tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post3605839005818413288..comments2024-03-19T07:36:33.915-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: The People Who 'ARE'Dave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger155125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-33986721105286205152015-11-07T10:36:04.597-05:002015-11-07T10:36:04.597-05:00I have read this post every few months for the pas...I have read this post every few months for the past five years because it refocuses me and renews my commitment. It is among the most powerful and beautifully written pieces I've read and I so grateful to you, Dave. Thank you. David Morstadhttp://www.largertable.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-32007539184793686022014-03-07T17:25:15.874-05:002014-03-07T17:25:15.874-05:00Thank you extremely powerful blog.Thank you extremely powerful blog.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14646303649631343336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-11172478476369733722013-03-09T18:32:36.223-05:002013-03-09T18:32:36.223-05:00Yes, yes, YES!
Thank you. Yes, yes, YES!<br />Thank you. Psychojenichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936930614210195529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-62724041221066951542012-10-24T16:30:14.466-04:002012-10-24T16:30:14.466-04:00I am the mother of a 14 year old beautiful daughte... I am the mother of a 14 year old beautiful daughter who happens to have Down syndrome and has been fighting leukemia for the last 2+ years. I started a discussion about the recent use of the r word in political tweets last night on FB and it turned really ugly really fast. I had an actual real life friend telling me there's nothing wrong with it and only liberals are offended and blah blah blah. It stung. To think a friend who knows what my daughter has gone through would post this was surprising, to say the least. Parts of your piece are gut wrenching. If I had been born with DS my parents would have been urged to put me in an institution and forget about me. I owe a huge debt to the parents who fought for the rights of daughters like mine. Thank you for this piece.Robbienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-10035525319298318862012-10-11T09:43:28.884-04:002012-10-11T09:43:28.884-04:00Beautiful and powerful. Thank you Dave.
Yesterday...Beautiful and powerful. Thank you Dave.<br /><br />Yesterday I was checking out at the grocery and somehow mentioned to the clerk that my son had autism. This total stranger said, "I'm so sorry, I know God gives us all burdens but you got the worst." I was shocked and said, "My son is really a great guy." And she said she had a cousin who is retarded and she has ruined my aunt's life." <br />Don't know if I'll go shopping there again. Some people really do think our children are just drains on society, burdens to everyone, and aren't really people. Getting rid of the "R" word is just a step forward. One step.<br /><br />ps. liked the anony. teacher's class exercise.Mary E. Ulrichhttp://climbingeverymountain.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-60836054892177078172012-05-02T22:25:38.220-04:002012-05-02T22:25:38.220-04:00Thank you. Your writing in this post has quite lit...Thank you. Your writing in this post has quite literally taken my breath away! You have written so eloquently about something that, of course, should only be a position of common sense. How sad that it is not . . . yet.<br /><br />Thank you for your advocacy and your passion. I will be forwarding a link to this post on to a Counselor Educators' listserv and one on Multicultural Issues for counselors, too.Tamara G. Suttle, M.Ed., LPChttp://www.allthingsprivatepractice.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-51218825546066736522012-03-07T23:04:16.749-05:002012-03-07T23:04:16.749-05:00Fantastic writing. Thank you for helping the move...Fantastic writing. Thank you for helping the movement to obliterate that word...I wish we could wipe out all the nasty character assassinating words out there. I am a mother who has been nice and has been downright mean to people in explaining how the word affects me and how it can resonate to others without our realizing it. My son was born with Down syndrome 21 years ago and his name is David (sometimes buggerbutt!) lol. And maybe if I hadn't been blessed with him, I would be one of those that doesn't understand the offense of the word. Being around him has opened my eyes to many great, kind and wonderful opportunities that I do not believe I would have been able to experience. So, to keep this long, I want to thank you for helping me to (hopefully) better explain how this affects so many of us!Pam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02217656216675497919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-32739293610367069772012-03-07T11:14:15.098-05:002012-03-07T11:14:15.098-05:00Fantastic. Thanks for sharing.Fantastic. Thanks for sharing.Mark Aubreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03022715354021247303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-59127768189011598332011-09-13T20:37:18.204-04:002011-09-13T20:37:18.204-04:00Carol, of course you may copy this. All I ask is t...Carol, of course you may copy this. All I ask is that you indicate that I am the author and cite this blog as the source. Thanks for getting the word out.Dave Hingsburgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-19241493955273967462011-09-13T10:23:13.070-04:002011-09-13T10:23:13.070-04:00Hi Dave! I have point people here so often to this...Hi Dave! I have point people here so often to this masterfully written piece! I think it had made many pause and think about the power of that word. <br /><br />We are having a big shin dig at the Gym for our cheer group and I was wondering if it's ok with you if I printed up a few of these to hand out to people and have around to read at the gym? Course all credit to you along with the url to your blog. :-) You can check out our facebook page which will let you to our not so well written blog :-) Club LaytonCarolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693594588315925422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-39803478265403702522011-09-02T09:04:58.884-04:002011-09-02T09:04:58.884-04:00For those who love this blog and were moved in any...For those who love this blog and were moved in any way by this post in particular:<br />Www.r-word.org<br />Www.disabilityisnatural.com<br /><br /><br />I read you everyday Dave. Thank you for working to make the world a safer place.Heather Carleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-33410254958362054762011-08-11T23:46:39.497-04:002011-08-11T23:46:39.497-04:00Beautiful and powerful.Beautiful and powerful.Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08985688905432556253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-47192639455350745622011-06-30T23:35:51.508-04:002011-06-30T23:35:51.508-04:00Thank you so much for this post! I have shared and...Thank you so much for this post! I have shared and will continue to do so to advocate for my beautiful daughter, who is anything but "that horrible label" that was placed on her by medical professionals!Alishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11050872219642212647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-8407542872701634562011-05-19T00:03:58.668-04:002011-05-19T00:03:58.668-04:00Hi Dave,
Would you mind if I shared this blog ent...Hi Dave, <br />Would you mind if I shared this blog entry with my middle school students. I hear the "R" word all over campus, and I'd like to educate them. I would of course give you credit for your words and list your blog as the source. You just say what I want them to hear so much better than I can. <br /><br />Thanks, SunshineSunshine and Shadowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10533311026100989243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-63897573595348138092011-02-21T10:59:30.277-05:002011-02-21T10:59:30.277-05:00THANK YOU DAVE!!!!! "PERFECTLY STATED"!...THANK YOU DAVE!!!!! "PERFECTLY STATED"!!Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02643251885429921088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-17427824193569614642011-02-15T20:29:44.426-05:002011-02-15T20:29:44.426-05:00I'm a teacher of young children with various l...I'm a teacher of young children with various learning differences. I met you a few years ago and purchased a book of yours. You're inspiring and your frankness is so necessary!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-73195688131145991912010-12-19T08:22:56.971-05:002010-12-19T08:22:56.971-05:00I'm crying as I read this ... see I have a hea...I'm crying as I read this ... see I have a heart defect (my heart was malformed before I was born in the womb) and I have always thought and felt everything you have said in this blog ... we are a collective community ... the most unrecongized minority ... people who are cast to the side to die after being diagnosed ... we are a group of people who deserve respect, admiration, true love, and we hardly find it ...<br /><br />For years bullies threatened to hit me in the chest and kill me, none of them were ever suspended and no action was taken, none of them learned how wrong it was to call me the "r" word ... I see comics on TV use this word freely but another will use the "n" word and be blasted by society ... what is the difference I've always asked ... NOTHING ... it's a slur ... it's based on ignorance like any other slur ... but our society seems to except this one slur as a regular word ... it's not when you live on the other side of the fence ... it's unfair ... unjust ... and in all cases unwarrented ... <br /><br />I am so glad to have found this post ... thank you for saying what I have thought and said for many years!!! <3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-17071230595531807722010-12-16T00:23:36.734-05:002010-12-16T00:23:36.734-05:00This should be published some place where EVERYONE...This should be published some place where EVERYONE can read it! It is soooooo wonderfully written! Thank you sooo much!!my stinky muffinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15406356571100268212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-23582309723649685722010-10-01T22:44:58.247-04:002010-10-01T22:44:58.247-04:00What a wonderful read! In Australia we do not use ...What a wonderful read! In Australia we do not use the word 'retarded' when describing intellectual impairment. Schools for special kids are called 'special schools'. <br />Special:<br />1. of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key. <br />2. being a particular one; particular, individual, or certain: You'd better call the special number. <br />3. pertaining or peculiar to a particular person, thing, instance, etc.; distinctive; unique: the special features of a plan. <br />4. having a specific or particular function, purpose, etc.: a special messenger. <br />5. distinguished or different from what is ordinary or usual: a special occasion; to fix something special. <br />6. extraordinary; exceptional, as in amount or degree; especial: special importance. <br />7. being such in an exceptional degree; particularly valued: a special friend. (Dictionary.com)<br />Cheers from a special mum with a special child;)))Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-79945321421903341602010-09-27T08:21:33.027-04:002010-09-27T08:21:33.027-04:00Well said, hurtful words should be avoided. Kindne...Well said, hurtful words should be avoided. Kindness and tact go a long way. <br /><br />Let's also remember the feelings of other often-stigmatized fellow human beings and refrain from terms such as "schizo", "psycho" or "lunatic"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-62887242434464366112010-09-11T16:43:08.404-04:002010-09-11T16:43:08.404-04:00Powerful post! Very well articulated with a no-non...Powerful post! Very well articulated with a no-nonsense delivery. In behalf of my son, thanks for speaking out about this so strongly and hitting every major point about use of the r-word.Riahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06737298798388579270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-39183756861572598652010-09-11T14:29:58.037-04:002010-09-11T14:29:58.037-04:00Thanks for such a clear, powerful statement. Our ...Thanks for such a clear, powerful statement. Our words are powerful and they define us to ourselves and to the world. I appreciate your thoughts and feelings on this deeply.Dr. Adam Sheckhttp://passion101.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-16877016686205588502010-09-08T11:23:15.479-04:002010-09-08T11:23:15.479-04:00This is fantastic - clear, articulate, and pwerful...This is fantastic - clear, articulate, and pwerful. This MUST be shared with others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-34062756177973467932010-09-07T20:25:06.540-04:002010-09-07T20:25:06.540-04:00takee the word out!takee the word out!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-22529107590903832272010-09-04T01:10:23.688-04:002010-09-04T01:10:23.688-04:00Dave, very well said! I have worked in the field ...Dave, very well said! I have worked in the field of disabilities since 1992 in Fairbanks, Alaska and now more than ever as a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (since 2008) I take my Code of Ethics seriously when it comes to educating people and helping others be more aware of other people's feelings. The "r" word should no more be used as the "n" word in this day & age. Thank you for your words!<br />Sincerely, Amanda RaceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com