>However, I find it frustrating when I tell somebody we're on our way
>to do xxx and they act as if we were going on holiday... it seems they're not
>paying attention.  That's one of the reasons we relate better to folks who have
>similar problems, I guess. They understand that physiotherapy can be difficult
>& painful sometimes....  :-/

Inattentitiveness (sp??) is spreading rapidly anymore.  It may be that they
are not really paying attention to what is going on when they act that way.

>           Maybe I ought to be grateful that when these people look at Nora
>they see a "typical" kid... a human being with feelings,
needs, and aspirations
>a lot like those of other kids.  I worked with teenagers years ago.  Surely
>there must still be a few who practise on a musical instrument regularly, or
>get up at 5:00 A.M. to participate in some kind of sport, or have time for very
>little else but working & studying... just as there were then.  I know there
>are some who attend language classes outside of school.

Parents who have kids that don't probably don't believe that anyone else's
kids do.  Parents of kids who do probably believe that their kid is
"gifted" and that no one else's kid really does that stuff.  ;-)

Mike
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