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Thread #123935   Message #2737018
Posted By: Goose Gander
02-Oct-09 - 08:01 PM
Thread Name: BS: Home Education UK
Subject: RE: BS: Home Education UK
I don't believe there is only one 'correct' way for one's brain to work. People called dyslexic or asperger's certainly process information differently, but that doesn't mean they have a 'bad brain' (cue the Ramones here). I have a friend working on a Ph.D in psychology dealing with border-line autism not as a problem to be 'fixed' but rather as part of a continuum of possible learning and processing styles.

We didn't have to 'fix' my brother, he just sort of grew out of his 'phase' - first through lots of physical kinetic activity (skateboarding, break-dancing, and surfing) then discovering and loving mathematics which led to computer programming.