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<blockquote data-quote="SockFiddler" data-source="post: 1497807" data-attributes="member: 412001"><p>Hi [USER=118285]@Contralto[/USER]</p><p></p><p>I do have diabetes, I was diagnosed 19th June so I'm still very new to it, the language and this community. I think that's already very clear from my signature and my profile stats.</p><p></p><p>I used the word "dyspraxia" because the OP used it in their opening post, so clearly it's something they're already familiar with. If anyone who isn't the OP isn't sure what it is, they can ask, google, whatever - I was addressing the OP in language they'd already used. I think substituting it for either a clumsy or technical description of dyspraxia would have been patronising when addressing someone who already has the term in regular use.</p><p></p><p>The "sample story" was a very generalised example of a very specific tool used to communicate with children and young people with autism, learning difficulties and anxiety disorders, and I thought I'd made it very clear that I was being very general in giving my example and had given a link to a resource where OP could learn more if they wanted.</p><p></p><p>Not acknowledging someone's fear is not the way to help them deal with it.</p><p></p><p>I appreciate everyone has different experiences, opinions and backgrounds, and that you're also coming from a place of support for the OP, but I don't feel I was talking out of my hat. While I'm new to diabetes, I'm not new to parenting an extremely anxious child, and it was this experience I was using in my post.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SockFiddler, post: 1497807, member: 412001"] Hi [USER=118285]@Contralto[/USER] I do have diabetes, I was diagnosed 19th June so I'm still very new to it, the language and this community. I think that's already very clear from my signature and my profile stats. I used the word "dyspraxia" because the OP used it in their opening post, so clearly it's something they're already familiar with. If anyone who isn't the OP isn't sure what it is, they can ask, google, whatever - I was addressing the OP in language they'd already used. I think substituting it for either a clumsy or technical description of dyspraxia would have been patronising when addressing someone who already has the term in regular use. The "sample story" was a very generalised example of a very specific tool used to communicate with children and young people with autism, learning difficulties and anxiety disorders, and I thought I'd made it very clear that I was being very general in giving my example and had given a link to a resource where OP could learn more if they wanted. Not acknowledging someone's fear is not the way to help them deal with it. I appreciate everyone has different experiences, opinions and backgrounds, and that you're also coming from a place of support for the OP, but I don't feel I was talking out of my hat. While I'm new to diabetes, I'm not new to parenting an extremely anxious child, and it was this experience I was using in my post. [/QUOTE]
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