Sandra Dodd

DARN IT! I wrote a whole explanation in answer to this question,
when it was clear in the first place.

-=-It shouldn't be only parents of Down
Syndrome children who know what the term means. Everyone should
know. -=-

People should all know about Down Syndrome, not just parents of those
children. That's what I meant.

-=- Same with bi-polar. It doesn't hurt to know. Same with
clinical depression. It can't surprise you if you already know the
symptoms.-=-

Everyone should know what those things mean and look like, rather
than only thinking they need to find out more AFTER they've had
problems for a year or two and then found out what was different
about their child.

Knowing what all those things are doesn't label a child. It's
knowledge. Unschoolers would do well to know as much as they can
about what can hinder learning and human development, and what can
help it.

Sandra



===================================================(that was in
response to)...

Now I'm really confused. Some labels are okay, and some aren't? It's
okay to say that a kid has Down Syndrome or depression, but not
Asperger's or autism? This is the way people have been advocating
that these labels be used - as tools for helping children, and as
ways of knowing.
Dar

<<<-- Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...> wrote:
It shouldn't be only parents of Down
Syndrome children who know what the term means. Everyone should
know. Same with bi-polar. It doesn't hurt to know. Same with
clinical depression. It can't surprise you if you already know the
symptoms.<<<