Guest guest Posted January 29, 2002 Report Share Posted January 29, 2002 I meant the docs... S On Mon, 28 January 2002, " andrewhallcutler " wrote: > > <html><body> > > > <tt> > <BR> > & gt; Or simply repeats backs word for word w/out getting the meaning or <BR> > whether it makes any sense. (i.e. echolalia)<BR> > & gt; S<BR> > <BR> > The few hyperlexic children I have talked to were perfectly able to <BR> > explain what THEY thought the stuff they read was about as long as I <BR> > shut up and let them do it (something teachers are unable to do for <BR> > religious reasons - they know what the kids are & quot;supposed & quot; to think it <BR> > means). & nbsp; Clearly they understood just fine. & nbsp; They did not, however, <BR> > put the interpretations on it that teachers are taught in education <BR> > credential programs they are SUPPOSED to, so obviously the kids didn't <BR> > understand. & nbsp; As far as I can tell given my limited sample, the kids <BR> > understand just fine, they simply have a different opinion than the <BR> > one the experts think they should have. & nbsp; Probably comes from reading <BR> > too much - after all, one of the reasons reading is encouraged in <BR> > adults, and the key reason writing whatever you feel like is <BR> > constitutionally protected, is that it leads to people having a wide <BR> > variety of different opinions<BR> > <BR> > </tt> > > <br> > > <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> > > <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2> > <tr bgcolor=#FFFFCC> > <td align=center><font size= " -1 " color=#003399><b> Sponsor</b></font></td> > </tr> > <tr bgcolor=#FFFFFF> > <td align=center width=470><table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td align=center><font face=arial size=-2>ADVERTISEMENT</font><br><a href= " http://rd./M=219350.1849046.3355884.1691666/D=egroupweb/S=1705061\ 616:HM/A=935585/R=0/*http://www.gotomypc.com/u/tr/yh/grp/300_1b/g22lp?Target=mm/\ g22lp.tmpl " target=_top><img src= " http://us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/a/ex/expert_city/300_1b.gif " width= " 300 " height= " 250 " border= " 0 " ></a></td></tr></table></td> > </tr> > <tr><td><img alt= " " width=1 height=1 src= " http://us.adserver./l?M=219350.1849046.3355884.1691666/D=egroupmai\ l/S=1705061616:HM/A=935585/rand=729086697 " ></td></tr> > </table> > > <!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| --> > > > <br> > <tt> > =======================================================<BR> > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2002 Report Share Posted January 30, 2002 > I meant the docs... > S I guess that is why they lobby so hard to keep the licensing laws where we can't diagnose them as hyperlexic since they don't understand the words they parrot, or as delusional for saying there is no treatment for autism, or that thimerosal in vaccines is safe, or many other things. I wonder if there is an ICD-10 diagnosis code for " doctor doesn't have a clue? " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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