tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19421951.post113771234286274696..comments2023-10-18T04:52:43.144-04:00Comments on Autism's Edges: Islets of AbilityMothersVoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479178355207142195noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19421951.post-57027356474092150202010-02-25T12:44:55.817-05:002010-02-25T12:44:55.817-05:00What a touching description...thanks for ur sharin...What a touching description...thanks for ur sharing!Amanda Chuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10997359444140522849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19421951.post-1138249417716183762006-01-25T23:23:00.000-05:002006-01-25T23:23:00.000-05:00Oh, sorry. :)Not knowing you well, it's hard to re...Oh, sorry. :)<BR/><BR/>Not knowing you well, it's hard to read your affect . . .MothersVoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02479178355207142195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19421951.post-1138226234073079362006-01-25T16:57:00.000-05:002006-01-25T16:57:00.000-05:00Um, my comment was tongue-in-cheek.~Peace~Um, my comment was tongue-in-cheek.<BR/><BR/>~Peace~hollywoodjadedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04013967843734680828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19421951.post-1138162166103617572006-01-24T23:09:00.000-05:002006-01-24T23:09:00.000-05:00While our kids, and all kids, have strengths, gift...While our kids, and all kids, have strengths, gifts, abilities, calling our kids' strengths "genius" overstates the case for most. Most are not so-called "savants." They aren't geniuses and they aren't "mental defectives," to use the language of the early 20th century. What is disturbing is having one's child's aptitudes used as markers of pathology.MothersVoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02479178355207142195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19421951.post-1138047029370020922006-01-23T15:10:00.000-05:002006-01-23T15:10:00.000-05:00OK then - maybe "islets of genius" or "genius spec...OK then - maybe "islets of genius" or "genius spectrum ability" ....hollywoodjadedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04013967843734680828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19421951.post-1138022437105677252006-01-23T08:20:00.000-05:002006-01-23T08:20:00.000-05:00Hello hollywoodjaded! I think islets of ability i...Hello hollywoodjaded! I think islets of ability is sort of the lesser of two evils in terms of metaphors . . . given the choice between the image of splinters and image of isles, we prefer the islets. <BR/><BR/>But the real problem is that we don't want our children's power and potential to be described as symptoms of a pathology. We prefer they be thought of as persons rather than MothersVoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02479178355207142195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19421951.post-1137968918226179232006-01-22T17:28:00.000-05:002006-01-22T17:28:00.000-05:00I very much like this term and much prefer it to s...I very much like this term and much prefer it to spliter skills, which I never say: But I shall be more than glad to use the term "islets of ability" and use it often. Thank-you!hollywoodjadedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04013967843734680828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19421951.post-1137944917577301152006-01-22T10:48:00.000-05:002006-01-22T10:48:00.000-05:00Thanks everyone! I've been thinking about the lan...Thanks everyone! I've been thinking about the language of "splinter skills" ever since I first heard it . . . <BR/><BR/>I love your conversions and extensions of the metaphors . . . pieces of stained glass and causeways and bridges out to the islets. <BR/><BR/>And yesterday I actually came across the photograph that M was looking at . . . Maybe I'll scan it and post it sometime.MothersVoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02479178355207142195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19421951.post-1137870516883694312006-01-21T14:08:00.000-05:002006-01-21T14:08:00.000-05:00just beautiful! thanks for that wonderful post! i ...just beautiful! thanks for that wonderful post! i love that M saw herself in that picture and i love your last line here. i prefer islets of ability too; it focuses on these areas of strength and we all know that bridges and causeways can be built, that the earth is dynamic, in constant motion, shifting and rearranging.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19421951.post-1137799759992988862006-01-20T18:29:00.000-05:002006-01-20T18:29:00.000-05:00What an awesome post! Great information and gorgeo...What an awesome post! Great information and gorgeous pictures. I must say, I am sometimes envious of my son Gabe, because some of the so called "splinter skills" he has I value as being intelligent in their accuracy and very insightful. He has strengths in some areas that I have always struggled in.<BR/><BR/>KristinMom to Mr. Handsomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03664592848896720811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19421951.post-1137779310790355412006-01-20T12:48:00.000-05:002006-01-20T12:48:00.000-05:00This is a great post! I think one of new my goals...This is a great post! I think one of new my goals for 2006 will be to get more professionals to read these blogs in order to better understand not only the children we work with, but how unenlightened some of the "professional terms" really are.Alanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03316244154670854155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19421951.post-1137725706658243582006-01-19T21:55:00.000-05:002006-01-19T21:55:00.000-05:00Great post! And after considering Kristina's refe...Great post! And after considering Kristina's reference to shards and fragments, I think I prefer to think of those "splinter skills" as "coral reefs of remarkability."Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00871470010300861815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19421951.post-1137724576688598322006-01-19T21:36:00.000-05:002006-01-19T21:36:00.000-05:00When I teach pronouns and grammatical concepts lik...When I teach pronouns and grammatical concepts like "indirect object" to my students, I like to use a bit of math. As in <I>I + I + I = we. He + she = they. You + you + you + you = you plural = y'all.</I> <BR/><BR/>"What's good about my kid is bad, and what's bad about my kid is also bad" is one of those bittersweet--sweetbitter things about autism. But the images you're drawing on here, of kristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01104388229716638534noreply@blogger.com