A child dismissed as "uneducable" by the system

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I highly recommend reading this link if your child has ever been dismissed as "uneducable", as this Harvard father's child was; the father shows how strengths are mistaken for deficits, and how he learned to nourish and maximise his son's potential.

http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/17/04/h ... ted-autism

I've made my comments before. I know the Dad had the best intentions. But he had no clue how to raise his son. I found the movie... ugh... upsetting. Especially when the Mom and the Dad were sitting on the couch, talking. See, the son was drawing pictures. Duh!?

I just hope that one day, people will wake up and realize how silly that was. You've ruined your son's development, and you don't even know it. Time cannot be turned back, now, can it? Be that a lesson for other parents: use your hands, not your mouth.

It's good you mention neuroplasticity, Cyberdad... I'm a big believer in that too. We are dynamic, as living things we change.

And nobody's development is ruined, eikonabridge... damages are done, but no damage is permanent. You have to believe in the child too, and so does the system and so does the family.