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Re: 3 Weekly Disability Reads — Disability Thinking

adelaidedupont — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 01:00:16 -0000

Was wondering what relative Mary was to Elizabeth and Margaret.

[The Mum is Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon who died in 2002].

And, yes, THE CROWN is faction...

Re: Greta Movie Review: Isabelle Huppert is Deliciously Sinister

adelaidedupont — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 22:58:20 -0000

And now that Greta is on Netflix, it has a whole new audience.

In addition, Jordan creates some standout sequences to make Greta an effective film-watching experience. For instance, there’s a scene where Greta stalks Erica across New York City. As Greta follows her, she keeps taking photos of Erica and sending them to Frances. As Erica keeps looking behind her while she’s on the move, Greta is repeatedly out of sight. For the duration of that sequence, you just keep wondering if the worst is going to happen to Erica since she’s being watched so closely and is alone. Also, the best friends in these types of movies don’t always fare well.

Re: The High Tatras

adelaidedupont — Sat, 20 Jun 2020 03:08:07 -0000

Wow.

Was most impressed with the Symbolic Cemetery and the lake in your town.

One of my weekly papers posted a pierogi recipe.

Re: Seeking Positivity in a Pandemic

adelaidedupont — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 09:18:23 -0000

@Reid Overturf - appreciate the well-wishes.

Re: My Gut Reaction to Crip Camp

adelaidedupont — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 09:10:04 -0000

When I went to overnight camps for a few days it was always with my educational cohort and nobody I would have known from the outside.

That counsellor letting you go in a pool!

yes - Jened would have been really unique. [Still haven't watched Crip Camp!]

And being treated differently from your own siblings - or other family members.

With cousins - you can see how each uncle and aunt treats each person differently.

The ADA protests did - and do - show strength; resolve; dedication.

Thirty years since you graduated from high school [or was it 1991 that you graduated, Rob?] - isn't that so often the way - that we go through with little idea of the struggles of others?

Re: Don’t Believe What You Think

adelaidedupont — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 07:41:56 -0000

Thank you Harriet!

Really appreciate the recommendation of A scientist in Wonderland.

A book on health ethics would be terrific too. I read the Quackwatch ones whenever I can - the one about vitamins and the other about health fraud.

Re: Don’t Believe What You Think

adelaidedupont — Tue, 19 May 2020 03:52:23 -0000

If you were to read one book that Ernst wrote before the current one; which one would you read?

The book reminds me a lot of things that Ben Goldacre said.

A different audience; I suppose. And many of us are more clued up about such things than we might have been 10-12 years ago when Bad science was released.

And that

actually this describes conventional oncology

moment...

Also: a big thing that appeals to people about alternative medicine - this whole we don't diagnose claim.

One of the points of conventional medicine - THE point I would argue - is to DIAGNOSE.

Re: Exploring Motivation . . . with Denise Alire, T’ai Chi Chih Instructor

adelaidedupont — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 19:19:18 -0000

Dear Rob:

Good to know that people's workouts are so absorbing and motivating.

Pickleball is an awesome game. I hope it is played regularly at your rec centre.

Re: Letter To Shelter-At-Home Cooks

adelaidedupont — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 22:46:18 -0000

Kenya,

that Shrimp Sauce is brill!

I can taste it right on my tongue with your sons.

Re: Lauren Cooper (Janis Revell)

adelaidedupont — Sun, 22 Mar 2020 20:57:57 -0000

Thank you Holly for replying and sharing your Mum and keeping her memory alive for us.

When I was old enough to learnt the facts I wanted to blame someone. To hear that this is still happening is heartbreaking. I would have had a mother if the doctors had just listened.

Yes, holding the appropriate people to account is important.

Especially when it is happening now. It was of course too late for Janis - and I do hope that people in similar situations could and would get the help in a timely fashion.

It really did take more than just doctors to listen and to act.

Thank you for the open line and contact offer.

Last year I read your Mum's journal about you and it was so special - how she loved you and wanted to do right by you and was frustrated by external and internal factors.

Re: Children’s Books Win Awards For Disability Storylines

adelaidedupont — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 17:45:06 -0000

Wow.

So good that the Deaf community is being recognised in the Schneiders especially A song for a whale and The silence between us.

And American Sign Language is so wonderful for picture books.

Just Ask is probably a springboard for all sorts of self-advocacy and community/systemic advocacy. Difference does make us stronger.

I have read a review from Catherine - an Eastern Orthodox Christian - about A friend for Henry and she showed why she liked it. Yes, Henry and Kate are good friends and the fish helps facilitate.

Cursed, too, is a book I should have liked to read when I was younger.

Re: Forbes: It's Time To Explore The Unique And Conflicting Narratives Of Disability Issues

adelaidedupont — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 06:33:17 -0000

Andrew and everyone:

I like to say that once you take on the unique and conflicting narratives of the issues associated with disability and impairment, you are well-prepared to take anything on in that narrative department and beyond.

Let's do it!

Re: A miracle cancer prevention and treatment? Not necessarily as the analysis of 26 articles by legendary Hans Eysenck shows.

adelaidedupont — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 05:03:19 -0000

Would like to begin by saying, Thank you oncopsychologists for treading the waters and guarding the sands of what is real and what is hope.

Eysenck really did go outside the lines, didn't he?

And so did his colleague.

Re: The prevention state: Part two

adelaidedupont — Sat, 25 Jan 2020 01:01:47 -0000

Thank you for raising the important institution of the Centre for Existential Risk - and making people laugh in the first sentence! It really keeps the morale and the article up - I do appreciate that!

Re: Seizure Medications Safer Than Previously Thought for Breastfed Babies

adelaidedupont — Sat, 11 Jan 2020 04:52:31 -0000

I found it very relieving too @demodocus.

Re: Attacks on Jews in NYC and Media Double Standards

adelaidedupont — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 20:19:47 -0000

Irrational, yes.

And aren't lots of people making Aliyah in the USA? / can't you find Aliyah anywhere two Jews are because it's a powerful state of mind/an attitude?

Re: “Dog” in European languages

adelaidedupont — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 00:59:14 -0000

Tosz : is it said in the TriCity/Hanseatic league influence?

Re: For Parents and Children with Psychiatric Disabilities, the Stigma Creates an Extra Fight We Don’t Need

adelaidedupont — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 05:19:33 -0000

This had me thinking:

The only time I truly stop monitoring my kids’ behavior is when we are in the pediatrician’s office for ADHD check-ups. I have to hold back the urge to redirect them; the doctor can’t see how they’re doing if I guide them into some semblance of ordinariness. My kids are extraordinary, in so many senses of the word.

Especially the "semblance of ordinariness" which doesn't have the onlooker inquire beyond.

You can be lulled so bad into that security - the appearance of.

It is like a tow wave, Katie.

And self-monitoring - it is exhausting and tiring enough for myself.

It is empowering for the children to know they can show their true selves with a person in authority who gets them.

Re: Friendship Has Always Been Hard for Me—I Hope I Can Make It Easier for My Kids

adelaidedupont — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 05:15:40 -0000

Yes - disappointing others is scary - and so is the fear.

And you can inspire others to change the norms for themselves.

Re: No, I Don’t Want Your Advice on How My Kids or I Can Be “Cured”

adelaidedupont — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 05:12:17 -0000

Hmmm ... Katie and readers ...

teachers do like their minimalist interventions now, don't they?

They do change the climate some. And to have the climate change some is like the butterfly in chaos theory.

And I am glad your Mum listened to you about your body and how Ritalin made you feel.

Did you talk more about the funniness and fuzziness?

Sorry is a fun game - a bit complicated for me.

At the moment in the UK [and in the Channel Islands] there is a magazine called Get Well [!!!!] which highlighted much of the sillness involved in alternative medicine.

#oneanddone #thatisaproblem #andsometimesapromise

Re: French Children Don’t Throw Food by Pamela Druckerman / Review

adelaidedupont — Sat, 14 Dec 2019 02:14:41 -0000

Jess:

When first I encountered controlled crying in 1990 as an institutionalised method or very mainstream it must have struck quite a chord in me. I was having my own adventures in self-control at that time. The only thing - or person - I threw - was myself to the ground.

I was not creched [that I can remember] until I was 2 or 3. And, it was community-run. The first awareness I had of creche in the Anglophone world was 1987-88 and that was in the gymnastics context.

Elisabeth Bandiner [for the readers - she is a very fine feminist who I seem to read all the time in a certain libertarian rag sheet]! Also there is a very psychoanalytic mindset about biting and sucking and mounding and pounding and treating the mother's body as a tool. #conservativewing #representatlarge

There were no epidurals that I know of in the 1970s and 1980s. Mine was a vaginal birth.

The head part - isn't that very Nativity sceny/crechy? You would want to be at the parent's head. And get a jolly good stretch.

I do agree about the children's menu.

Autonomy - that is true - sometimes in the suburbs and the freedom of movement is not a lot.

The freedom of the mind and the heart though was privileged as far as possible and safe.

It is really funny because I remember French children don't throw food being around in 2005/07 along with the other "French children don't / Frenchwomen don't".

Good luck with your fiction passion and finding it again.

Adelaide

Re: Houston's Own Beehive Hosts an Art Awards Reveal: Get Past the Moat and Party - PaperCity Magazine

adelaidedupont — Sat, 23 Nov 2019 06:57:19 -0000

Hello everyone,

my friend Luna Rose told me about Susan's work and I thought it would be good to come here.

Susan does seem like a motherlode of art - especially in New Zealand and in England.

Such a natural force too.

The Fanta Man was so real.

Re: Forbes: For People With Disabilities, Asking For Help Carries Hidden Costs

adelaidedupont — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 02:38:41 -0000

I know!

* Emotional labour

* Social support

* the Disability Tax [debits and deficits abound].

Re: Inimical - Definition for English-Language Learners from Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary

adelaidedupont — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 03:08:43 -0000

It's a great word.

I was never able to spell inimical and now I can.

I tried to think about what it means - like being hostile or unfriendly.

Re: Watsonian and Doylist: The Eternal Struggle

adelaidedupont — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 21:58:56 -0000

Loved your explanation of Doyle and Watson and how they work together in the fandom world.

When I was young I was taught that Watson was subordinate to Doyle when possible; yet I would make lots of "Watson" explanations.