tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187570039274233195.post6227047408875865029..comments2011-03-09T04:09:39.880-05:00Comments on Just Thinking: Normalcy and DisabilityCTShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16532540954799875055noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187570039274233195.post-46558657636807353472009-04-05T19:04:00.000-04:002009-04-05T19:04:00.000-04:00ER: Thanks for the reference; I'll try to give it...ER: Thanks for the reference; I'll try to give it a look. Until I do, however, would you be willing to say a bit more? <BR/><BR/>I'm especially interested in the idea that "what we consider 'disabilities' today may have been positive advantages" previously.CTShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16532540954799875055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187570039274233195.post-59558081125180853922009-04-05T00:45:00.000-04:002009-04-05T00:45:00.000-04:00For a truly interesting take on 'disability', albe...For a truly interesting take on 'disability', albeit in a very different context, read some of John Taylor Gatto's thoughts on dyslexia and ADD/ADHD. I don't subscribe to the paranoid conspiracy theories or the religious fundamentalism, but when Gatto is actually talking about actual issues of education rather than about educational politics, he says some interesting and profound things. Many of the issues we consider 'disabilities' today may have been positive advantages before the crushing ennui of modern life took its hold on American society in the 19th and 20th centuries.Eclectic Radicalhttp://eclecticradical.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com