tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19457872.post682845700609600694..comments2024-03-26T23:57:42.268-04:00Comments on SpeEdChange: A Week in Hospital: Constructing Disabilityirasocolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01412837280249622430noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19457872.post-43597874638230457742008-12-31T18:53:00.000-05:002008-12-31T18:53:00.000-05:00A great read, Ira. You really made me reflect on m...A great read, Ira. You really made me reflect on my recent stint with a fractured ankle. I agree with many of your analogies and also another ...<BR/>CONTROL ... I felt like an object on a conveyor belt, totally in everybody else's control .. their time frame, their order of events, their 'tried and true' ways. I know why they HAVE to do it like that (they know what works, procedures, risk management, OH&S, etc etc) but it leaves the patient (substitute student) out of the loop as far as making decisions and taking ownership. <BR/>For instance, hospital staff were wonderful and who am I to think I know better, but when they wanted me to take medication, I said I wasn't in pain and didn't need it. After the 4th time, they started to get a little anxious and encouraged me even more to take the tablets. Did I need them? I don't think so but I eventually felt I had to defer to their knowledge and experience.<BR/>How many times do teachers create the timeframe, the topic, the process, the assessment ... and do students lie back and float along the conveyor belt of K-12 schooling, with minimal thought, ownership or involvement.<BR/>Hope you are well on the way to recovery!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19457872.post-15375923267769233582008-12-28T16:24:00.000-05:002008-12-28T16:24:00.000-05:00Ira,I'm behind the times due to limited internet a...Ira,<BR/><BR/>I'm behind the times due to limited internet access. I hope you are feeling much better by now and can njoy the rest of the holidays/semester break!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19457872.post-81275918476619897052008-12-22T03:27:00.000-05:002008-12-22T03:27:00.000-05:00Hi Ira,Sorry to hear of your accident - but loved ...Hi Ira,<BR/>Sorry to hear of your accident - but loved your analogies. I remember my 5 day stay in our hospital and I think I might have had it a little better in the nurse and personal care department, but I definitely know what you are talking about.<BR/>You challenged me - I need to stop telling my son who is 6 - "I think that might be too hard for you - wait until you are a little older." How does that make him feel? He wants to please and be seen as capable - don't we all.<BR/>Thanks and Merry Christmas.Lonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567344790169106284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19457872.post-83567781390476180552008-12-21T19:32:00.000-05:002008-12-21T19:32:00.000-05:00my questions: you give a lot of examples of free ...my questions: you give a lot of examples of free text to speech software on the internet, such as natural reader for windows. this free stuff i don't believe highlights each individual word as it is read as wynn does and as confident reader does. so if i want to improve reading skills in my dyslexic students, isn't it much better to get these programs that highlight individual words? if i feel that it is a waste of time to try to improve reading skills, then i should go with the free programs that just read off what is written with no highlighting. if you agree that there is some value to trying to improve reading skills (as opposed to just getting info through the ear), then wouldn't a student need some minimal ability to match letters with sound before the highlighting was tried? in teach chinese students to read each individual character is written over and over again to aid not only in its writing, but in its recognition on the page. if reading is to be taught with no regard for the sound symbol correspondence, than it seems the chinese method of repetition is called for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19457872.post-77612325756583487612008-12-21T16:49:00.000-05:002008-12-21T16:49:00.000-05:00Ira, this is a fantastic post and made complete se...Ira, this is a fantastic post and made complete sense.<BR/><BR/>I hope you're soon on the mend. Have a lovely Christmas and a very happy, hopefully more comfortable new year.The Goldfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15213378454070776331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19457872.post-11047613682707651022008-12-19T22:28:00.000-05:002008-12-19T22:28:00.000-05:00glad you're back cuz i wanted to ask you a lot of ...glad you're back cuz i wanted to ask you a lot of stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19457872.post-70600166673926018402008-12-19T17:23:00.000-05:002008-12-19T17:23:00.000-05:00Reads very well. Keep taking the painkillers.I hop...Reads very well. Keep taking the painkillers.<BR/><BR/>I hope you have a speedy recovery and a good holiday time, now with the perfect excuse to sit around and let others do the work.HomerTheBravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18261248973011130957noreply@blogger.com