubn out of Phladelphia years ago They mainly ply their scams out of England

Sorry if you had a bad experience with an NLP Practitioner. I hope you’ll share your experience with us, other wise I have no way of supporting you. Here is what I believe about NLP. First off, I can gaurantee NLP is a valid methodology and thousands of people are better for it. Just like any profession, some inneffective practitioners do exist, just like there are engineers that design in flaws, doctors that make mistakes, etc, etc. Some trainings are better than others, even within a training course some trainers are better than others… just like HS, eh? Ok, and even if you experience the best trainer some participants can put into practice what they’ve learned and others need some help themselves first. It’s like saying that while all students can learn, some just should stay out of the teaching profession. I am curious, what happened in Philly? Did a training center close? Did a practitioner do something stupid? You’ve got my attention.

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You can not guarantee ANYTHING from quackwatch’s list of scam treatments: Neurolinguistic Programming Neurolinguistic programming (NLP) is a variable system of procedures purported to enable people to communicate more effectively and influence others. It is said to involve modifying the patterns or "programming" created by interactions among the brain (neuro), language (linguistic), and the body that produce both effective and ineffective behavior. Proponents claim that NLP has cured phobias, allergies, and other problems in one or a few brief sessions. Its core postulates are: (a) people are most influenced by messages that reflect how they internally represent whatever they are doing; and (b) this representation is reflected by eye-gaze patterns, posture, tone of voice, and language patterns. The internal representation can be visual (picturing what they are involved with), auditory (hearing it sounded out), or can involve other senses. Proponents claim, for example, that a someone experiencing a mental image might use the words "I see," whereas someone in an auditory mode might say "that sounds right to me. Scientific studies have demonstrated no correlation between eye movements and visual imagery, reported thoughts, or language choices. A National Research Council committee has found no significant evidence that NLP’s theories are sound or that its practices are effective Druckman D, Swets JA, editors. Enhancing Human Performance. Washington D.C., 1988, National Academy Press. Fortunately, unlike some other scams, the NPL crap is rare in the US, and NLP scammers are usually shut down rapidly.  Unfortunately they still ply their vicious scam in the UK. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – The NLP frauds were rubn out of Phladelphia years ago They mainly ply their scams out of England Sorry if you had a bad experience with an NLP Practitioner. I hope you’ll share your experience with us, other wise I have no way of supporting you. Here is what I believe about NLP. First off, I can gaurantee NLP is a valid methodology and thousands of people are better for it. Just like any profession, some inneffective practitioners do exist, just like there are engineers that design in flaws, doctors that make mistakes, etc, etc. Some trainings are better than others, even within a training course some trainers are better than others… just like HS, eh? Ok, and even if you experience the best trainer some participants can put into practice what they’ve learned and others need some help themselves first. It’s like saying that while all students can learn, some just should stay out of the teaching profession. I am curious, what happened in Philly? Did a training center close? Did a practitioner do something stupid? You’ve got my attention.

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Yes I can see that learning words visually is good for people who have trouble with phonological processing; -before I received any dyslexic support lessons the only words I knew were ones I’d learnt visually -so I could spell as many words as I could read! But unless you are suggesting that people learn 9,000 words visually they would have to use the sound structure of the word in order to read or write new words. So my guess is that this method is extremely good in the short term but utterly inadequate in the long term. -Gemma – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Roger wrote whats NLP then? never was told oh useing this method etc when i was a kiddy winky. NLP is Neuro-Linguistic Programming and it’s a way of modelling a person’s internal processes, mainly their visual, auditory and kinesthetic experiences. Interestingly, when good reader/speller’s are modelled and their internal process is compared to a poor reader/speller’s, the differences demonstrate that a good reader/speller uses a visual method even though they might have been taught auditorily. This best process can be easily taught to poor readers. I about boil over in anger seeing phonics continually pitched to our children. It’s a horribly inneficient method for teaching a visual process. Ugh, spitooi! I challenge the readers of this forum to question their friends on this. Find someone who spells really well. Ask them to spell a long but easy word, something like "programming" or "demonstrate". You will probably notice their eyes defocus and most good spellers will look upwards. Ask them about their internal experience, how did they do it inside their heads. Most will say they saw the word in their imagination. Of course there are always exceptions to every rule, but most people will be using their visual memory. Contrast that with how a poor speller does it. That process will be different. Many poor spellers look down first as they might be trying to kinesthetically feel out the word, trying their darndest to translate the sounds into letters. Many times a person’s eye’s will go around in a circle pattern as they try to access the information. Please note that this is also what happens when a person is listening to a speaker and the listener isn’t comprehending the speaker’s words. Trust me, it only takes a few minutes to teach the new way of reading/spelling. I spend more time setting up the change and some more time after the change checking, but the actual change happens quickly. NLP’s methods make sense and are easily implemented.

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Yes I can see that learning words visually is good for people who have trouble with phonological processing; -before I received any dyslexic support lessons the only words I knew were ones I’d learnt visually -so I could spell as many words as I could read! But unless you are suggesting that people learn 9,000 words visually they would have to use the sound structure of the word in order to read or write new words. So my guess is that this method is extremely good in the short term but utterly inadequate in the long term.

    My vocabulary is probably far greater than 9000 words (I’ve never actually counted) and every single one is visually learned. I have very bad spelling though, especially since I make up spellings for words I have only heard and can’t read phonetically at all. For years I knew the word charisma, but thought the word I was reading was a new and different word sounded out like charm-is-a, and charisma being spelled karisma :)     I do remember seeing a report on children learning spelling when experimental methods were in vogue and hooked on phonics was big. Phonetic spelling, it turned out, just didn’t work at all for any child. The system was just plain flawed, and hooked on phonics wasn’t working for anyone, and their claims at being helpful for dyslexic children were also false and they were actually causing them to revert. My school used the hooked on phonics system, and I personally didn’t take to it.     But memorizing word structures was also flawed. It doesn’t work very well. I use it anyways, it’s how I see words. They look like pictures to me that hint at their meanings. This gets screwed up sometimes though. I remember associating a burning piece of wood with the word fag, and then thinking it was a torch at a later date.     The best method was actually the oldest method. Rote memorization of spellings. Say a word, like actually. Then spell it, a-c-t-u-a-l-l-y. Repeat over and over until it’s drilled into a child’s brain.

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I’m an adult with various dyslexia symptoms, mostly auditory/verbal related. I’ve just recently begun paying attention and learning about dyslexia, and that’s how I realized I have experienced many symptoms all my life. I’ve also been a rabid NLP enthusiast for the past 10 years. I have successfully used NLP to teach a dyslexic child (10 yr old) to read and spell…  it only took me two hours and he read an entire page from a Harry Potter book conversationally. In that 2 hrs he learned a good 30 words. He could read them and spell them both forwards and backwards. He then had a way of learning new words on his own. His school had labelled him as never going to read and gave him all his tests orally. Now he can read. I have used NLP to teach other children to read/study/motivation/self esteem, but this was the first child where I highly suspected dyslexia, as I saw the letters moving on him several times. I believe NLP can help any one learn to read. Curiously, I did a search and found a few NLP discussions from years past, but nothing recent, so I thought I’d start a new thread. If anyone wants to learn this methodology or has questions, I’m an enthusiastic partner.

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"Wendy" <we…@hundredakerwood.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message

news:c05kdj$aut$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk… > I’ve never heard of NVLD before, so I’ll do some reading on that.  It’s > possible, that the British lump it in with Dyslexia.

like Deb said, it’s just starting to be recognized over here….when i was first starting out (After everyone finally admitted i wasn’t just lazy), it was a "motor planning disorder" that was related to a birth defect….it wasn’t until pretty recently that it was recognized as a specific set of learning differences….and i am also ADD-just enough to make my dayplanner a pretty good idea and to make me kinda flaky when i stress out, but it is there…:) try this out for size…:) http://www.nldontheweb.org/ http://www.nldline.com/ http://www.nlda.org/ Jess

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"Deborah M Riel" <dr…@wpi.edu> wrote in message news:c05gg7$4lt$2@bigboote.WPI.EDU… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> In article <c0580m$n3…@news5.svr.pol.co.uk>, > Wendy <we…@hundredakerwood.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: > >"Deborah M Riel" <dr…@wpi.edu> wrote in message > >news:c03259$1rvq$2@bigboote.WPI.EDU… > >> You said this so well.  I think if she had been raised knowing she was > >> dyslexic, it would be something she accepted about herself, like the > >> color of her eyes or hair.  But it’s new to her, and feels defective. > >The thing is this is a girl who was reading at aged 3.  That doesn’t sound > >like the typical pattern of dyslexia.  She was really verbal from an early > >age, at a year she had something like 20-30 words she could use.  She never > >slept as a baby either, she was exceptionally alert to what was going on > >around her. > How sure are you about the diagnosis?  Have you ever checked into > nonverbal learning disorder, for example?  People with that often are > good readers, and very verbal with good vocabularies.  They respond > well to having things explained to them, and not so well at written > instruction.  They can read well, as I said, but often lack in > comprehension.  It’s a much more tricky diagnosis, and most often > shows up when an IQ test shows a large discrepency between the VIQ and > PIQ.  I think a point spread of >11 is usually what triggers > suspicion.  It can mimic other disorders, and can coexist with other > disorders as well.

(ten points is the diagnosis) *nods* i read and spoke early, but didn’t start walking until i was after two….that in itself didn’t trigger any bells, because i have a bad hip…..but in school, my math/science grades always fell five or six years behind my age group, while my reading skills were off the chart…my handwriting is a joke, and i’m being kind…:) i’ve a knack for languages and music, but the more abstract stuff for me took a lot longer than it did for my peers…don’t give me a stack of paperwork and not tell me anything about it, because it’ll get put somewhere and i won’t do it….tell me what you want and what you want me to do…:) what they look for in the tests is a severe discrepancy in the testing ranges-if you score consistently high in certain types of subtests, but pretty low in certain types of others, then that indicates an issue…:) i can pull my scores out, if you’d like…:) Jess

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"The Watsons" <warpedsyst…@earthlink.net> wrote in message

news:bhuVb.10363$IF1.3301@fed1read01… > like Deb said, it’s just starting to be recognized over here….when i was > first starting out (After everyone finally admitted i wasn’t just lazy), it > was a "motor planning disorder" that was related to a birth defect….it > wasn’t until pretty recently that it was recognized as a specific set of > learning differences….and i am also ADD-just enough to make my dayplanner > a pretty good idea and to make me kinda flaky when i stress out, but it is > there…:) > try this out for size…:)

Thanks for that, Jess. Wendy

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"Wendy" <we…@hundredakerwood.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message

news:c05sjq$g25$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk… > Thanks for that, Jess.

no problem…:) Jess

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"Wendy" <we…@hundredakerwood.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message

news:c058ga$es1$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk… > "_calinda_" <calindasincl…@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:c04g82$12acgj$1@ID-178944.news.uni-berlin.de… > > My kids have plenty of chores & there is certainly an expectation > > that they chip in and take care of things, simply because they are > > part of the family & they need to make sure they help to make family > > life run smoothly.  But I certainly don’t expect that everything I > > do be reciprocated. > I don’t think Barclay expects everything to be reciprocated either.  He just > doesn’t see why we should be the ones who makes all the effort.

Is it a case of Barclay being upset because the kids don’t *offer* to help? In my experience kids are happy to help if *asked*. My DH used to get into a mood because my 16y/o "hasn’t given back anything lately". When I say "why don’t you ask him to mow the lawn or something?" he says "that’s not the point, I want him to think about all the stuff we do for him and give something back because he appreciates us not because we ask him to". That sort of behaviour is starting to appear thank goodness. :) ) Personally I still think it is easier to just ask. Amy

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"Amy Lou" <amylou…@bigpond.com> wrote in message

news:E8yVb.48234$Wa.14556@news-server.bigpond.net.au… > Is it a case of Barclay being upset because the kids don’t *offer* to help? > In my experience kids are happy to help if *asked*.

Not even that.  He was pleased that a wet towel had been put back on the towel rail the other day, instead of being left on a bedroom floor. > My DH used to get into a mood because my 16y/o "hasn’t given back anything > lately". When I say "why don’t you ask him to mow the lawn or something?" he > says "that’s not the point, I want him to think about all the stuff we do > for him and give something back because he appreciates us not because we ask > him to". > That sort of behaviour is starting to appear thank goodness. :) ) Personally > I still think it is easier to just ask.

But asking sometimes turns into nagging and that can be very wearing. Wendy

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WhansaMi wrote: > I dunno.  Are you guys saying kids *shouldn’t* be expected to do > things for their parents, or they can’t, yet?  I guess, in either > case, I’d have to disagree.

Okay.. I just wrote this really, really long reply.. decided to snip it all and yes.. this is the short version, lol No, I am not saying that exactly. What I am complaining about is when a parent (read "my ex") expects that anything and everything they do will be reciprocated, and in truth I think there times when I should do something simply because I’m the parent. My kids have plenty of chores & there is certainly an expectation that they chip in and take care of things, simply because they are part of the family & they need to make sure they help to make family life run smoothly.  But I certainly don’t expect that everything I do be reciprocated. Cal~

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"jane" <janelaw2…@aol.com> wrote in message

news:20040207100416.22659.00001053@mb-m19.aol.com… > Yeah, well, Wendy, that’s to be expected.  You just cannot realistically expect > her to skip right over the little yellow bus aspect of this.  Let her grieve a > little.

I don’t think I understand what the little yellow bus refers to. I can see that she needs to grieve a little, but I don’t want her to be angry with me. I’m convinced having her tested was the best thing to do, and I’m angry that the schools didn’t pick this up ages ago, especially as I asked more than once if they thought she might have ADD. My sister who was a SN Teacher in Canada until recently worked with her a couple of years ago when she was revising for GCSE exams.  She doesn’t think she is dyslexic, so there may be differences in what the term is used to mean in different countries.  She agrees that there is a problem, but isn’t convinced that this is what it is. > What people seem to do in this situation is talk to the other girls’ parents. > I think it’s like head lice.  You really, really don’t want to make that call > and discuss this with a total stranger, but as a parent you know you would want > them to call you.

I just don’t know how to phrase the conversation without it sounding like I’m accusing their children of something.  Were it me, if I saw my child with jewellry that I’d not seen before, I’d be wanting to know where it came from. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Sorry he’s blue.  I don’t know why he ever thought he could effect changes in > your children’s behavior.  You guys were together forever, and he’s old enough > to know better than to go into a relationship expecting to change the other > person > >who have been expecting us to do a lot for them, > >but really haven’t been doing much in return. > Okay, but I’m surprised that you are expecting them to do things in return for > what you do for them.  You do what you do for them because you’re their parent > and you love them and it’s your job.  They do what they do for you because they > want something.  j/k  But there’s no quid pro quo between you.  What you do for > them, they do for their kids decades from now.

I understand that, but he feels there is a lack of respect and consideration.  The issue isn’t what they do or don’t do, the issue is that he hasn’t felt able to express his opinion openly. Wendy

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"Deborah M Riel" <dr…@wpi.edu> wrote in message news:c03259$1rvq$2@bigboote.WPI.EDU… > You said this so well.  I think if she had been raised knowing she was > dyslexic, it would be something she accepted about herself, like the > color of her eyes or hair.  But it’s new to her, and feels defective.

The thing is this is a girl who was reading at aged 3.  That doesn’t sound like the typical pattern of dyslexia.  She was really verbal from an early age, at a year she had something like 20-30 words she could use.  She never slept as a baby either, she was exceptionally alert to what was going on around her. > I agree with this, but I also see what Wendy’s saying.  Sure it’s her > job, but everyone likes to feel cared about enough that someone else > will lend a hand willingly once in a while.  I think it takes time to > sink in–maybe more time than they’ll be living at home.  Just > yesterday, though, my son called me at work and said he was shoveling > the driveway for me before I got home.  If you knew my son, you’d know > why I almost dropped to the floor in a faint hearing that.  He also > said "thank you" when I took him to dinner.  Two little things, but > it’s a beginning.

I guess because I’ve had two operations in the last six months, and that has meant some extended periods where he’s been picking up the slack for me, he is now suffering from feeling taken for granted.  I feel that way too, but when I feel that I’d tell them how I’m feeling.  For some reason, he’s felt he can’t express his views – it’s that that makes him feel impotent. Wendy

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>"WhansaMi" <whans…@aol.com> wrote in message >news:20040207182323.24596.00001544@mb-m13.aol.com… >> I dunno.  Are you guys saying kids *shouldn’t* be expected to do things >for >> their parents, or they can’t, yet?  I guess, in either case, I’d have to >> disagree. >I think Barclay and I both feel that everyone should chip in a bit to help, >especially as we’re bending over backwards trying to do things for them. >The truth is they hate the mess and like it when things are nice, but they >haven’t yet cottoned on to the fact that they have some control over helping >to keep it that way. >Wendy

I don’t think that is unreasonable at all. Sheila

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->WhansaMi wrote: >> I dunno.  Are you guys saying kids *shouldn’t* be expected to do >> things for their parents, or they can’t, yet?  I guess, in either >> case, I’d have to disagree. >Okay.. I just wrote this really, really long reply.. decided to snip >it all and yes.. this is the short version, lol >No, I am not saying that exactly. >What I am complaining about is when a parent (read "my ex") expects >that anything and everything they do will be reciprocated, and in >truth I think there times when I should do something simply because >I’m the parent. >My kids have plenty of chores & there is certainly an expectation >that they chip in and take care of things, simply because they are >part of the family & they need to make sure they help to make family >life run smoothly.  But I certainly don’t expect that everything I >do be reciprocated. >Cal~

Neither do I, in any relationship. I’m not a tit-for-tat person. However, I do think there are ways that kids can show their *investment* in the family, and that’s what I want to see (and it sounds like Wendy and Barclay want to see too).  This, of course, has to be done within their means.  Neither of my kids are old enough to drive, so, no, they can’t go get the groceries. But, they can sure offer to let me sit down when I get back and bring them in from the car.   Another way I notice my kids showing reciprocity is in their willingness to deprive themselves to help me.  We are redecorating the living room.  I’ve been mooning over a Frank Llyod Wright style lamp — for $800.  Of course, DH and I talk about it, primarily how it is too expensive for us to buy!  DD comes to me and says I can have the money in her savings to help buy it.  Again, she was willing to lose a couple of hundred to help me get what I want. I guess what I am saying is, I don’t expect all the things I do to be reciprocated, but I do want enough of them to be to let me know that they are invested in someone’s (in this case, my) happiness, and not only their own.   Sheila

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"WhansaMi" <whans…@aol.com> wrote in message

news:20040207182323.24596.00001544@mb-m13.aol.com… > I dunno.  Are you guys saying kids *shouldn’t* be expected to do things for > their parents, or they can’t, yet?  I guess, in either case, I’d have to > disagree.

I think Barclay and I both feel that everyone should chip in a bit to help, especially as we’re bending over backwards trying to do things for them. The truth is they hate the mess and like it when things are nice, but they haven’t yet cottoned on to the fact that they have some control over helping to keep it that way. Wendy

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"_calinda_" <calindasincl…@hotmail.com> wrote in message

news:c04g82$12acgj$1@ID-178944.news.uni-berlin.de… > My kids have plenty of chores & there is certainly an expectation > that they chip in and take care of things, simply because they are > part of the family & they need to make sure they help to make family > life run smoothly.  But I certainly don’t expect that everything I > do be reciprocated.

I don’t think Barclay expects everything to be reciprocated either.  He just doesn’t see why we should be the ones who makes all the effort. Wendy

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In article <c0580m$n3…@news5.svr.pol.co.uk>, Wendy <we…@hundredakerwood.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: >"Deborah M Riel" <dr…@wpi.edu> wrote in message >news:c03259$1rvq$2@bigboote.WPI.EDU… >> You said this so well.  I think if she had been raised knowing she was >> dyslexic, it would be something she accepted about herself, like the >> color of her eyes or hair.  But it’s new to her, and feels defective. >The thing is this is a girl who was reading at aged 3.  That doesn’t sound >like the typical pattern of dyslexia.  She was really verbal from an early >age, at a year she had something like 20-30 words she could use.  She never >slept as a baby either, she was exceptionally alert to what was going on >around her.

How sure are you about the diagnosis?  Have you ever checked into nonverbal learning disorder, for example?  People with that often are good readers, and very verbal with good vocabularies.  They respond well to having things explained to them, and not so well at written instruction.  They can read well, as I said, but often lack in comprehension.  It’s a much more tricky diagnosis, and most often shows up when an IQ test shows a large discrepency between the VIQ and PIQ.  I think a point spread of >11 is usually what triggers suspicion.  It can mimic other disorders, and can coexist with other disorders as well. Deb R.

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In article <c057l0$bv…@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk>, Wendy <we…@hundredakerwood.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: >I don’t think I understand what the little yellow bus refers to. I can see >that she needs to grieve a little, but I don’t want her to be angry with me. >I’m convinced having her tested was the best thing to do, and I’m angry that >the schools didn’t pick this up ages ago, especially as I asked more than >once if they thought she might have ADD.

In the US, the short yellow bus (as opposed to the regular sized school bus) is what is often used to pick up the kids who are in the special education programs–the mentally handicapped, the physically handicapped, the kids who go to the special schools.  The ones the other kids call "speds."  When my brother was diagnosed with dyslexia back in the ’70s, as a middle schooler, he had to ride one of those buses to go to a special reading program at a different school for awhile.  The other kids called him retarded and made fun of him until my mother decided it was doing him more harm than good to go there and started doing the extra help sessions at home. In my other post I mentioned NVLD as a possibility, but ADHD can also cause some of the problems your daughter exhibits.  And, NVLD can mimic or coexist with ADHD.  If you don’t think dyslexia fits as a diagnosis, do your homework on some of the other disorders that can affect learning.  I’ve heard that in England, doctors are very reluctant to diagnose ADHD, and NVLD is just starting to be recognized in the US, so I don’t know where it stands in England. Deb R.

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>  Are you guys saying kids *shouldn’t* be expected to do things for >their parents, or they can’t, yet?

No. jane

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"Deborah M Riel" <dr…@wpi.edu> wrote in message news:c05gg7$4lt$2@bigboote.WPI.EDU… > How sure are you about the diagnosis?  Have you ever checked into > nonverbal learning disorder, for example?  People with that often are > good readers, and very verbal with good vocabularies.  They respond > well to having things explained to them, and not so well at written > instruction.  They can read well, as I said, but often lack in > comprehension.  It’s a much more tricky diagnosis, and most often > shows up when an IQ test shows a large discrepency between the VIQ and > PIQ.  I think a point spread of >11 is usually what triggers > suspicion.  It can mimic other disorders, and can coexist with other > disorders as well.

It was done at the Dyslexia Institute by a trained psychologist.  I’ll have to wait a fortnight for the written evaluation. Wendy

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"Deborah M Riel" <dr…@wpi.edu> wrote in message news:c05h5p$59t$1@bigboote.WPI.EDU… > In the US, the short yellow bus (as opposed to the regular sized > school bus) is what is often used to pick up the kids who are in the > special education programs–the mentally handicapped, the physically > handicapped, the kids who go to the special schools.  The ones the > other kids call "speds."  When my brother was diagnosed with dyslexia > back in the ’70s, as a middle schooler, he had to ride one of those > buses to go to a special reading program at a different school for > awhile.  The other kids called him retarded and made fun of him until > my mother decided it was doing him more harm than good to go there and > started doing the extra help sessions at home.

Okay, I understand the reference now. > In my other post I mentioned NVLD as a possibility, but ADHD can also > cause some of the problems your daughter exhibits.  And, NVLD can > mimic or coexist with ADHD.  If you don’t think dyslexia fits as a > diagnosis, do your homework on some of the other disorders that can > affect learning.  I’ve heard that in England, doctors are very > reluctant to diagnose ADHD, and NVLD is just starting to be recognized > in the US, so I don’t know where it stands in England.

That’s definitely true.  I’ve a friend who is ADHD and dyslexic, but has only just recently got a formal diagnosis and only having really researched and fought to have her son’s ADHD recognised too. I’ve never heard of NVLD before, so I’ll do some reading on that.  It’s possible, that the British lump it in with Dyslexia. Wendy – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Deb R.

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This has been a strange week.  I’ve been home from work having had an operation on my nose/sinuses.  I’ve been reading a lot, something I don’t seem to have nearly the amount of time I used to have for.  I’ve been enjoying the discussions about politics and economics on here, so much so that I’ve been rethinking what I want to do with my life and toying with going back to do a part time doctorate in something. Other things have happened too.  My OD has been diagnosed with mild to moderate dyslexia. My ex and I arranged to have her tested because having spent time working with her revising and researching for coursework, it became clear to me that there was a gap between what she could produce if she talked about issues first with someone and what she produced just reading things on her own.  She’s angry though, somehow instead of making her feel positive about finding study skills and other techniques to help, she feels differently about herself. As if that weren’t enough, a fortnight ago my YD had some friends to sleep over – three girls only one of whom I had any previous experience of, but given that she’s trying to make new friends because of the bullying I’ve been supportive.  The day after the sleepover, my partner noticed his new fountain pen was missing – we hunted for it, and thought well it will turn up, though he’s upset – it was a present from my OD for Christmas and she’d bought it with her own money.  This week OD went into the bathroom to put on her rings, which she normally wears constantly but hasn’t been wearing due to some eczema.  Two of the rings weren’t in the box she’d put them in.  I’m confident that they were there because I saw them there myself when I was reorganising the cupboard the week before my operation. One of the rings was an amethyst which I gave her for her 16th, the other an eternity band which her boyfriend had bought for her on their first Christmas together, so both had a great deal of sentimental value. The only other people who have been in our house apart from the girls at the sleepover have been a couple of very old friends of my OD and our builders, but the pen was missing before they arrived.  I guess we just have to accept that we’ll probably never find these things and replace them, but it feels so invasive. Finally, my partner has been quite depressed of late and it seems to stem from issues related to his sense of impotence about effecting changes of behaviour with my children, who have been expecting us to do a lot for them, but really haven’t been doing much in return. (We had a family meeting and are going to draw up a list of chores.  The girls have agreed to this on the understanding that if they do their chores, then we won’t nag and be negative all the time.) No one has said that he couldn’t voice his opinions, but to date he’s been reluctant too, or felt that he couldn’t. Wendy

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> I’ve been home from work having had an >operation on my nose/sinuses

Eww. Bad.   >I’ve been rethinking what I want to do with my life and toying with >going back to do a part time doctorate in something.

Yeah. Good. >She’s angry though, somehow instead of making >her feel positive about finding study skills and other techniques to help, >she feels differently about herself.

Yeah, well, Wendy, that’s to be expected.  You just cannot realistically expect her to skip right over the little yellow bus aspect of this.  Let her grieve a little. >As if that weren’t enough, a fortnight ago my YD had some friends to sleep >over – three girls only one of whom I had any previous experience of,

What people seem to do in this situation is talk to the other girls’ parents. I think it’s like head lice.  You really, really don’t want to make that call and discuss this with a total stranger, but as a parent you know you would want them to call you.   >Finally, my partner has been quite depressed of late and it seems to stem >from issues related to his sense of impotence about effecting changes of >behaviour with my children

Sorry he’s blue.  I don’t know why he ever thought he could effect changes in your children’s behavior.  You guys were together forever, and he’s old enough to know better than to go into a relationship expecting to change the other person.   >who have been expecting us to do a lot for them, >but really haven’t been doing much in return.

Okay, but I’m surprised that you are expecting them to do things in return for what you do for them.  You do what you do for them because you’re their parent and you love them and it’s your job.  They do what they do for you because they want something.  j/k  But there’s no quid pro quo between you.  What you do for them, they do for their kids decades from now.   jane – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Wendy

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In article <20040207100416.22659.00001…@mb-m19.aol.com>, jane <janelaw2…@aol.com> wrote: >Yeah, well, Wendy, that’s to be expected.  You just cannot realistically expect >her to skip right over the little yellow bus aspect of this.  Let her grieve a >little.

You said this so well.  I think if she had been raised knowing she was dyslexic, it would be something she accepted about herself, like the color of her eyes or hair.  But it’s new to her, and feels defective. >Okay, but I’m surprised that you are expecting them to do things in return for >what you do for them.  You do what you do for them because you’re their parent >and you love them and it’s your job.  They do what they do for you because they >want something.  j/k  But there’s no quid pro quo between you.  What you do for >them, they do for their kids decades from now.  

I agree with this, but I also see what Wendy’s saying.  Sure it’s her job, but everyone likes to feel cared about enough that someone else will lend a hand willingly once in a while.  I think it takes time to sink in–maybe more time than they’ll be living at home.  Just yesterday, though, my son called me at work and said he was shoveling the driveway for me before I got home.  If you knew my son, you’d know why I almost dropped to the floor in a faint hearing that.  He also said "thank you" when I took him to dinner.  Two little things, but it’s a beginning. Deb R.

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>I agree with this, but I also see what Wendy’s saying.  Sure it’s her >job, but everyone likes to feel cared about enough that someone else >will lend a hand willingly once in a while.

Yeah, I had a little knee jerk there.  It was the depressed because he can’t change their behavior thing.  It’s in that not owning your own shit area that bugs me.  If you’re depressed get antidepressants or exercise more or do whatever you have to do for your problem.  Don’t give me a list of chores.   >Just >yesterday, though, my son called me at work and said he was shoveling >the driveway for me before I got home.  If you knew my son, you’d know >why I almost dropped to the floor in a faint hearing that.  He also >said "thank you" when I took him to dinner.  Two little things, but >it’s a beginning.

Yeah! Oh, no, though, your baby is all grown up. jane – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Deb R.

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -jane wrote: >> who have been expecting us to do a lot for them, >> but really haven’t been doing much in return. > Okay, but I’m surprised that you are expecting them to do things in > return for what you do for them.  You do what you do for them because > you’re their parent and you love them and it’s your job.  They do > what they do for you because they want something.  j/k  But there’s > no quid pro quo between you.  What you do for them, they do for their > kids decades from now. > jane

OMG, Jane.  Freaking light bulb moment!!!  Sorry, but this is something that’s been niggling at the back of my brain but never really expressed it so simply.  This issue has been huge problem with my ex who always wants something in return.    Now, if only there was a way to get my ex to think about this simple statement.  Unfortunately, it’s not within my circle of control. Cal~

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sending some sympathy thoughts your way, and thinking some others-soon as they solidify, i’ll post more…:) just didn’t want you thinking i didn’t care…:) Jess "Wendy" <we…@hundredakerwood.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message

news:bvvvcl$c2v$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> This has been a strange week.  I’ve been home from work having had an > operation on my nose/sinuses.  I’ve been reading a lot, something I don’t > seem to have nearly the amount of time I used to have for.  I’ve been > enjoying the discussions about politics and economics on here, so much so > that I’ve been rethinking what I want to do with my life and toying with > going back to do a part time doctorate in something. > Other things have happened too.  My OD has been diagnosed with mild to > moderate dyslexia. My ex and I arranged to have her tested because having > spent time working with her revising and researching for coursework, it > became clear to me that there was a gap between what she could produce if > she talked about issues first with someone and what she produced just > reading things on her own.  She’s angry though, somehow instead of making > her feel positive about finding study skills and other techniques to help, > she feels differently about herself. > As if that weren’t enough, a fortnight ago my YD had some friends to sleep > over – three girls only one of whom I had any previous experience of, but > given that she’s trying to make new friends because of the bullying I’ve > been supportive.  The day after the sleepover, my partner noticed his new > fountain pen was missing – we hunted for it, and thought well it will turn > up, though he’s upset – it was a present from my OD for Christmas and she’d > bought it with her own money.  This week OD went into the bathroom to put on > her rings, which she normally wears constantly but hasn’t been wearing due > to some eczema.  Two of the rings weren’t in the box she’d put them in. I’m > confident that they were there because I saw them there myself when I was > reorganising the cupboard the week before my operation. > One of the rings was an amethyst which I gave her for her 16th, the other an > eternity band which her boyfriend had bought for her on their first > Christmas together, so both had a great deal of sentimental value. The only > other people who have been in our house apart from the girls at the > sleepover have been a couple of very old friends of my OD and our builders, > but the pen was missing before they arrived.  I guess we just have to accept > that we’ll probably never find these things and replace them, but it feels > so invasive. > Finally, my partner has been quite depressed of late and it seems to stem > from issues related to his sense of impotence about effecting changes of > behaviour with my children, who have been expecting us to do a lot for them, > but really haven’t been doing much in return. (We had a family meeting and > are going to draw up a list of chores.  The girls have agreed to this on the > understanding that if they do their chores, then we won’t nag and be > negative all the time.) No one has said that he couldn’t voice his opinions, > but to date he’s been reluctant too, or felt that he couldn’t. > Wendy

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->jane wrote: >>> who have been expecting us to do a lot for them, >>> but really haven’t been doing much in return. >> Okay, but I’m surprised that you are expecting them to do things >in >> return for what you do for them.  You do what you do for them >because >> you’re their parent and you love them and it’s your job.  They do >> what they do for you because they want something.  j/k  But >there’s >> no quid pro quo between you.  What you do for them, they do for >their >> kids decades from now. >> jane >OMG, Jane.  Freaking light bulb moment!!!  Sorry, but this is >something that’s been niggling at the back of my brain but never >really expressed it so simply. > This issue has been huge problem with my ex who always wants >something in return.    Now, if only there was a way to get my ex to >think about this simple statement.  Unfortunately, it’s not within >my circle of control. >Cal~

I dunno.  Are you guys saying kids *shouldn’t* be expected to do things for their parents, or they can’t, yet?  I guess, in either case, I’d have to disagree. A couple of months back, during winter break, I think, I was doing the dishes, making myself an omelet for breakfast, making the kids pancakes (because that’s what they wanted) and I managed to ruin the omelet and burn the pancake, because I was rinsing some dishes and couldn’t do all three things at once. And, then I had my own lightbulb moment — my kids are 13 years old, and they came into the kitchen, watched me loading the dishwasher, said they’d prefer pancakes to omelets, and then ***walked back into the living room to watch television***.   I went out to the living room and turned off the television.  "We’ve got to talk." And, we did.  We talked about being cognizant of things going on, and offering to chip in.  We talked about just looking around at our home and figuring out, all by themselves, what needed to be done, and doing it.  We talked about doing nice things for one another, just because.   Now, I’m not saying we still don’t have backpacks in the walkway, BUT I will say that if DD is walking from the living room to the kitchen to put away her ice cream bowl, she’ll take my glass with her to put in the sink.  Three days ago DS pulled the laundry out of the  dryer and folded them without being asked.  DS asks if the dishes in the dishwasher are dirty so that he can unload.  DD offered to help us paint the living room last weekend. When children are very small, they are, indeed, quite egocentric.  They should be.  But, as they grow older, IMO, they should become more aware of the people around them, and their needs.  They should become more independent about doing things to assist in the upkeep of their environment.  I’d say that during adolescence they may not WANT to be doing this, but, again IMO, I think it is a good lesson for them to push through this egocentricism and look more outward than having the world totally about them. Sheila

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The Bush Family Dynasty

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Don’t ya just love um? Why do we keep referring to ourselves as the USA when we are in fact now the UCA (United Corporations of America)

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Here’s an article I’d thought you might enjoy: yes, it is old, but pithy none-the-less            Colin Treasure State Review [] Issue 1, December 1991 NEIL BUSH (AND HIS FAMILY) I     In the millions of words written in the national news media about Neil Bush and his part in the Silverado Savings & Loan scandal, no reference has been made to an extremely significant fact of his life.      Neil Bush, son of the then vice president of the United States, was scheduled to have dinner on March 31, 1981, with Scott Hinckley, brother of John Hinckley, the day after a bullet came within an inch of making Neil Bush’s father the new president of the United States.      Even though John Chancellor had let slip out this most remarkable assassination coincidence shortly after John Hinckley tried to kill President Reagan, it was censored by NBC News and the other organs of the national news media during the subsequent 10 years. And even in the several months of extensive coverage of Neil Bush’s part in the massive savings and loan fraud, no mention was made of his role in the continuing coverup of the most significant story in the 1980s.      Back in 1981, I thought the dinner engagement was so extraordinary that I looked everywhere for it in the days following Chancellor’s raised-eyebrow report in the hours after the shooting. One magazine laughed at it and a few smaller papers carried a story by United Press International, but the Associated Press and the other major news outlets, in response to my numerous protests, made clear to me that they had no intention of letting the American people learn of Neil Bush’s connection to the Hinckleys or, for that matter, the many other astonishing unanswered questions in the wake of the Bush-Hinckley coverup.     Thus I spent almost three years researching, writing and publishing a book that details scores of facts that would forever erase the ludicrous myth that John Hinckley gunned down President Reagan "to impress Jodie Foster." The Afternoon of March 30: A Contemporary Historical Novel wove the facts of the case into a fictional framework in order to explain how the coverup fit into other events that the national news media had failed to report, misreported or underreported. Whether there was a conspiracy to elevate George Bush to the presidency remains unofficially uninvestigated; that our major organs of information did not report significant facts about the Bush-Hinckley and Bush-Hinckley-Hunt connections is absolutely documented. I have never been a conspiracy theorist; I am an analyst of press performance with credentials extending over four decades.     But for now, let us look anew at Neil Bush, termed the "Savings & Loan Poster Boy" after his face on posters demanding Jail Neil Bush sprouted in Washington and Denver. The pundits of the press proclaimed he would be the "Democrats’ Willie Horton" in the 1992 campaign before the father’s Persian Gulf War, among other things, succeeded in getting the son’s name out of the public view.     What did Neil Bush do in 1985 after he became a director of the Silverado Banking, Savings & Loan Association that went bust three years later at a cost to taxpayers of at least $1.6 billion? Among other improprieties involving "some of the worst kinds of conflicts of interest" according to federal regulators, he admits that he failed to list his business relationship on a conflict-of-interest form when he got a $100,000 loan from a developer who was a partner in his oil company. That was after he helped approve more than $100 million worth of loans to that business partner. When he wrote "None" on that form, he actually was dependent on one of the thrift’s biggest borrowers for the entire $75,000 annual salary that was his main source of income. "I know it sounds a little fishy," he admitted when he testified that the loan was not to be repaid unless JNB Exploration was successful, which it wasn’t. What it was, he said in one of the classic understatements of our time,"was an incredibly sweet deal." One bemused expert observed that it "may have been the first completed loan in financial history in which the creditor defaulted."     The investment booty lavished on this young man by his thrift scam buddies, as he ultimately confessed, had nothing to do with his skill or experience. "I would be naive if I were to sit here and deny that the Bush name didn’t have something to do with it," he told Time magazine, explaining how at the age of 30 he was invited to join the board at a federally insured institution. (The average age of a thrift director was 57 and about 1 per cent of all S&L directors were under 35.) But earlier he had proclaimed that he always would pretend his name was Smith and he would employ the "Smith Smell Test." That, he explained, "was a test that I used where if someone were to approach me and I felt that there was a motive that was rather sinister in trying to get some kind of political benefit from being involved with me or engaged in a business transaction with me, then I would automatically reject it."     While five of Silverado’s board members were banned for life from any federally insured institution, Neil Bush was ordered only to "desist from any acts,omissions or practices involving any conflicts of interest, unsafe or unsound practices or breaches of fiduciary duty." In other words, to do nothing more than obey the law. And no order to pay restitution.     Now, how did Neil Bush keep from going to jail? That’s a tale you haven’t read in your daily paper. Here’s how it really worked:     While the national news media pretended that President Bush was remaining neutral after the news of his son’s multiple conflicts of interest finally were given national notice, political meddling was obvious from the start. Secretary of the Treasury Nicholas F. Brady is a longtime close friend of President Bush. The man Brady and Bush hand-picked to be director of the Office of Thrift Supervision and who imposed the mildest possible penalty on the president’s son was T. Timothy Ryan Jr., who served in the Bush presidential campaign in 1988 and whose appointment to head the OTS was pushed through despite intense congressional opposition.     Having escaped, Neil decided last year to report that six-year-old $100,000 "loan" as income on his 1990 tax return.     Furthermore, Neil’s presence on the board was "a material part of the unconscionable delays in taking over Silverado" as far back as 1986, the top man of the regional banking regulators testified under oath in June, 1990.     Shortly before the 1988 election, when the regulators wanted to close Silverado, a call came from Washington to delay that action for 45 days until after election day. After George Bush was elected, an order was issued to close the bank. A Treasury Department request to the FBI a year ago for an investigation of White House pressure on federal regulators to delay closing Silverado until after the election received no attention from the president’s good friend, Attorney General Dick Thornburgh (whom the voters of Pennsylvania last month temporarily removed from public office once they could get their votes on him).     Neil’s mother is praised in puff pieces from Parade to People to the New York Times as a devoted wife of 45 years and mother of "four happy children" who nonetheless seem to be endlessly enmeshed in unhappy and unethical scandals. She is repeatedly quoted as saying that Neil was being "persecuted" and "has done nothing wrong." Her third son is known to suffer from a reading disability believed to be dyslexia, but she let an unexpected cat out of the bag when she told a Parade interviewer: "You know, people who have reading disabilities learn to fake. And Neil really had learned to fake."     Finally, there is Neil’s father. "We will not rest until the cheats and the chiselers and the charlatans spend a large chunk of their lives behind the bars of a federal prison," President Bush said on June 22, 1990, in regard to the savings and loan fraud. Read his lips. Then stare at the fact that when FBI field offices requested 425 new agents to help investigate the 21,000 thrift fraud referrals sitting "unaddressed" in their files, the Bush administration approved only half those requests and reduced the funds Congress authorized to spend on prosecutions. You and I may not always agree with Bill Moyers, but he was on target when he said that "George Bush is the most deeply unprincipled man in American poltics today. He strikes me as possessing no essential core. There is no fundamental line from which he will not retreat….I have watched him for almost 30 years and have never known him to take a stand except for political expediency."     The orthodox press of today thrives on trivia in many ways it mirrors the supermarket tabloids it frequently mocks endlessly referring to the "principles" and "decency" and "graciousness" of the patrician president instead of the real person who, among much else, can toast the "adherence to democratic principles" of Ferdinand Marcos, who can say of Dan Rather that "he makes Lesley Stahl look like a pussy," who could participate in a standing ovation with 21 other diehards after hearing the disgraced President Nixon explain his attempts to conceal his criminal activities and who, among the many murky aspects of the dark portions of his career, was director of the Central

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Here’s an article I’d thought you might enjoy: yes, it is old, but pithy none-the-less            Colin Treasure State Review [] Issue 1, December 1991 NEIL BUSH (AND HIS FAMILY) I     In the millions of words written in the national news media about Neil Bush and his part in the Silverado Savings & Loan scandal, no reference has been made to an extremely significant fact of his life.      Neil Bush, son of the then vice president of the United States, was scheduled to have dinner on March 31, 1981, with Scott Hinckley, brother of John Hinckley, the day after a bullet came within an inch of making Neil Bush’s father the new president of the United States.      Even though John Chancellor had let slip out this most remarkable assassination coincidence shortly after John Hinckley tried to kill President Reagan, it was censored by NBC News and the other organs of the national news media during the subsequent 10 years. And even in the several months of extensive coverage of Neil Bush’s part in the massive savings and loan fraud, no mention was made of his role in the continuing coverup of the most significant story in the 1980s.      Back in 1981, I thought the dinner engagement was so extraordinary that I looked everywhere for it in the days following Chancellor’s raised-eyebrow report in the hours after the shooting. One magazine laughed at it and a few smaller papers carried a story by United Press International, but the Associated Press and the other major news outlets, in response to my numerous protests, made clear to me that they had no intention of letting the American people learn of Neil Bush’s connection to the Hinckleys or, for that matter, the many other astonishing unanswered questions in the wake of the Bush-Hinckley coverup.     Thus I spent almost three years researching, writing and publishing a book that details scores of facts that would forever erase the ludicrous myth that John Hinckley gunned down President Reagan "to impress Jodie Foster." The Afternoon of March 30: A Contemporary Historical Novel wove the facts of the case into a fictional framework in order to explain how the coverup fit into other events that the national news media had failed to report, misreported or underreported. Whether there was a conspiracy to elevate George Bush to the presidency remains unofficially uninvestigated; that our major organs of information did not report significant facts about the Bush-Hinckley and Bush-Hinckley-Hunt connections is absolutely documented. I have never been a conspiracy theorist; I am an analyst of press performance with credentials extending over four decades.     But for now, let us look anew at Neil Bush, termed the "Savings & Loan Poster Boy" after his face on posters demanding Jail Neil Bush sprouted in Washington and Denver. The pundits of the press proclaimed he would be the "Democrats’ Willie Horton" in the 1992 campaign before the father’s Persian Gulf War, among other things, succeeded in getting the son’s name out of the public view.     What did Neil Bush do in 1985 after he became a director of the Silverado Banking, Savings & Loan Association that went bust three years later at a cost to taxpayers of at least $1.6 billion? Among other improprieties involving "some of the worst kinds of conflicts of interest" according to federal regulators, he admits that he failed to list his business relationship on a conflict-of-interest form when he got a $100,000 loan from a developer who was a partner in his oil company. That was after he helped approve more than $100 million worth of loans to that business partner. When he wrote "None" on that form, he actually was dependent on one of the thrift’s biggest borrowers for the entire $75,000 annual salary that was his main source of income. "I know it sounds a little fishy," he admitted when he testified that the loan was not to be repaid unless JNB Exploration was successful, which it wasn’t. What it was, he said in one of the classic understatements of our time,"was an incredibly sweet deal." One bemused expert observed that it "may have been the first completed loan in financial history in which the creditor defaulted."     The investment booty lavished on this young man by his thrift scam buddies, as he ultimately confessed, had nothing to do with his skill or experience. "I would be naive if I were to sit here and deny that the Bush name didn’t have something to do with it," he told Time magazine, explaining how at the age of 30 he was invited to join the board at a federally insured institution. (The average age of a thrift director was 57 and about 1 per cent of all S&L directors were under 35.) But earlier he had proclaimed that he always would pretend his name was Smith and he would employ the "Smith Smell Test." That, he explained, "was a test that I used where if someone were to approach me and I felt that there was a motive that was rather sinister in trying to get some kind of political benefit from being involved with me or engaged in a business transaction with me, then I would automatically reject it."     While five of Silverado’s board members were banned for life from any federally insured institution, Neil Bush was ordered only to "desist from any acts,omissions or practices involving any conflicts of interest, unsafe or unsound practices or breaches of fiduciary duty." In other words, to do nothing more than obey the law. And no order to pay restitution.     Now, how did Neil Bush keep from going to jail? That’s a tale you haven’t read in your daily paper. Here’s how it really worked:     While the national news media pretended that President Bush was remaining neutral after the news of his son’s multiple conflicts of interest finally were given national notice, political meddling was obvious from the start. Secretary of the Treasury Nicholas F. Brady is a longtime close friend of President Bush. The man Brady and Bush hand-picked to be director of the Office of Thrift Supervision and who imposed the mildest possible penalty on the president’s son was T. Timothy Ryan Jr., who served in the Bush presidential campaign in 1988 and whose appointment to head the OTS was pushed through despite intense congressional opposition.     Having escaped, Neil decided last year to report that six-year-old $100,000 "loan" as income on his 1990 tax return.     Furthermore, Neil’s presence on the board was "a material part of the unconscionable delays in taking over Silverado" as far back as 1986, the top man of the regional banking regulators testified under oath in June, 1990.     Shortly before the 1988 election, when the regulators wanted to close Silverado, a call came from Washington to delay that action for 45 days until after election day. After George Bush was elected, an order was issued to close the bank. A Treasury Department request to the FBI a year ago for an investigation of White House pressure on federal regulators to delay closing Silverado until after the election received no attention from the president’s good friend, Attorney General Dick Thornburgh (whom the voters of Pennsylvania last month temporarily removed from public office once they could get their votes on him).     Neil’s mother is praised in puff pieces from Parade to People to the New York Times as a devoted wife of 45 years and mother of "four happy children" who nonetheless seem to be endlessly enmeshed in unhappy and unethical scandals. She is repeatedly quoted as saying that Neil was being "persecuted" and "has done nothing wrong." Her third son is known to suffer from a reading disability believed to be dyslexia, but she let an unexpected cat out of the bag when she told a Parade interviewer: "You know, people who have reading disabilities learn to fake. And Neil really had learned to fake."     Finally, there is Neil’s father. "We will not rest until the cheats and the chiselers and the charlatans spend a large chunk of their lives behind the bars of a federal prison," President Bush said on June 22, 1990, in regard to the savings and loan fraud. Read his lips. Then stare at the fact that when FBI field offices requested 425 new agents to help investigate the 21,000 thrift fraud referrals sitting "unaddressed" in their files, the Bush administration approved only half those requests and reduced the funds Congress authorized to spend on prosecutions. You and I may not always agree with Bill Moyers, but he was on target when he said that "George Bush is the most deeply unprincipled man in American poltics today. He strikes me as possessing no essential core. There is no fundamental line from which he will not retreat….I have watched him for almost 30 years and have never known him to take a stand except for political expediency."     The orthodox press of today thrives on trivia in many ways it mirrors the supermarket tabloids it frequently mocks endlessly referring to the "principles" and "decency" and "graciousness" of the patrician president instead of the real person who, among much else, can toast the "adherence to democratic principles" of Ferdinand Marcos, who can say of Dan Rather that "he makes Lesley Stahl look like a pussy," who could participate in a standing ovation with 21 other diehards after hearing the disgraced President Nixon explain his attempts to conceal his criminal activities and who, among the many murky aspects of the dark portions of his career, was director of the Central Intelligence Agency when Orlando Letelier, Chile’s ambassador to the United States from 1971 to 1973 and an outspoken critic of the right-wing military government of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, was assassinated on the streets of Washington, D.C.     Neil Bush learned well how things work in the Bush family. The same Denver developer who gave Neil the "non-repayable" $100,000 loan also gave George Bush a $100,000 donation for his 1988 presidential campaign while the vice-president was chairman of the Reagan Administration’s Task … read more »

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I'm almost positive my son has dyslexia!

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Dear Parents,Teachers,Professionals and People with dyslexia: I think my son has dyslexia. He reverses letters, has a hard time writing and has poor organizational skills.He was held back from 1st grade last year.He’s supposed to be in 3rd but in 2nd.When I brought this up in his IEP, everyone just skipped right past it.It hurts to see my boy struggle so hard in school and with homework. Dyslexia runs rampant in his father’s side of the family. His paternal grandmother has it, his father has it (etc.)Does anyone out there have any suggestions for me to get him properly diagnosed? He also has ADHD and a real bad problem with his fine motor skills which doesn’t help with the difficulty he has putting thoughts onto paper. Please anyboby….Help my son and I! Thank you,

Maby try your local libray for local dyslxia support and try and get a test done

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 Dear Parents,Teachers,Professionals and People with dyslexia: I think my son has dyslexia. He reverses letters, has a hard time writing and has poor organizational skills.He was held back from 1st grade last year.He’s supposed to be in 3rd but in 2nd.When I brought this up in his IEP, ….Help my son and I!

I am not sure where you live but I assume, from your email, that it is in the US.  From a legal perspective, the schools in the US have an obligation (under federal law) to provide your child with appropriate educational services (language is a bit different from this precisely).  Anyway, the school is also required to test. You say you had a meeting about your child’s IEP–so I assume he must already have been tested.  So, it sounds as if the issue concerns whether the school has reached the same conclusions you have about what your child’s issues are.  Of course, it can be complicated if there are learning issues in addition to other emotional or social issues in trying to figure out the services that do the trick.  You may want to make sure you have a handle on exactly what the test results revealed.  (I don’t mean to insult you if you have done this already).  For me, I didn’t really understand the results. So, I hired a private tester to evaluate the test results provided by the school system and prepare me for the meeting with the school system to determine what services my son needed.  It was money well spent–the private person could tell me what services he should get and, most importantly, why, so I could discuss these issues intelligently with the staff.  After they saw his test results, they realized I wasn’t just spouting hot air by expecting my son to be intelligent.  The services he has received since then (about 2 1/2 years) have been fabulous but I have been vigilant and unwilling to accept "nice" comments about how he is doing.  E.g., "he is reading so well, he doesn’t need services anymore…"  I then point out that, when he reads aloud to me, he makes up words that begin with the first letter of the word but he is actually not reading the words–they hadn’t noticed.  They re-examined that issue, decided I was right, and he still gets some help on that.  I don’t actually think they were trying to cheat my son or pull something, I just think they are busy and want things to work well and, fundamentally, don’t realize that some of these issues take a long time to improve. Even though the services have been great, the first thing said at the first meeting to discuss his need for services was for me to agree that he could be removed from the classroom if he became a behavior problem (he was NEVER a behavior problem before but, in second grade when everyone else was reading and he felt stupid, he was doing some acting out).  I flatly refused, which I think surprised everyone, and explained that, once he starts getting educational services, the behavior issues will disappear.  I don’t know whether they believed me then but it has turned out to be exactly right–he never had a behavior problem since the educational plan was made and put into place.  I didn’t want them to just decide he was a problem child and ignore his academic issues. Anyway, my advice, FWIW, be firm but nice about what you expect and try to be specific about what your child is doing/experiencing so the teachers can realize this.  I think many of these teachers are clueless about what these various learning issues are and, consequently, don’t know how to help/not to hinder…  Also, be prepared to have some pitfalls.  My son, last year (4th grade) made a map of Native American tribes that about killed him to do–had to color within the lines and print all sorts of names correctly and add elements of culture in the way of drawings or collage… art all over it. He spent ages on it but it still looked incredibly messy.  He got a good score on putting in all the elements but got a very low score on neatness–he was crushed.  I decided not to say anything since there were a lot of good things going on in his classroom and a couple of bumps along the way… well, you just can’t make it perfect.  Another time, the teacher noted his spelling errors in a book report, gave him high marks for content, but suggested he edit is work better.  At that point, I decided I should say something.  At a parent teacher conference, I explained to her that he was making the map as neat as he could–that he probably spent more time on his map than anyone else in the class, and that telling him to be neater is like asking him to grow a limb–it isn’t going to happen.  Same with the editing of the work–he can’t spell, period.  So, asking him to edit his work is useless–all these words look equally fine or equally ridiculous to him.  I then suggested that if I went over the work after he wrote it but before he turned it in (or she could do it if she wasn’t too busy), then he could rewrite the misspelled words and learn which ones he had problems with–this may actually teach him something.  She decided to try that in the future. She was very nice and, I think, just a bit ignorant but she also seemed receptive to hearing from me in a supportive, constructive, and non-threatening way. At the end of the year, he wrote thank you notes to his teachers to accompany small gifts.  I asked him if he wanted to dictate the notes to me so I could write them down and then he could copy them over.  He said no, that he would do it himself.  He wrote very warm and cute letters, thanking each teacher for a "grate yere". Anyway, sorry to ramble for so long.  Bottom line, push the school, they can do the job and, if you back off or they don’t do the work, your child’s ego will suffer such a serious blow…  I see such a switch in my child since second grade–now he likes school, gets up in the morning (usually) ready to go, approaches his homework with interest and good humor, isn’t devastated each time he misspells a word, appreciates that spelling tests are rather stupid even if the teacher or other children think they are important…  He has a healthy ego once again–I don’t want him to lose that! Good luck. Maria

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Dear Parents,Teachers,Professionals and People with dyslexia: I think my son has dyslexia. He reverses letters, has a hard time writing and has poor organizational skills.He was held back from 1st grade last year.He’s supposed to be in 3rd but in 2nd.When I brought this up in his IEP, everyone just skipped right past it.It hurts to see my boy struggle so hard in school and with homework. Dyslexia runs rampant in his father’s side of the family. His paternal grandmother has it, his father has it (etc.)Does anyone out there have any suggestions for me to get him properly diagnosed? He also has ADHD and a real bad problem with his fine motor skills which doesn’t help with the difficulty he has putting thoughts onto paper. Please anyboby….Help my son and I! Thank you,

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Lisa, read the recent post about the October 5 Sunday Times Article (from Britain). Then spend the next three days noticing what your son can do better than other people. There are just as many upsides as downsides. << Dyslexia runs rampant in his father’s side of the family. His paternal grandmother has it, his father has it (etc.)Does anyone out there have any suggestions for me to get him properly diagnosed? He also has ADHD and a real bad problem with his fine motor skills which doesn’t help with the difficulty he has putting thoughts onto paper. Please anyboby….Help my son and I! Thank you, Path: lobby!ngtf-m01.news.aol.com!ngpeer.news.aol.com!newsfeed1!bredband!in.100p roofnews.com!in.100proofnews.com!pd2nf1so.cg.shawcable.net!residential.sha w.ca!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-01!sn-xit-09!supernews.com!postnews1.google.com!not- for-mail Newsgroups: alt.support.dyslexia Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 13 NNTP-Posting-Host: 198.81.26.103 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=

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Cannot learn letters

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I am the teacher of an 8 year old boy who cannot seem to learn his letters, even the ones in his name. He moved from a school district where they did intensive daily training for letters but with little success. Is this a form of dyslexia? If so, what methods work with a child like this?

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I am the teacher of an 8 year old boy who cannot

seem to learn his letters, even the ones in his name. He moved from a

school district where they did intensive daily training for letters but with

little success. Is this a form of dyslexia? If so, what methods work with a child like this?

Firstly I am no expert, but I have dyslexia myself and also have a very dyslexic daughter. Most children with dyslexia can learn letters, it’s putting them in the correct order that proves difficult. Also reversal of letters is common (b and d is most common). A total inability to learn the letters at all suggests somthing other than dyslexia. Many dyslexic children are very bright in other areas, vocabulary, scientific reasoning, things artistic and mental mathematics for instance. You should be asking yourself if the child in question shows any inability in any other areas. Surely by 8 years old an educational psycologist has already been involved, if not get one on the case now. Hope this helps in some way and you find a working strategy soon. Steve.

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What is What?

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Gee, I thought the response was on point. Michelle was talking about a possible connection between auto-immune disorders (into which both MS and RA fall) and ‘neurological dysfunction,’ a category into which fall ADD, Sensory integration disorder, and Dyslexia. My "Hmmmm" was an agreement that this might be an interesting correlation. So what’s the problem? — Adelle D. Stavis, Esq. Remove the c in my name for me to see your reply "leebert" <REPLACET…@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:kaGcb.112734$KW1.40376@twister.austin.rr.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –

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"Adelle D. Stavis, Esq." <adcsta…@comcast.net> wrote in message news:yUGcb.583973$uu5.94396@sccrnsc04… > Gee, I thought the response was on point. > Michelle was talking about a possible connection between auto-immune > disorders (into which both MS and RA fall) and ‘neurological dysfunction,’ a > category into which fall ADD, Sensory integration disorder, and Dyslexia. My > "Hmmmm" was an agreement that this might be an interesting correlation. > So what’s the problem?

I want to warn everyone away from responding to him … that’s the problem. This latest spate of bizarre identities and trolling NAMBLA/pederast crap is the kind of noise that prankster-trolls use to incite newsgroup members. At first I thought someone was spoofing "doe" to get even with him or something (he resides on other fora), but now I’m not so sure. I don’t think it’s a spoofer, I think what we have here are some wise guys inciting the newsgroup for fun. "doe", AKA "ironjustice" and now "realironjustice" have a long history of persistent noise – and now a lot of new noise coming from various sockpuppets – via cutting & pasting info. that can be found elsewhere very easily by citing a URL – never mind the newsgroup regulars have asked him to cut the crap for what I gather has been a very long time. He also doesn’t get into any other types of detailed conversations about MS, just cut&pastes on the whole "iron" theme, arcane cites from pub-med (some on-topic, most not….). It’s not really hard for alt.syntax.tactical (and other) trolls to come off as legit and on-topic some of the time, but the cut&paste habit belies IMO a typical tactic. see also ( From the alt.syntax.tactical FAQ; Dealing with Trolls….): http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&group… /leebert

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We’ve been getting these spoofed posts on two on the ng’s as well – one for Arthritis and one for Alzheimer’s. And ‘iron man’ has posted periodically on those ng’s. A lot of places for a prankster to try and be stirring up trouble. But it isn’t working on any of the sites. No one is at anyone else’s throat. In fact, your Troll: Do Not Reply stuff is more active than the responses to the filth. — Adelle D. Stavis, Esq. Remove the c in my name for me to see your reply "leebert" <REPLACET…@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:oqIcb.108903$z32.51551@twister.austin.rr.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> "Adelle D. Stavis, Esq." <adcsta…@comcast.net> wrote in message > news:yUGcb.583973$uu5.94396@sccrnsc04… > > Gee, I thought the response was on point. > > Michelle was talking about a possible connection between auto-immune > > disorders (into which both MS and RA fall) and ‘neurological dysfunction,’ > a > > category into which fall ADD, Sensory integration disorder, and Dyslexia. > My > > "Hmmmm" was an agreement that this might be an interesting correlation. > > So what’s the problem? > I want to warn everyone away from responding to him … that’s the problem. > This latest spate of bizarre identities and trolling NAMBLA/pederast crap is > the kind of noise that prankster-trolls use to incite newsgroup members. At > first I thought someone was spoofing "doe" to get even with him or something > (he resides on other fora), but now I’m not so sure. I don’t think it’s a > spoofer, I think what we have here are some wise guys inciting the newsgroup > for fun. > "doe", AKA "ironjustice" and now "realironjustice" have a long history of > persistent noise – and now a lot of new noise coming from various > sockpuppets – via cutting & pasting info. that can be found elsewhere very > easily by citing a URL – never mind the newsgroup regulars have asked him to > cut the crap for what I gather has been a very long time. > He also doesn’t get into any other types of detailed conversations about MS, > just cut&pastes on the whole "iron" theme, arcane cites from pub-med (some > on-topic, most not….). > It’s not really hard for alt.syntax.tactical (and other) trolls to come off > as legit and on-topic some of the time, but the cut&paste habit belies IMO a > typical tactic. > see also ( From the alt.syntax.tactical FAQ; Dealing with Trolls….):

http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&group… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> /leebert

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"michelle downunder" <seysh…@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message

news:vj17nv0eb42dpkpjlklujit75di59l67gq@4ax.com… > On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 04:03:13 GMT, "Adelle D. Stavis, Esq." > <adcsta…@comcast.net> wrote: > dyslexia can be a co-morbid thing with ADD…. > >Any time you want to brainstorm sensory integration issues, count me in. > i dont know where to begin… ds sat this morning for 45 mins eating > maybe 30 balls of cereal… one by one… tasting each one (fruit > cereal) rolling it around on his tongue to see if there was any > difference in texture…

LOL. But with recognition instead of disbelief My son is the opposite on taste/texture. Anything too intense gets spit out. And chicken (other than nuggets) fall into this category. Almost everything that requires significant chewing is out. The only things with an odor that he’ll eat are bacon and pizza (and then only if there isn’t too much sauce). Actually, my son’s eating issues are compounded by apraxia, a neurological disconnect between the brain and mouth muscles. He’s on the very high functioning end of that spectrum. Can pronounce all age appropriate phonemes (after 2 years of speech therapy). He just speaks more slowly and with less intonation than most people. And he chooses foods he doesn’t have to move around his mouth much. Let’s see – there was the three months he wouldn’t sleep in his own bed because he was awakened by the neighbor shooting off fireworks and was afraid the loud noises would scare him again. Clothes he won’t wear because of the way seams feel. Heavy laundry load because he’s always cold and wears extra shirts and sweatshirts (but bathwater can only be barely warm or it’s too hot). Places he wants to leave (immediately!!!!!! whine, whine whine) because they are too dim, too bright, or too loud. I have a friend whose son has pervasive developmental disorder (very high functioning). She said most of the food issues lessened when the pre-puberty hunger kicked in. Given her husband turns his socks inside out, I’m not sure how much hope there is for the other stuff. ;-) Hang in there! Adelle

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Flourescent lights must bother your son. I know for me i can hear them buzzing at a concert Bb (I have relative pitch…its similar to perfect pitch) Does your son enjoy music? Many children with autism have perfect pitch. I had two that did. Jen "Adelle D. Stavis, Esq." <adcsta…@comcast.net> wrote in message news:n_Ocb.580504$Ho3.110218@sccrnsc03… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> "michelle downunder" <seysh…@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message > news:vj17nv0eb42dpkpjlklujit75di59l67gq@4ax.com… > > On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 04:03:13 GMT, "Adelle D. Stavis, Esq." > > <adcsta…@comcast.net> wrote: > > dyslexia can be a co-morbid thing with ADD…. > > >Any time you want to brainstorm sensory integration issues, count me in. > > i dont know where to begin… ds sat this morning for 45 mins eating > > maybe 30 balls of cereal… one by one… tasting each one (fruit > > cereal) rolling it around on his tongue to see if there was any > > difference in texture… > LOL. But with recognition instead of disbelief > My son is the opposite on taste/texture. Anything too intense gets spit out. > And chicken (other than nuggets) fall into this category. Almost everything > that requires significant chewing is out. The only things with an odor that > he’ll eat are bacon and pizza (and then only if there isn’t too much sauce). > Actually, my son’s eating issues are compounded by apraxia, a neurological > disconnect between the brain and mouth muscles. He’s on the very high > functioning end of that spectrum. Can pronounce all age appropriate phonemes > (after 2 years of speech therapy). He just speaks more slowly and with less > intonation than most people. And he chooses foods he doesn’t have to move > around his mouth much. > Let’s see – there was the three months he wouldn’t sleep in his own bed > because he was awakened by the neighbor shooting off fireworks and was > afraid the loud noises would scare him again. Clothes he won’t wear because > of the way seams feel. Heavy laundry load because he’s always cold and wears > extra shirts and sweatshirts (but bathwater can only be barely warm or it’s > too hot). Places he wants to leave (immediately!!!!!! whine, whine whine) > because they are too dim, too bright, or too loud. > I have a friend whose son has pervasive developmental disorder (very high > functioning). She said most of the food issues lessened when the pre-puberty > hunger kicked in. Given her husband turns his socks inside out, I’m not sure > how much hope there is for the other stuff. ;-) > Hang in there! > Adelle

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ironjust…@aol.comdoe (doe) wrote in message > > Who loves ya. > Tom > Jesus Was A Vegetarian! http://jesuswasavegetarian.7h.com > Man Is A Herbivore! http://pages.ivillage.com/ironjustice/manisaherbivore > DEAD PEOPLE WALKING http://pages.ivillage.com/ironjustice/deadpeoplewalking

Can you belive this guy has the nerve to call himself after me ????? A cheap ‘Cut and Paste’ disciple of my movement,who’s virginity at his age,is the cause of his brainless postings. Iron is the root cause for Britney Spears thinking she can sing

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"Jennifer" <Jnos…@shaw.ca> wrote in message

news:lDPcb.22037$I36.12826@pd7tw3no… > Flourescent lights must bother your son. I know for me i can hear them > buzzing at a concert Bb (I have relative pitch…its similar to perfect > pitch) Does your son enjoy music? Many children with autism have perfect > pitch. I had two that did. > Jen

It’s funny – he really enjoyed it when he was younger. Has a great sense of rhythm and a good ear (which is why I am no longer allowed to sing when he is around). Not perfect pitch, though. But lately he’s been indifferent. I think perhaps he’s not getting the exposure he used too. Hmm, will have to work on that. How are your boys doing?  What are their ages? On the genetic theory – I’m going to postulate that they will find many autoimmune disorders have claws or changes in sequence in one section of DNA, leaving the body susceptible to certain problems/activity once a virus is introduced – creating the snowball to roll down the mountain, as it were. Adelle

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>On the genetic theory – I’m going to postulate that they will find many >autoimmune disorders have claws or changes in sequence in one section of >DNA, leaving the body susceptible to certain problems/activity once a virus >is introduced – creating the snowball to roll down the mountain, as it were. >Adelle

They keep talking about a genetic predisposition in MS; I wonder if you could tell who might be predisposed to MS… Could there be something else besides MS that we have in common? Do people with MS usually have allergies? Do they have they get cold soars on the lips? Are any of them diabetic etc? Do they  have arthritis with MS? Do they usually have vision problems/need glasses? Do they usually get ulcers? Just to mention a few…

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Subject: Re: What is What? >From: specialsearc…@aol.com  (Specialsearcher) >Date: 9/26/2003 1:54 PM Mountain Daylight Time >Message-id: <20030926155406.29125.00000…@mb-m22.aol.com> >>On the genetic theory – I’m going to postulate that they will find many >>autoimmune disorders have claws or changes in sequence in one section of >>DNA, leaving the body susceptible to certain problems/activity once a virus >>is introduced – creating the snowball to roll down the mountain, as it were. >>Adelle >They keep talking about a genetic predisposition in MS; I wonder if you could >tell who might be predisposed to MS… >Could there be something else besides MS that we have in common?

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&… uids=11358358&dopt=Abstract Who loves ya. Tom Jesus Was A Vegetarian! http://jesuswasavegetarian.7h.com Man Is A Herbivore! http://pages.ivillage.com/ironjustice/manisaherbivore DEAD PEOPLE WALKING http://pages.ivillage.com/ironjustice/deadpeoplewalking

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Since I teach at 3 schools and I teach music I have quite an array of special needs kids. One family (the ones i mentioned) have 2 boys who are autisitc. The older one is lower functioning and they didn’t diagnose him early enough to recieve early intervention. the younger boy was diagnosed quite early on so he got more intervention. Chris used to come to music and scream the whole time. By the end of the year he had stpped that and was even smiling to the music. He spoke french too (we sang a song in french and one day he blurted out the words. He’s eccolalic so his SEA was so excited he uttered the words himself) This year I have a couple new children who are autistic. One is quite high functioning and really just has poor social skills. The other is a handful. I doubt he’ll come to music all the time Jen "Adelle D. Stavis, Esq." <adcsta…@comcast.net> wrote in message news:RYZcb.587338$Ho3.112234@sccrnsc03… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> "Jennifer" <Jnos…@shaw.ca> wrote in message > news:lDPcb.22037$I36.12826@pd7tw3no… > > Flourescent lights must bother your son. I know for me i can hear them > > buzzing at a concert Bb (I have relative pitch…its similar to perfect > > pitch) Does your son enjoy music? Many children with autism have perfect > > pitch. I had two that did. > > Jen > It’s funny – he really enjoyed it when he was younger. Has a great sense of > rhythm and a good ear (which is why I am no longer allowed to sing when he > is around). Not perfect pitch, though. > But lately he’s been indifferent. I think perhaps he’s not getting the > exposure he used too. Hmm, will have to work on that. > How are your boys doing?  What are their ages? > On the genetic theory – I’m going to postulate that they will find many > autoimmune disorders have claws or changes in sequence in one section of > DNA, leaving the body susceptible to certain problems/activity once a virus > is introduced – creating the snowball to roll down the mountain, as it were. > Adelle

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"is it possible, that the same genes that gave DH his MS, gave our ds’s autisim, mil her reumitoid arthritis??" I don’t think so, the exact same genes can’t just change like that from one form to another. However, a virus might be able to; as some viruses can change the DNA in some way… Its sad cause doctors almost never culture viruses unless people start dying…  The big thing now is the research on proteins (remember mad cow disease) and how it affects the body.

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On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 23:05:06 -0700, in alt.support.mult-sclerosis,d…@cheetah.net wrote: >Bettleheim committed suicide at in 1990 at age 87

At 87? Cripes, all that he had to do was wait two more minutes and Nature would have done it for him! Peeve: people with no patience. — "Who we are and who we become depends, in part, on whom we love." — "A General Theory Of Love"  Thanks, Mom ______________________________________________________________ Glen Appleby  gl…@armory.com <HTTP://www.armory.com/~glena/>

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Subject: What is What? >From: michelle downunder seysh…@optusnet.com.au >Date: 9/24/2003 7:53 PM Mountain Daylight Time >Message-id: <uai4nvod7t9npdgm1htut1639vncid0…@4ax.com> >/warning rambling of tired mother/ >As you might not know, dh and i have 4 boys, of these rascals, 1 is >diagnosed with an autistic disorder, and we are waiting for a >diagnosis on #2 son. >laying in bed last night reading a book about Sensory Intergration >Disorder, i stumbled across the phrase "Neurological Dysfunction" >This made me start to think… and research… and wonder… >Autism is genetic.. it hits males harder than females, but what if… >what if Autism and MS are related in some fashion, or as one page put >it, all autoimmune diseases are (not that i ever thought of Autism >being an autoimmune disease, but this page said it was) >is it possible, that the same genes that gave DH his MS, gave our ds’s >autisim, mil her reumitoid arthritis?? >/end of ramblinh >Michelle >remove the sand to reply to me.

1: Med Hypotheses. 2003 Aug;61(2):220-2. Links Excess dietary iron is the root cause for increase in childhood Autism and allergies. Padhye U. , Canton, Michigan, USA Autism is a profoundly and poorly understood developmental disorder that impairs a person’s social and communication abilities. I propose a hypothesis that the excessive dietary iron consumed by today’s infants is the root cause of increased cases of Autism, allergies and other childhood diseases. Iron is a powerful immune system modulator. Excess iron causes hyperactive immune system. This hyperactive immune system attacks undigested food peptides. The chemicals released during these intense allergic reactions can damage surrounding tissue. Neurodegeneration is caused by combination of, oxidative stress induced by free iron radicals and intense immune reactions. Iron chelators have shown beneficial results in Autism and allergies. PMID: 12888307 [PubMed - in process] —————————————– Who loves ya. Tom Jesus Was A Vegetarian! http://jesuswasavegetarian.7h.com Man Is A Herbivore! http://pages.ivillage.com/ironjustice/manisaherbivore DEAD PEOPLE WALKING http://pages.ivillage.com/ironjustice/deadpeoplewalking

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>Subject: Re: What is What? >From: "Adelle D. Stavis, Esq." adcsta…@comcast.net >Date: 9/24/2003 10:03 PM Mountain Daylight Time >Message-id: <5Otcb.568962$YN5.406392@sccrnsc01> >Hmmmm. >My Mom has Rheumatoid Arthritis. I have just been diagnosed with it (docs >thought it might be MS for a while). My sister had the Juvenile form.

EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY UPDATE: Arthritic kids’ iron supplements may hasten joint deterioration By Diana Swift WWASHINGTON, D.C. – The iron supplements that many arthritic children take to combat concomitant anemia may be hastening the deterioration of their joints, Houston researchers say. Led by biologist Roman Shypailo of the Children’s Nutrition Research Centre at Baylor College of Medicine, a Texas team looked at eight children being treated for juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. The patients, aged five to 15 years, received an intravenous radioactive tracer dose of iron (0.03 microsievert). Iron activity in affected joints was monitored on a position/energy-sensitive gamma counter, while a second machine monitored whole-body iron retention. Iron deposition was measured two hours post-infusion and again at days seven, 14, 28 and 56. Anemic "We found that iron excessively accumulates in arthritic joints and probably contributes to the chronic damage," said Shypailo. "That puts you between a rock and a hard place because many of these arthritic kids are anemic and need iron supplements, which may worsen the disease." The study found a high level of agreement between the joint data and the whole-body data, with a greater than 90% retention rate of the infused iron both in joints and systemically. Furthermore, six of eight patients showed increased uptake at the affected joints: 165% over the first 30 days compared with initial uptake at two hours. The next step, he says, is to see if there is excessive deposition of dietary iron in arthritic joints. ————————————————————————– —— IRON DEPOSITION IN THE JOINTS OF CHILDREN WITH JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Author(s): SHYPAILO ROMAN J ELLIS KENNETH J PEREZ MARIA ABRAMS STEVEN A Interpretive Summary: We wanted to develop an accurate and noninvasive way of determining the amount of iron deposited in the joints of patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Children with JRA often develop excess iron in their joints, so doctors need a way of monitoring the iron level, particularly when prescribing iron supplements for the common problem of anemia. However, the only method currently available is to take a biopsy. We adapted a machine called a gamma counter to measure the iron in eight patients’ joints after giving them an iron isotope by vein. Then we compared the results with the total amount of iron in their bodies, measured by a whole-body counter. We found that we had developed an accurate new way of measuring iron in these patients’ joints. We also found that six of the eight subjects had excess uptake of the iron isotope in their joints. That provided a signal that a preponderance of JRA patients are prone to have this problem, and clinicians should take special care to monitor them for it. Moreover, this is the first time a noninvasive way of performing this measurement has been available. Keywords: energy reproduction growth body composition women infants children water potassium bioelectrical impedance conductance bromide space lactating iron adipose tissue lipid motabolism beta-adrenergic receptor cell culture neutron activation nitrogen carbon calcium sodium chlorine phosphorus hormonal changes differentiation adipocyte hnrim021125 Contact: USDA/ARS CHILDREN’S NUTR 1100 BATES ST. HOUSTON TX 77030 FAX: (713)798-7130 Email: kel…@bcm.tmc.edu Approved Date: 1999-01-07 ______________________________________________________________________ TEKTRAN United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Updated: 1999-01-16 Who loves ya. Tom Jesus Was A Vegetarian! http://jesuswasavegetarian.7h.com Man Is A Herbivore! http://pages.ivillage.com/ironjustice/manisaherbivore DEAD PEOPLE WALKING http://pages.ivillage.com/ironjustice/deadpeoplewalking

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On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 14:03:29 +1000, michelle downunder – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -<seysh…@optusnet.com.au> wrote: >On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 03:49:31 GMT, "Jennifer" <Jnos…@shaw.ca> wrote: >>I’ve done several courses in autism (currently doing my masters in special >>ed with a focus on autism). They currently don’t know what causes autism. >>They believe its linked to a gene but there is no definitive clinical proof. >>Some people believe its environmental. Lots of theories. Same with MS. It is >>quite possible that the two are linked but like many people I am the only >>one in my fmaily even tracing back a couple of generations that has had an >>autoimmune disease (if MS can be considered that) >>Jen >I was under the impression that they have proven that autism is >genetic… but memory fails me at the moment… i remember the article >i was reading in time.. so maybe it was just theory… >dh has nobody in his family either Jen… so this is why i have been >pondering the $64 000 question. >Michelle >remove the sand to reply to me.

The original cause was thought to psychiatric. Dr. Bruno Bettleheim postulated that autism was caused by the subtle dysfunctional relation between mother and child – most often boys. Here’s a good site if anyone is interested in further inquiry: http://peace.saumag.edu/faculty/kardas/courses/AHG/Bettelheim.html The Bettleheim theory was debunked after it was found that the brain of a autistic child has subtle areas of underdevelopment, most often in the medulla oblongata. Without belaboring the subject, Bettleheim left behind a whole generation of guilt ridden parents who were led to believe it was a psychiatrically based parental problem. Much flawed public policy was created as a result of his so-called and unproven theory. Bettleheim committed suicide at in 1990 at age 87, in Silver Springs, Maryland, USA. Donn

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Hmmmm. My Mom has Rheumatoid Arthritis. I have just been diagnosed with it (docs thought it might be MS for a while). My sister had the Juvenile form. We all are affected by ADD, dyslexia, and sensory integration disorder, but not beyond our ability to find our own ‘fixes’. My daughter has visual tracking issues and my son has sensory integration issues. My Mom’s brother – all three of his kids had significant problems with ADD and dyslexia. Not sure if there is any autoimmune stuff. Any time you want to brainstorm sensory integration issues, count me in. Adelle D. Stavis, Esq. Remove the c in my name for me to see your reply "michelle downunder" <seysh…@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message

news:uai4nvod7t9npdgm1htut1639vncid0in4@4ax.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> /warning rambling of tired mother/ > As you might not know, dh and i have 4 boys, of these rascals, 1 is > diagnosed with an autistic disorder, and we are waiting for a > diagnosis on #2 son. > laying in bed last night reading a book about Sensory Intergration > Disorder, i stumbled across the phrase "Neurological Dysfunction" > This made me start to think… and research… and wonder… > Autism is genetic.. it hits males harder than females, but what if… > what if Autism and MS are related in some fashion, or as one page put > it, all autoimmune diseases are (not that i ever thought of Autism > being an autoimmune disease, but this page said it was) > is it possible, that the same genes that gave DH his MS, gave our ds’s > autisim, mil her reumitoid arthritis?? > /end of ramblinh > Michelle > remove the sand to reply to me.

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I’ve done several courses in autism (currently doing my masters in special ed with a focus on autism). They currently don’t know what causes autism. They believe its linked to a gene but there is no definitive clinical proof. Some people believe its environmental. Lots of theories. Same with MS. It is quite possible that the two are linked but like many people I am the only one in my fmaily even tracing back a couple of generations that has had an autoimmune disease (if MS can be considered that) Jen "michelle downunder" <seysh…@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message

news:uai4nvod7t9npdgm1htut1639vncid0in4@4ax.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> /warning rambling of tired mother/ > As you might not know, dh and i have 4 boys, of these rascals, 1 is > diagnosed with an autistic disorder, and we are waiting for a > diagnosis on #2 son. > laying in bed last night reading a book about Sensory Intergration > Disorder, i stumbled across the phrase "Neurological Dysfunction" > This made me start to think… and research… and wonder… > Autism is genetic.. it hits males harder than females, but what if… > what if Autism and MS are related in some fashion, or as one page put > it, all autoimmune diseases are (not that i ever thought of Autism > being an autoimmune disease, but this page said it was) > is it possible, that the same genes that gave DH his MS, gave our ds’s > autisim, mil her reumitoid arthritis?? > /end of ramblinh > Michelle > remove the sand to reply to me.

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