tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999584757964050116.post865014119804782974..comments2012-10-28T16:15:30.863+00:00Comments on The Red Maze: Look below the surface before judging.Lesley - Scottish Mum Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01405902729506946620noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999584757964050116.post-73116621811523677562012-09-10T19:38:13.634+01:002012-09-10T19:38:13.634+01:00It's sad how many just assume that all kids wh...It's sad how many just assume that all kids who behave badly are inherently bad. Lesley - Scottish Mum Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01405902729506946620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999584757964050116.post-69733471245652187452012-09-10T19:36:46.941+01:002012-09-10T19:36:46.941+01:00Some of the public outcries are so scary. It'...Some of the public outcries are so scary. It's how bad behaviour is always seen as the fault of the parents. I've gone up to parents and asked them to take control of a situation that's deteriorating, but I'd never slag off someone I've never rant on about how someone was such a bad parent when I didn't know them. <br /><br />Venting and sympathising with someone is one thing, but the out and out vitriol will probably have scarred me for the rest of my natural born. <br /><br />Sadly, the paralympics is almost all physically disabled rather than mentally or learning difficulties, so it will probably do little to help the status of kids who struggle with their brains this time round. <br /><br />They were completely banned in about 1996 I think from the Paralympics in a blanket ban after some cheating by a team. They were allowed to be reintroduced at this games, but there were only 6 I think in the whole UK team as there are so few categories who have been able to get the critera for acceptance into the sport. The conditions for determining what a learning difficult is, are quite lengthy.<br /><br /><br /><br />Lesley - Scottish Mum Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01405902729506946620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999584757964050116.post-72361315350703283022012-09-10T19:00:47.515+01:002012-09-10T19:00:47.515+01:00Totally. It's something many people with "...Totally. It's something many people with "perfect kids" just refuse to do. Ignorance is never bliss when it comes to special needs and disabilities.<br /><br />CJ xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999584757964050116.post-24443575131745766382012-09-10T18:56:20.676+01:002012-09-10T18:56:20.676+01:00I agree; when will people ever learn that there is...I agree; when will people ever learn that there is so much more to what you see. Disability isn't always an obvious physical impairment and neither is it due to poor parenting. <br /><br />In the spirit of the paralympics let us hope that people can pause for a moment and think about disability in its wider sense and offer support to those in need. Because one day it could be them or their children, affected by a brain disorder that causes them to behave in ways that are deemed socially unacceptable. Deb Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com