I wouldn't put too much faith in a 'vinegar and brown paper' fix Larry.
rgds John
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From: Larry Arnold <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: learning disability or difficulty?
> Well to speak the vernacular "its all bollocks innit?"
>
> If two people are in a situation that does not involve lerning, then they
> are equal right? irrespective of lable, one can only be lerning disabled
or
> difficulted (is that a word, if it isn't it is now) in a lerning situation
>
> Am I taking this all too literally ? well perhaps but then that is the
> nature of my semantic disability/difficulty/difference/impaiment/ (delete
as
> appropriate)
>
> Larry who is thinking of changing his name to Humpty Dumpty, now stick
that
> in your portmantau and smoke it :)
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: The Disability-Research Discussion List
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Carol Hamilton
> > Sent: 26 February 2003 06:37
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: learning disability or difficulty?
> >
> >
> > >Hi MItzi, David (and list)
> >
> > RE
> > > The terminology difference between the UK and US
> > >is quite large, and makes for much confusion. What
> > >folks in the US call "mental retardation," with
> > >ensuing modifiers like "severe," "moderate," "mild"
> > >etc., .
> >
> > I have found some of the US paper literature in this area confusing
> > to read as a result of this terminological minefield, as there are
> > often *very* few pointers in articles etc to further explain what
> > these categories might mean. US video literature is better but I am
> > always surprised to see, especially, what the images of people
> > labelled 'severe' in the video dialogue are like and I am not sure
> > why this might be. They never seem that severe to me. In need to some
> > support yes, but severe is over emphatic to my ears. However this
> > might be because many of the US videos we watch here are in some way
> > promotional and perhaps not to be taken as illustrative of ordinary
> > lives and activities. It's very confusing.
> >
> > When I read the term learning disabled in UK literature I have
> > access to more images that fit, but I'm still not sure if this term
> > completely equates with the NZ term 'intellectually disabled' in all
> > its different meanings and understandings....
> >
> > >
> > and...
> >
> > > People with difficulties following head injury
> > >or brain disease are also put in a difficult
> > >sitution, BTW--if you are not dx'd as "learning
> > >disabled" or "mentally retarded" in childhood but
> > >later develop problems with learning or relearning,
> > >just where do you fit in this arbitrary system?
> > people in NZ who are brain injured after about the age of 18 are
> > not called intellectually disabled to my knowledge, but brain
> > injured, so the rehabilitative emphasis is kept - the term
> > acknowledges the learning that already has gone on for the individual
> > before the injury. Under the age of about 18, the person can become
> > 'intellectually disabled' as a result of brain injury rather than
> > 'brain injured'. I am not sure where exactly the cut off point comes
> > between the two but the interesting bit comes in when post trauma
> > funding is allocated. Generally speaking being 'brain injured' is
> > financially the better option, being 'intellectually disabled' means
> > a more difficult struggle to gain funding for access to support
> > services. So maybe that's where or why people fit where they do?
> >
> > Cheers Carol
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