tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post4019240320087166584..comments2024-03-29T03:43:45.977-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: UnbowedDave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-13417302718369340582007-09-27T21:21:00.000-04:002007-09-27T21:21:00.000-04:00AMEN. I hope I find a mentor like you when I final...AMEN. I hope I find a mentor like you when I finally break out into the workforce.<BR/><BR/>-- Carolyn (future OT)Usually Stunninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12753459946975030879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-16207026299211396212007-09-27T14:43:00.000-04:002007-09-27T14:43:00.000-04:00Dave, I've been missing you! ;) My life is crazy r...Dave, I've been missing you! ;) My life is crazy right now. But in the midst I am thankful for my non compliant kiddo whose fierce determination amazes me daily. I used you in my post today!<BR/>http://all4gals.blogspot.com/2007/09/capable-of-independence.htmlAll 4 My Galshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04388794548592051699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-30980255385898688552007-09-25T22:46:00.000-04:002007-09-25T22:46:00.000-04:00Dave, that was one of your best posts (which is ha...Dave, that was one of your best posts (which is hard to say cause they are all so good). Thanks so much and I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to link you.Jacquihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03039454415384297225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-46679267761542260462007-09-25T18:03:00.000-04:002007-09-25T18:03:00.000-04:00DaveAll I can say is Thanks!Dave<BR/><BR/>All I can say is Thanks!Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07243079362504708235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-10629876082286645112007-09-25T13:46:00.000-04:002007-09-25T13:46:00.000-04:00powerful post! found the site off of Reimer's blo...powerful post! found the site off of Reimer's blog. I particularly liked your lines here:<BR/><BR/><I>I felt he was over-compliant, that he needed to learn how to stick up to both of them a little bit more. I felt that he was being groomed as a victim and that I would have no part in that grooming.</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-44474176867756311612007-09-25T12:25:00.000-04:002007-09-25T12:25:00.000-04:00Thanks so much for this essay! I plan on sharing i...Thanks so much for this essay! I plan on sharing it with my colleagues.JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16651933344119828183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-43739788153447673212007-09-25T04:02:00.000-04:002007-09-25T04:02:00.000-04:00amazing.-taraamazing.<BR/>-taraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-35873926218749061532007-09-24T20:22:00.000-04:002007-09-24T20:22:00.000-04:00Wow--this reminded me of Rosa Parks, the "Mother o...Wow--this reminded me of Rosa Parks, the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement," on the bus in Alabama.<BR/><BR/>To have the eyes to "see" the guts to do something about it--and the courage to swim upstream. That inspires me.Belindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09251920708783268740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-43414210174756593752007-09-24T14:28:00.000-04:002007-09-24T14:28:00.000-04:00Thank you for this. I agree with all the previous ...Thank you for this. I agree with all the previous comments.<BR/><BR/>IMO, the most important thing a child learns is how to communicate 'NO'.Sharon McDaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550156204691696968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-13537844323955636502007-09-24T13:39:00.000-04:002007-09-24T13:39:00.000-04:00Bravo and thank you! I always worried when any of ...Bravo and thank you! <BR/>I always worried when any of my children became too compliant. Thank goodness they realized they have choices and can make their own. Including William, who has recently decided that to emphasize when he does not want to comply, he dramatically folds his arms over his chest and says, "No"Keihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04095184831191402113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-53777927946777668822007-09-24T13:34:00.000-04:002007-09-24T13:34:00.000-04:00That's a memorable one. These things can get compl...That's a memorable one. These things can get complicated, I know, having been an elementary school counselor for 23 years before finally becoming too disabled to work four years ago.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14770384445526387065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-29972851326177567882007-09-24T13:09:00.000-04:002007-09-24T13:09:00.000-04:00Dave, you have done it again! Another home run! An...Dave, you have done it again! Another home run! And I say this on a day when my son was non compliant with his meds, non compliant with his breathing treatment and non compliant with putting his shoes on this morning. LOL!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09715751555766636635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-26182472247184426672007-09-24T11:15:00.000-04:002007-09-24T11:15:00.000-04:00Can we have a national holiday here in the UK to!!...Can we have a national holiday here in the UK to!!<BR/>I think my sons motto is 'do not comply'!Casdokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03497897393162856190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-10606653445421035122007-09-24T08:59:00.000-04:002007-09-24T08:59:00.000-04:00Not sure my link came through. Here it is again:C...Not sure my link came through. Here it is again:<BR/><A HREF="http://pipecleanerdreams.blogspot.com/2006/12/compliance.html" REL="nofollow">Compliance blog</A>Ashley's Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05621835327282616218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-38522739607420306862007-09-24T08:56:00.000-04:002007-09-24T08:56:00.000-04:00Here here! My feelings exactly. I blogged late l...Here here! My feelings exactly. I blogged late last year on this subject also:<BR/><BR/>http://pipecleanerdreams.blogspot.com/2006/12/compliance.html<BR/><BR/>I agree with September 24th being declared a national holiday - both in Canada and the US!Ashley's Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05621835327282616218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-7313559479488758192007-09-24T06:48:00.000-04:002007-09-24T06:48:00.000-04:00September 24 should be declared a national holiday...September 24 should be declared a national holiday...or at least "non-compliance day"! Why is it that people with developmental disabilities are expected to "comply" (read: "obey") every arbitrary request or direction they receive?? Maybe I'll go to work and tell all the people who live in the home that today they should say "no" to staff and each other at least once!wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14790763688701278823noreply@blogger.com