tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post5267314492199192624..comments2024-03-19T07:36:33.915-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: EnoughDave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-75755636273267464862007-12-18T18:35:00.000-05:002007-12-18T18:35:00.000-05:00wowyour first post I read was about how damagin th...wow<BR/>your first post I read was about how damagin this passivity is. I agree absolutely.moplanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16998309937928231527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-1449425031038090342007-12-17T04:23:00.000-05:002007-12-17T04:23:00.000-05:00Those are the traits in people with disabilities t...<I>Those are the traits in people with disabilities that lead to victimization, vulnerability, violence.</I><BR/><BR/>But what really interests me is where these traits come from - what *exactly* it is about society, and insitutionalized disablism on a grand scale that creates these attitudes in people. We were not born with them. They were born out of us and our interaction with society.<BR/><BR/>In this story, it seems to me that the violence was done to the woman with learning difficulties *before* she became passive, not the other way around. She didn't cause this to happen to her. Society did.Naomi J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10918322634249814999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-73725063819957211092007-12-16T19:47:00.000-05:002007-12-16T19:47:00.000-05:00ENOUGH!!!ENOUGH!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-49699816464931632712007-12-16T18:27:00.000-05:002007-12-16T18:27:00.000-05:00Ahhh....just what I've been telling my son's teach...Ahhh....just what I've been telling my son's teachers at school!<BR/><BR/>My son has DS. When he digs his heels in and is "stubborn", I secretly gloat because I know that I am raising a kid who can say "no" when asked to do something he'd prefer not to do. :o)A.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17950442168631119820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-55606445413803263732007-12-16T17:51:00.000-05:002007-12-16T17:51:00.000-05:00Enough!...is right.....Well said Dave...Enough!...is right.....<BR/>Well said Dave...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-87257405028161117612007-12-16T16:42:00.000-05:002007-12-16T16:42:00.000-05:00This is a very powerfull post, and a needed attitu...This is a very powerfull post, and a needed attitude. So rarely do I see people who deal with those who have intellectual disabilities internalize this message. It is oh so much easier to force complience.rickismomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07817042750959998664noreply@blogger.com