tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967073850231837312.post4651243310137761210..comments2024-02-04T22:47:20.371-05:00Comments on No Stereotypes Here - Neurodiversity activist blog: Self Definitions of RecoveryCorina Beckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04026707230826401476noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967073850231837312.post-73275554994901286522011-09-09T16:55:27.557-04:002011-09-09T16:55:27.557-04:00I went to this program that guaranteed to "he...I went to this program that guaranteed to "heal" me so that I would "recover" from cerebral palsy. And other people have said that I need to "recover" from having Satan in me (because I have cerebral palsy). That's where I think one might take religion too far. PS. the Place that wanted to "cure" me didn't work. I just found it de-humanizing. I would scream and cry that it hurt and they wouldn't do anything because this was a therapy program.Toonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13035308590730363327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967073850231837312.post-80549141213937117932011-09-06T23:38:45.245-04:002011-09-06T23:38:45.245-04:00I appreciate this post so much. My husband and I ...I appreciate this post so much. My husband and I were just talking the other day about the idea that our son (who has autism) is going through the same developmental phases as other children, just at his own pace and with the need for information to be presented in a way he can process. <br /><br />That takes so much of the pressure and stress out of the situation and allows us to celebrate each new skill or concept he learns, as well as to enjoy the way he views the world and what he has to offer from his perspective.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967073850231837312.post-64955219375725226662011-09-05T14:37:58.381-04:002011-09-05T14:37:58.381-04:00I've been familiar with the social model. I r...I've been familiar with the social model. I read that link. But that doesn't mean I have to agree with it. Although I don't think disability is so "isolated" or "individual".lurkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14926254116447529725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967073850231837312.post-54806801499310430582011-09-04T02:49:21.708-04:002011-09-04T02:49:21.708-04:00Lurker, it's been a while since you've bee...Lurker, it's been a while since you've been on here. I see your ignorance hasn't changed. Please actually do some research as to what you're talking about, such as this:<br />http://www.dsq-sds.org/article/view/894/1069Corina Beckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04026707230826401476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967073850231837312.post-46525805076129852562011-09-03T16:43:20.852-04:002011-09-03T16:43:20.852-04:00"This is a very medical model of disability, ..."This is a very medical model of disability, which places the burden of impairment and disability on the individual in a manner that is very victim-blaming" The victim isn't blamed in the medical model, as the causes are out of the person's conscious control. Regardless of the medical model, the person is basically a victim of circumstances, which often include actions of others and genetics.<br /><br />"It is then the responsibility of the individual to take up the burden of disability, and make oneself as less-disabled as possible. " It's not an individual's responsibility. The burden is inevitable. All should be responsible in some way for enabling a cure for disability.<br /><br />"This way a person is empowered by their own accomplishments instead of being improperly compared to unrelated others and potentially being disabled through the medical model"<br />Individuals need the necessary resources to gain accomplishments, resources which affect capacity to develop and grow. The medical model doesn't disable, it explains disability. Others aren't really unrelated.lurkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14926254116447529725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967073850231837312.post-52022790207425255182011-09-03T16:14:17.914-04:002011-09-03T16:14:17.914-04:00Something that is often missed when talking about ...Something that is often missed when talking about recovery is that it isn't simply recovery from mental illness (or whatever), but it's recovery from "treatment" that has been dehumanising, traumatic and inappropriate. <br /><br />And services need to recover from being people, places, practices that did/do that. That's common across all disabilities, I think, some more than others.annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03092274128163128583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967073850231837312.post-4781752466895237172011-09-03T11:44:34.795-04:002011-09-03T11:44:34.795-04:00Recovery in reference to ASD is concerning to me b...Recovery in reference to ASD is concerning to me because it pathologizes something that is in part normative. Where neurological leaves off and normative picks up is also a matter of judgment. So "recovery study" (e.g., of Deborah Fein) itself is a misnomer. It's a psychologist rendering an opinion about what's normal, while not adequately factoring in natural development.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764022300747217993noreply@blogger.com