Fffc: I dislike that the current term is "developmental delays" for children with such delays. To me a delay means that you will eventually catch up. My son was delayed in speech in that he spoke a couple months later, but he was never delayed if that make sense. So what term am I supposed to use for him without confusing people? I understand we need to be sensitive of such families but sometimes I wish society would call a spade a spade. A child
Fffc: I dislike that the current term is "developmental delays" for children with such delays. To me a delay means that you will eventually catch up. My son was delayed in speech in that he spoke a couple months later, but he was never delayed if that make sense. So what term am I supposed to use for him without confusing people? I understand we need to be sensitive of such families but sometimes I wish society would call a spade a spade. A child with a neurological/genetic etc disorder is not delayed, they will never catch up to neurotypical standards and the term is confusing. Yes kids with autism for example can make huge strides, but I still think the term is confusing.
Also please don't think in not sensitive to special needs etc. I used to do early intervention and was very sensitive to all my families etc. Just that term irks me.
I'm an SLP and I believe that the term Developmentally Delayed is what is used up until age 6, pretty much giving any specialist the time to find out what is wrong with the child. Prior to their 6th birthday, they need to be evaluated and the term will come off and either removed altogether, or replaced by another one. I agree with you, call a spade a spade, but in this society, this privilege belongs to the parents. A lot of them have difficulty coming to terms with the fact that their child may have Autism, or ADHD, or anything else that labels their child as "special". I have worked with many families whose children I knew had Autism from the second they walked into my office, but had to wait and kindly suggest that they be seen by a neurologist to get the diagnosis; and even then, some of them still seemed surprised (which proves they are either in some lala land, or are uneducated on the matter).
I really hate the DD label too. We try to remove or it change it a more accurate eligibility by their 8 year evaluation (at least where I am). Developmental delay is just so vague that I think it makes swallowing the more accurate eligibility that much harder. I am a member of our districts team that determines kindergarten special Ed placement and those meetings can be so so so hard. It breaks my heart to see parents who know a self-contained special ed placement is best for their kid, but at the same time grieve over their "normal child" hopes.
Totally off topic but did you disappear? I went to find you earlier and TB said you left! Anyway -- I used my newfound knowledge about MRSA today at work! Luckily I work with adults, so I explained to him that I was going to wear gloves because I'm pregnant and he was very cool about it; then again, he's been hospitalized with it twice in the past six months.
I'm still here! Maybe because I changed my username? Weird. Way to go with the gloves! I have adopted the glove policy too... Until he coughed a giant spit ball on my chest this week.... But I'm pretty proud of myself for not barfing! I think I'm going to add some scrubs or a gown next time haha
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