tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post8918076101929195737..comments2024-03-19T07:36:33.915-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: SiptahDave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-25571171673369709312012-04-17T06:43:21.387-04:002012-04-17T06:43:21.387-04:00So good topic really i like any post talking about...So good topic really i like any post talking about <a href="http://www.ancient-egypt.info/" rel="nofollow"> Ancient Egypt</a> but i want to say thing to u Ancient Egypt not that only ... you can see in Ancient Egypt <a href="http://www.ancient-egypt.info/p/ancient-egyptian-god-and-goddess-map.html" rel="nofollow"> Ancient Egyptian Gods and Goddess </a> and more , you shall search in Google and Wikipedia about that .... thanks a gain ,,,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-25549828460820008092007-10-06T21:56:00.000-04:002007-10-06T21:56:00.000-04:00That thing about picking your battles and not real...That thing about picking your battles and not really noticing when there's an "issue" really hit home. My husband Rick is 57m I'm 48, my stepson Jim is 33 and what's that old joke about the old bull who advises the young bull about walking down the hill? I so get that. Jim knows better than me that each day brings all sorts of injustice because he has Down syndrome and can't hear very well and has difficult speech. But each day has people who say hello, who offer support in a genuine way, who aren't out "to get us." If you spend all your time shrieking about the injustice, your own shrill indignation might just drown out the authentic voices out there crossing your path. Sometimes when I'm ready to pounce at someone who says, "Sweeeetiiieeee" to Jim as if he's 3 years old, I look at him first. More often than not, he twirls his finger at the side of his head and shrugs. Save it, he's saying, for the important stuff.Karin Melberg Schwierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04433042255688106275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-1003851235668972112007-10-02T08:07:00.000-04:002007-10-02T08:07:00.000-04:00I was going to mention FDR, and Lord Nelson, and v...I was going to mention FDR, and Lord Nelson, and various European royalty who had hereditary impairments...<BR/><BR/>Those at the very top of society, whether pharoahs or CEOs, can always "get away with" having impairments without experiencing the social/political side of disability. I wouldn't want to see them as role models.stevethehydrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18334234855643025449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-42526420846619939032007-10-01T10:16:00.000-04:002007-10-01T10:16:00.000-04:00Hey, what about FDR? Though it probably didn't hur...Hey, what about FDR? Though it probably didn't hurt that he was a Roosevelt... and contracted polio later on in life. That does seem to represent a pattern.JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16651933344119828183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-58776895807433969922007-09-30T23:28:00.000-04:002007-09-30T23:28:00.000-04:00Totally tangental but I loved reading about your h...Totally tangental but I loved reading about your happy rummaging and delicious discoveries. <BR/><BR/>Now I'm wondering whether,if you had smallpox as long as needed for your eyes to turn black, would they be called the...oh never mind! :)Belindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09251920708783268740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-68382428458970236902007-09-30T18:01:00.000-04:002007-09-30T18:01:00.000-04:00elimindreda: I suspect that may be the case. I kn...elimindreda: I suspect that may be the case. I know that in developing countries, for example, often disabled children are the last ones to be offered access to an education--except that, I have heard of cases where the first-born son is still sent to school (and still expected to carry out the responsibilities put upon first-born sons in that culture, including taking care of the family later in life after the parents stop working etc) even when he is deaf or otherwise disabled. So sometimes someone may be offered opportunities "despite" a disability if they fit into other social roles that trump the disability, at least within that particular cultural context or within that individual family. I suspect that is the case when we see people in royal families with disabilities throughout history who still carry out their royal duties: I think it may, at least in some cases, be more a reflection of how class status grants one a whole range of privileges to which people in "lower" classes just don't receive. That includes things like still being allowed to live after becoming disabled (if the value of allowing disabled people to live is typically questioned in that culture) and so forth. Furthermore, I think you also have the issue that in some cultures, "royalty" is believed to be God-given. So anything dealing with royalty just automatically requires an entirely separate set of rules and values than is expected for the rest of society--for example, rules relating to what counts as "incest" may be defined differently when it comes to royal families versus the plebian classes.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure that the stigma of disability is necessarily "cancelled out" in these cases -- I think what may actually happen is that other social rules, beliefs, and customs matter more than whatever social rules, beliefs, and customs normally would have otherwise ordinarily been applied to disabled people. So the stigma may still be there, it's just that other rules may force people to swallow whatever discomfort they feel toward disabilities in the same way they may swallow discomfort toward a person of the royal class who, let's say, breaks sexual taboos or taboos associated with alcohol or whatever.<BR/><BR/>I don't know enough of ancient history to be able to speculate whether all the above necessarily has any validity in that particular context. I'm just extrapolating from what I know (combined with what I have observed or experienced) of how disability interacts with other social roles in various cultures in modern society.<BR/><BR/>--Andrea<BR/><A HREF="http://wecando.wordpress.com" REL="nofollow">wecando.wordpress.com</A> (Blogging disability in developing countries)<BR/><A HREF="http://reunifygally.wordpress.com" REL="nofollow">reunifygally.wordpress.com</A> (The ADA Restoration Act and other topics)Andrea Shettle, MSWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16984732076766787818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-30335201209504058532007-09-30T12:28:00.000-04:002007-09-30T12:28:00.000-04:00Often it seems to have been social status or caste...Often it seems to have been social status or caste conferred at birth or before the onset of disability that somehow "cancelled out" the stigma of disability. Not sure if that applies to these to instances, however.elmindredahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02786787590243086438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-33712859102201299432007-09-30T09:26:00.000-04:002007-09-30T09:26:00.000-04:00This is completely off-topic, but I emailed you on...This is completely off-topic, but I emailed you on something kind of time-sensitive.ballastexistenzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12543037121691838783noreply@blogger.com