More Than or Less Than?
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Age 2
Diagnosis: Autistic
Translation: Less than
Prognosis: Will always need care.
Oblivious of doctors, he cracked the Youtube lock on Mom’s phone. Kept hitting song replay.
Lyrics: I Get You and You Get Me.
Age 3
Re-evaluation: Genius
Translation: More than.
Cracked code on reading/writing. Does second grade math.
Mom’s phone chirps, “Oh no! Zombies ate your brains.”
He giggles.
They still don’t get him.
~Nara Malone
This is my contribution to G-Man’s Friday 55. Drop by to see what others wrote or to join the fun yourself.
16 Comments
G-Man
Nara…
What a creative and clever story once again!
There is incompetence in all fields of science and education
Loved your diagnostic 55
Thanks for playing
You always tickle my fancy
Have a Kick Ass Week End My Friend…. G
G-Man
Bingo!!!!!!!
grapeling
cool write, Nara ~
Mary
Ha, I have heard of things like this happening more than once. Clever '55!
hedgewitch
This is perfect, Nara..it really expresses how labels are meaningless, how difference is in the eye of the beholder, and how valuable it is in and of itself, to be different and also to be loved. I have a grandson on the autism spectrum, and this reminded me of him and his devilish smiles.
Nara Malone
Hugs to you and that sweet boy, Hedge. And labels are exactly what I was going after.
Margaret
Labels… I suppose some need it so they can get assistance in school… It breaks my heart, true autism. But some seem to be labeled so early on – and I know of a couple who "grew out of it"… ?
razzamadazzle
This is wonderful! I hate when children aren't allowed to live up to their potential.
Alice Audrey
The biggest problem with labels is how often they are wrong.
Other Mary
Outstanding! Those labels…you're right, too often they translate down to more than or less than. I used to work in the special education field, and saw many sad examples of this. Yet, I've seen the opposite too, children who never got the help they needed because parents refused to have a label attached to their child.
Wolfsrosebud
the bairn a beauty thing… in a child
TALON
Oh, this was awesome, Nara! No matter what, he knows who he is. 🙂
John (@bookdreamer)
Interestingly most schools fail with either label
anthonynorth
Ah, labels. I always ignore them. Excellent write.
One A Day Tech
Neat blog following!
Liz Rice-Sosne
This is spectacular – and yes, your blog is truly beautiful!