Also, the library has new giant trash and recyclable cans, with spectacularly bad placement right below the elevator buttons. I had to stand on my toes and stretch my arm to be able to reach the button, and that hurt. Someone a few inches shorter than me, or someone in a wheelchair, probably wouldn't be able to reach it. I looked around for someone to tell about this, but the only person who seemed to work there was the work-study undergrad who was checking out books, who I know has no power over anything.
I fed off a flowerperson, and I spent the next six hours watchin' my hand move.
Spike ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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Hil R. - Nov 21, 2009 12:09:39 pm PST #1262 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Burrell - Nov 21, 2009 12:13:32 pm PST #1263 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I live with it every day. The hyperfocus/extreme distractability, the way time is not a fixed measure, the way little fiddly details are suddenly the most important thing in the world ever and have to be taken care of right now or OMG the fucking world will END.
Sounds like my DH. I drives me crazy. I love him, but it drives me crazy. And yeah, no ADD diagnosis for him, but I often suspect that's because when he was younger they usually only pinged hyperactive kids, and hyperactive he's not.
Jessica - Nov 21, 2009 12:16:09 pm PST #1264 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
The hyperfocus/extreme distractability, the way time is not a fixed measure, the way little fiddly details are suddenly the most important thing in the world ever and have to be taken care of right now or OMG the fucking world will END.
Actually, this sounds like my boss. It really would explain a LOT.
Steph L. - Nov 21, 2009 12:18:55 pm PST #1265 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Sounds like my DH. I drives me crazy. I love him, but it drives me crazy.
It drives me crazy, too. It's not his fault, and he never uses it as an excuse, and I know all that, but it still drives me crazy.
And yeah, no ADD diagnosis for him, but I often suspect that's because when he was younger they usually only pinged hyperactive kids, and hyperactive he's not.
The Boy wasn't a hyperactive kid, so he didn't get diagnosed as anything but "lazy underachiever." He wasn't diagnosed until his 30s. Some people aren't diagnosed until they're in their 60s.
Zenkitty - Nov 21, 2009 12:21:09 pm PST #1266 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Heck, I drive me crazy.
Hil R. - Nov 21, 2009 12:23:05 pm PST #1267 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
OK, I found the email address for the library student liason on the website, and I emailed her. Got a bounce-back email that that address doesn't exist.
Cashmere - Nov 21, 2009 12:25:53 pm PST #1268 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
Owen's next IEP meeting will include an LD teacher AND the gifted & talented teacher. The school is finally picking up his diagnosis of Autism, after a year and two reports from a developmental pediatrician.
But they're going to have to figure out what to do with a five year old who can read the newspaper and do addition and subtraction but can't keep his hands to himself or stay on track during a full school day.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Nov 21, 2009 12:26:29 pm PST #1269 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
The hyperfocus/extreme distractability, the way time is not a fixed measure, the way little fiddly details are suddenly the most important thing in the world ever and have to be taken care of right now or OMG the fucking world will END.
Interestingly, all aspects of dyspraxia too. (Along with much anxiety that means needing to talk and/or obsess about a detail until it drives you - and your partner - round the bend.) But then, there's apparently a spectrum of these things, with lots of crossover. Which makes sense.
Burrell - Nov 21, 2009 12:27:04 pm PST #1270 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
The Boy wasn't a hyperactive kid, so he didn't get diagnosed as anything but "lazy underachiever." He wasn't diagnosed until his 30s. Some people aren't diagnosed until they're in their 60s.
Don't you hate the "lazy underachiever" label? So useless. It's like guilt. I find guilt a very destructive emotion because it actually makes it harder to effectively address whatever is causing the guilt. Same with lazy. And I call myself lazy all the time. I'm very bad about it.
Burrell - Nov 21, 2009 12:30:52 pm PST #1271 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
But they're going to have to figure out what to do with a five year old who can read the newspaper and do addition and subtraction but can't keep his hands to himself or stay on track during a full school day.
Do they have an open classroom or one that emphasizes compassionate communication? I'm just thinking if he had a teacher who responded to his behavior with support instead of punishment, it'd be great for him.