tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post8335264988325794584..comments2024-03-14T18:26:18.208-07:00Comments on autism's gadfly: "Look there's a kid in a cage" redux departmentjonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14972394536850151087noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-4768003702621323602010-11-21T04:52:12.944-08:002010-11-21T04:52:12.944-08:00I read stories like that and am thankful we had th...I read stories like that and am thankful we had the energy and financial wherewithal to homeschool our daughter with autism. I just wish we could create school environments where this kind of cruelty destroys people . . .walkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05046468024103932112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-20810390935623606182010-11-11T07:06:30.998-08:002010-11-11T07:06:30.998-08:00I get the distinct impression that the cage was pu...I get the distinct impression that the cage was put up over the summer holidays (BBC site mentions it was up a few months, I suppose there is a chance that noone at the school or council was aware, assuming they had the builders working unsupervised with no orders (I don't know which is worse though...).<br /><br />On the plus side, this is a great chance for us blogs writing in the field to network and share links to increase our SEO, here's an article I worte on this: http://www.soundtherapy.org.uk/210/#more-210Matthew Saunderhttp://www.musicgym.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-70034930195822546742010-11-04T15:44:53.152-07:002010-11-04T15:44:53.152-07:00Too bad the Neurodivsity pedophile didn't gene...Too bad the Neurodivsity pedophile didn't generate as much interweb interest (odd that)<br /><br />but, since this one has:<br /><br />something about the cage story so far everyone seems to be overlooking that is also very disturbing is<br /><br />that it seems that cage was built and delivered from an institution that houses autistic people<br /><br />if that's the kind of construction they'll send out<br /><br /><br /><i>Whats going on with the rest of the people housed in the institution who saw fit to build such a thing?</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-67972633612777125032010-11-03T10:11:28.452-07:002010-11-03T10:11:28.452-07:00I was about to send you this story, but I should&#...I was about to send you this story, but I should've known you'd already be on top of it as you'd written about this issue before.Jake Crosbyhttp://www.ageofautism.com/jake-crosbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-36200302280732509922010-11-03T05:04:35.335-07:002010-11-03T05:04:35.335-07:00Too bad the kid in the cage wasn't Ari Ne'...Too bad the kid in the cage wasn't Ari Ne'eman.John Besthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133970669787632440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-36867406595336762992010-11-02T16:57:24.618-07:002010-11-02T16:57:24.618-07:00Putting autistic kids in cages is just not a meme ...Putting autistic kids in cages is just not a meme Jonathan, it happens.<br /><br />This is from the news today:<br /><br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1325796/Cage-autistic-pupil-removed-Nicolson-Institute-Stornoway.htmlKent A.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-12588248796371991992010-11-02T11:30:57.020-07:002010-11-02T11:30:57.020-07:001. to attract and hold attentively by a unique po...1. to attract and hold attentively by a unique power, personal charm, unusual nature, or some other special quality; enthrall: a vivacity that fascinated the audience.<br /><br />2. to arouse the interest or curiosity of; allure.<br /><br />3. to transfix or deprive of the power of resistance, as through terror: The sight of the snake fascinated the rabbit.<br /><br />4. to bewitch.<br /><br />5.to cast under a spell by a look.<br /><br />Using the word fascinate to me in this context is I think a bit wrong from maybe what you are trying to say. <br /><br />I'm not fascinated by kids in a cage. I'm outraged. It will never lose its shock value to me.Kent A.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-91044467371360086582010-11-02T10:41:59.475-07:002010-11-02T10:41:59.475-07:00I think you know what the word fascinate meansI think you know what the word fascinate meansjonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14972394536850151087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-17383258413174723332010-11-02T10:24:39.701-07:002010-11-02T10:24:39.701-07:00Stories about autistic or other developmentally di...Stories about autistic or other developmentally disabled kids in a cage fascinate me.<br /><br />Is the word fascinate have the meaning you are trying to impart to the reader?Kent A.noreply@blogger.com