Disabilities rights advocates and health workers alike have been angered by a southern Swedish school principal who claims that anorexia and dyslexia are fabricated diseases.
Sundsgymnasiet High School Principal Gert Akesson, writing in the Spegeln newspaper from Malmo’s Staffanstorp suburb, says that media coverage has prompted the creation of public agencies to deal with the supposed ills of society.
The Local reports that Akesson has caused outrage by likening handicaps and illnesses to those featured on TV comedy shows.
“Sometimes it’s a mix of state, regional, and self-appointed agencies. Examples of the latter are associations and councils created for all of the handicaps and diseases invented after the 80s like allergies, Asperger’s, DAMP, ADHD, anorexia, dyslexia, dyscalculia, oral galvanism, anal magnetism… the limits can only be found in one’s imagination,” wrote Akesson in his column.
Advocates for sufferers of anorexia and dyslexia have criticised Akesson for implying that the diseases were invented rather than clinically diagnosed. “If you know what dyslexia is, you would never express yourself like he does,” said Sven Eklof, the head of Swedish Dyslexia Association. Eklof was acutely incensed that Akesson, as an educational figure, would imply that dyslexia was not real. “It seems completely inappropriate that a principal would speak about dyslexia in such a careless way. It hurts all of his students who are fighting with difficulties in reading and writing, as well as their parents,” he stated.
Akesson’s article was also called “one of the most dangerous things I’ve ever heard” by Lauri Nevonen from healthcare company Capio. Vellinge’s schools committee chair Carina Larsson said Akesson’s statements were “unfortunate” but declined to make further comment until speaking with him personally.
Sir Euro,
I agree with you regarding your views about disabled people. No single person is born disabled or gains it because she/he wishes to. The fact is that every human being or a living being for that matter has the inherent right to live. For human beings, apart from just living, they have the right to live a respectful life. No second thought about that.
I also agree that there is a lot of mess here in Iceland at the moment. But think about it, it is still better than a lot of other countries. It is beautiful. The people are nice and pure. A bunch of people almost ruined (or ruined for that matter) the country. But this is not the end of the world. Things will change. And for change we need positive attitude. Young people who are not looking back but willing to start from scratch and build a better Iceland. If Iceland could become so rich from a fishing/farming land, there is no logic on earth that it could not improve again.
But change is not going to come by looking back. Lets go back to work. All of us. And have positive attitude. Everyone was happy when there was money coming in from the bank. Don’t just blame the bankers. Everyone has a share in this mess. Even the people. Just because the banks were giving away cheap loans did not mean that everyone had to buy expensive cars and have 2 vacations abroad per year. Now that this things don’t work any more, you complain. Stop complaining. The party is over. Back to work.
One more thing, when in trouble stay calm. You don’t seem like a calm person but that could be my misunderstanding too. Attacking others and looking at the doom sides of things is not going to change anything. All it does is increase bitterness and invite violence. If someone posts totally ignorant and nonsense comments, let the people judge it. Nobody is stupid. We all have our thinking power. And we don’t need any SIR EURO to enlighten us.
Do something good. Contribute something to the country and society. Be different and then people will listen to you. Otherwise, you are just one of those opposition leaders, who does nothing but criticize others.
Monkeys don’t build their houses and they don’t let others do too. God help monkeys!
PTRICK, THE FOLLOWING ARE THE POST I AM HARDLY CRITICIZING. BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT RESPECTFUL WITH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. AND THEIR LACK OF HUMAN SENSE IS VERY NOTICEABLE. HITLER SAID THAT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WERE AN OBSTACLE FOR SOCIETY. AND MANY LIKED HIS IDEAS. NOW THIS SWEDISH GUY SAYS THINGS ON THE VERY SAME LINE. AND MOST OF THE PEOPLE HERE COME TO CELEBRATE IT. VERY SAD. AND I TRY TO EXPOSE HOW IGNORANT AND HEARTLESS SUCH POSITIONS ARE. AND YOU COME HERE TO TAKE PART WORKING AT THEIR SIDE.
THANK YOU. BUT TAKE A LOOK TO WHAT YOU ARE SAYING HERE, AND THEN LOOK INTO A MIRROW AND TELL YOURSELF THAT IT IS RIGHT.
“The society needs more people like Mr. Gert Akesson. Congratulations for the brave position.”
Bravo! This guy had guts to tell the truth.”
“Sorry, but I can’t come into work today as I have oral galvanism and anal magnetism.”
“I diagnosed myself with ANAL CATARACT.
(symptoms: can´t see moving my ass to work”
“SIR EURO – Do you think that verbal diarrhea is a psychiatric disorder, disease, curse, or due to evil spirits?”
THIS ARE THE RESPONSES I HAVE OBTAINED WHEN I TRIED TO DEFEND THE IDEA OF TOLERANCE AND RESPECT TO ALL HUMAN BEINGS. AND ALSO OPEN YOUR EYES TO SEE THAT THIS IS ABOUT SOLIDARITY BECAUSE WE ALL ARE EXPOSED TO SUFFER ACCIDENTS OR HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER OR A FRIEND WHO NEEDS ASSISTANCE OR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
I HAVE MENTIONED THE MIDDLE AGES RELIGIOUS BELIEVES THAT LABELED DISABLED PEOPLE AS CURSED OR “TAKEN BY DEMONS” OR EVIL SPIRITS. THE SAD TRUTH IS THAT SUCH BELIEVES ARE STILL ALIVE AS SOCIAL TABÚS, IGNORANCE AND LACK OF INFORMATION ABOUT DISABLED PEOPLE.
IT IS SAD TO KNOW THAT MANY FAMILIES, EVEN IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. KEEP THEIR DISABLED CHILDREN, FAMILY MEMBERS VERY AWAY FROM THEIR SOCIAL LIFES. PUTTIN THEM IN CARING CENTERS AND THE LIKE. OUT OF THE VIEW OF THEIR FRIENDS. THE TRUTH IS THAT MANY PARENTS FEEL ASHAMED OF THEIR DISABLED CHILDREN. THEY DON´T UNDERSTAND. THE TRUTH IS THAT MANY DISABLED PEOPLE CONTINUOSLY REPORTS REJECTION FROM SOCIETY.
THE TRUTH, PTRICK, IS THAT EVEN IN MODERN COUNTRIES IN EUROPE, NORTHAMERICA, EVEN HERE IN ICELAND. DISABLED PEOPLE HAVE A LONG WAY TO FIGHT TO OBTAIN EQUEAL RIGHTS. AND I AM NOT SAYING THOSE RIGHTS YOU CAN READ ON THE PAPERS. BUT THOSE RIGHTS THAT MATERIALIZE IN REAL OPPORTUNITIES.
SOCIETY HAVE A LOT LEFT TO LEARN ABOUT US. IF YOU ONLY KNEW HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF MY DYSLEXIA TO JUST MAKE FUN OF ME HERE ON ICENEWS. AND WHEN I POST SOMETHING, INSTEAD OF POSTING AN ANSWER TO WHAT I SAY, THAT CONTRIBUTES TO SAY THAT I AM RIGHT OR WRONG.. YOU JUST COME UP WITH THE SAME THING:
“SIR EURO – Do you think that verbal diarrhea is a psychiatric disorder, disease, curse, or due to evil spirits?”
AND THIS IS SO SAD, BECAUSE YOU COME HERE TO TRY TO HURT PEOPLE AND TRY TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL BAD ABOUT WHAT THEY DEFEND.
I JUST WISH THAT FOR ALL AT ONCE ALL OF YOU COULD KEEP POSTING COMMENTS IN LINE WITH THE ARTICLE. AND APORT SOME LOGIG ( IF NOT SCIENTIFIC FACTS) TO SUPPORT WHAT YOU SAY.
ABOUT THE ICELANDIC ROADS: I HAVE EXPRESSED MY OPINION ABOUT HOW BAD ICELANDIC ROADS ARE. I HAVE SAID, MANY FOREIGNERS AND ICELANDERS SAY THAT ROADS HERE ARE VERY INSECURE.
I HAVE COMPLAINED AND CRITICIZED OTHER MATTERS ABOUT ICELAND. LIKE THE BANK MAFIA, THE POLITIC CORRUPTION, AND ALL THE THINGS WE IN ICELAND AND THE REST OF THE WORLD KNOWS. I COMPLAIN BECAUSE I DON´T AGREE WITH THIS SITUATION AND BECAUSE THINGS COULD BE MUCH BETTER.
I SUPOSE YOU ARE THE TYPICAL GUY WHO THINKS THAT EVERYTHING IS FINE. WELL, THERE A PUNCH OF PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO THINK THE AREN´T, AND THAT THINGS NEED TO GET MUCH BETTER THAN THEY ARE.
AND NOW 1 EURO FOR 185ISK, I THINK IS ENOUGH TO TELL YOU HOW BAD THINGS ARE HERE. WATCH THE ALÞINGI, IS A REAL MESS, THEY DON´T AGREE IN ANYTHING AND THEY CONTINUE THROW **** AT EACH OTHERS FACE INSTEAD OF FINDING REAL SOLUTIONS. AND THE COUNTRY IS SINKING IN THE MEANWHILE. OF COURSE, THEY ALL HAVE A GOOD SALARY. AND ALL THE MONEY THEY ROBBED…
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE AVERAGE ICELANDER?
“The point I am trying to make is- If you dislike Iceland so much, just don´t stay here. We don’t need bitter, ignorant and full-of-negative-attitude people here in Iceland.”
AND YOU NEVER DARE TO SAY THIS EVER AGAIN!! I PROBABLY LOVE ICELAND MORE THAN YOU. BUT!!! I WANT THINGS TO CHANGE, BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN LIVING IN THIS CONTRY THINKING THAT WE ARE THE BEST, BUT WE ARE FAR AWAY FROM THAT. AND NOW THAT WE ARE TOTALLY RUINED WE STILL KEEP LIVING ON FANTASIES, SAYING THAT EVERYTHING IS OK.
BUT NO, THINGS AREN´T OK!! AND WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO DENOUNCE IT AND COMPLAIN ABOUT IT. I PAY MY TAXES AS ANYONE ELSE AND I CAN VOTE IN THIS COUNTRY AS ANYONE ELSE.
AND WHO IS “WE” PTRICK??? YOU MEAN “WE” THE GUYS WHO WANT PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY TO SHUT THEIR MOUTHS SO THEY CAN KEEP DOING THEIR STUFF??? KAMON PTRICK. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH… THERE IS SO MUCH **** STILL COMING TO LIGHT, SO MUCH MONEY THAT HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM PEOPLE, SO MANY RUINED FUTURES AND LIFES…
DON´T YOU HAVE CHILDREN?? AND NOW THEY ARE GOING TO CHARGE IN TAXES 50% OF YOUR SALARIES. THIS IS CRAZY!!! PEOPLE CANNOT EVEN AFFORD TO PAY THEIR MORTAGES, BUY FOOD TO FEED THEIR CHILDREN, THEY HAVE CREATED NEW TAXES IN EVERYTHING, AND NOW THEY WANT THE HALF OF WHAT WE MAKE AT WORK???!!!
SHOULD I JUST SHUT UP MY MOUTH? OR SHOULD I KEEP COMPLAINING PTRICK??
I THINK THAT WHAT WE DON´T NEED IN THIS COUNTRY IS PEOPLE WHO SEE INJUSTICE HAPPENING AND THEY DON´T BOTHER ABOUT IT!!!!
Sir EURO,
I wonder how you manage to find new rules in English grammar like writing ‘lengthily comments’. Totally ignorant comments.I am not here yo give you an English lesson but go and ask a native English person if ‘proper grammar’ is the proper way to say it. Although I agree that ‘use grammar properly’ is equally correct as you pointed out.
The thing is I am not after you because you are dyslexic. I believe people with special needs should be given special care to the maximum extent possible.
My problem with you is your attitude which is that of a total ignorant. You ask people who don’t agree with you go back to primary school. You even describe them as being ‘against humanity’. To say the least you are the kind of person who can not respect different opinion from people. If you do not respect the opinion of other people, why should others care about yours? And why on earth do you need to post comments for that matter?
I have been following your posts here and to say the least they are nothing than irritating to read. You wrote all the bad things about Iceland some time ago, when you were discussing about the road conditions here. You even said that the roads here have worst traffic signs. This only shows how ignorant and prejudiced you are. I have traveled almost every country in Europe and I must admit that in Iceland they have very good and abundant traffic signs. The point I am trying to make is- If you dislike Iceland so much, just don´t stay here. We don’t need bitter, ignorant and full-of-negative-attitude people here in Iceland.
“MY TEXTS ARE NOT LONG. I USE CAPS AND THAT IS WHY THEY LOOK LONG.”
I pasted your last comment into Word and the count came to 578 words. I doubt the word count would be less if you used lower case instead…
CORRECTION,
-”you wish to write lengthy comments”: IT IS ” LENGTHILY” WITH AN “I”… ( EXTENDED, LONG),
IT IS LENGTHY BUT, IT SHOULD NOT BE WRITEN THIS WAY:
“And if you wish to write lengthy comments (why not write a journal article instead?)”
BUT LIKE THIS:
AND, IF YOU WISH TO WRITE LENGTHY COMMENTS, ( WHY NOT WRITING A JOURNAL ARTICLE INSTEAD ?),
Ptrick said:
SIR EURO,
“You talk about other people needing primary level education. I have the feeling you need it the most. If you are an Englishman (as SIR suggests)then it is most unfortunate that your English is terrible.”
PTRICK, MY ENGLISH IS “TERRIBLE”, BUT YOURS IS WAY WORSE:
-ENGLISHMAN= SHOULD BE : IF YOU ARE ENGLISH, PLEASE “ENGLISHMAN” IS A WAY TOO ARCAIC TERM. WE DON’T LIVE IN THE MIDDLE AGES. THIS WORD IS ONLY USED IN CERTAIN CONTEXTS.
-“you wish to write lengthy comments”: IT IS ” LENGTHILY” WITH AN “I”… ( EXTENDED, LONG)
-“please make sure that you spell your words correctly and use proper grammer” ( HAHAHA, I LAUGHED TIL MY STOMACH HURT) IT SHOULD BE: ” USE GRAMMAR PROPERLY”, BECAUSE ALL GRAMMAR IS “PROPER”, YOU JUST NEED TO USE IT PROPERLY. AND IT IS “GRAMMAR” NOT “GRAMMER”
BY THE WAY, YOUR SINTAXIS IS WORSE THAN THAT OF A 4TH GRADER. PLEASE, TRY TO COMMUNICATE USING JUST SIMPLE SENTENCES WHEN YOU WRITE IN ENGLISH.
MONKEY SEE MONKEY DOES…
PLEASE, GO BACK TO PRIMARY SCHOOL.
THIS IS WHATEVER WE MAKE OF IT… AND NOW,
WHAT DO YOU ALL HAVE TO SAY TO SUPPORT WHAT THE SWEDISH GUY SAID?
WHAT IS YOUR POSITION ABOUT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, OR WHO NEED ASSISTANCE? ( BLIND PEOPLE, DYSLEXIC, DEAF PEOPLE, PEOPLE INJURED AFTER WORK ACCIDENTS, DOWN SYNDROME, OLD PEOPLE, ETC…)
REMEMBER, YOU ALL WILL GET OLD ( IF YOU ARE LUCKY), AND ALL OF YOU, OR SOMEONE VERY CLOSE TO YOU, COULD END DEPENDING ON OTHERS SOME DAY, FOR MANY REASONS…
YOU DID NOT GET IT JIM
PEOPLE WITH A TOTAL LACK OF SENSE OF HUMANITY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOMEONE´S DISABILITY JUST TO MAKE THEM LOOK BAD BECAUSE OF IT. IT IS LIKE IF YOU SEE A MAN ON A WHEEL CHAIR AND YOU MAKE FUN OF HIM BECAUSE HE CANNOT WALK.
MY TEXTS SEEM LONG BECAUSE THEY ARE WRITTEN IN CAPS. REMEMBER THAT YOU WONT FIND THEM ALWAYS EASY TO READ. BUT AT LEAST, I DO MY BEST TO TRY TO EXPOSE WHAT I THINK ABOUT THE ARTICLE. WHILE PEOPLE LIKE YOU JIM COME HERE TO FEED ON OTHERS MISTAKES. WAITING LIKE VULTURES TO FEED ON OTHERS MISTAKES. IT IS LIKE TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOMEONE WHO CANNOT SEE, OR HEAR, OR WRITE WELL BECAUSE HE IS A DYSLEXIC.. AND THAT IS ALL THE BEST, THE ONLY SAD THING PEOPLE LIKE YOU, JIM, CAN DO…
BECAUSE IF YOU HAD GOOD INTENTIONS AND YOU WERE A GENTLEMAN, YOU WOULD BRING FACTS TO THIS FORUM TO SUPPORT YOUR OPINION, AND REBATE THE OPINION OF OTHERS., ALWAYS IN LINE WITH THE ARTICLE
THIS IS NOT A CIRCUS. THIS IS
PTRICK
1. MY ENGLISH IS PRETTY GOOD FOR BEING A DYSLEXIC PERSON. REMEMBER WE MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES WHEN WE WRITE IN ANY LANGUAGE. CONFUSING WORDS THAT SOUND THE SAME, OR HAVING IT HARD TO WRITE WORDS IN THE CORRECT ORDER. THAT IS WHY STUDENTS WITH DYSLEXIA NEED SPECIAL TRAINING. JUST BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM WE HAVE IN READING AND WRITING. AS FOR EXAMPLE, BLIND PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE THEIR SYSTEM FOR READING WITH FINGERS OR DEAF PEOPLE THEIR SIGN LANGUAGE. I HAVE PROBLEMS IN WRITING, BUT IF YOU ONLY KNEW THAT I AM FLUENT IN 6 LANGUAGES AND I SPEAK THEM SO WELL. WHILE WE HAVE PROBLEMS IN WRITING WE USE TO SHOW AND INCREDIBLE ABILITY FOR LEARNING “BY HEARING”. THE MAIN PROBLEM OF PEOPLE STUDYING ENGLISH IS THAT THEY CAN LEARN HOW TO WRITE AND READ. BUT THEN 75% OF STUDENTS ARE BAD IN TALKING. THEY CANNOT EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND USE THE LANGUAGE CORRECTLY. THEY DON´T REMEMBER THE WORDS, NOT THE WAY THEY SOUND. THEY ARE JUST TRAPPED IN THE WRITTEN VERSION OF THE LANGUAGE. AND THIS IS SOMETHING YOU CAN CHECK AT ANY SCHOOL OR RESEARCH IN THE MATTER.
2. MY TEXTS ARE NOT LONG. I USE CAPS AND THAT IS WHY THEY LOOK LONG.
3. PLEASE, TRY, AT LEAST ONCE, TO POST A COMMENT WITH A SOLUTION OF CONTINUATION. SUPPORT OR CRITICIZE OTHERS COMMENTS BY SHOWING SUBSTANTIAL INFORMATION TO SHOW THAT WHAT OTHERS SAY IS RIGHT OR WRONG.
4. REMEMBER THAT NO ONE STAYS ALWAYS THE SAME. MAYBE YOU WILL HAVE A SON WHO NEEDS SPECIAL EDUCATION. MAYBE YOU YOURSELF COULD HAVE AN ACCIDENT AND HAVE PROBLEMS TO READ OR EXPRESS YOURSELF IN WORDS. I JUST HOPE THAT THE REST OF THE WORLD WONT BE AS HARD AS YOU ARE WITH PEOPLE LIKE ME. JUST PUT YOURSELF IN OTHERS SHOES. BECAUSE, THERE IS ONE THING I REALLY BELIEVE. WE ALWAYS GET WHAT WE DESERVE IN THIS LIFE. SOONER OR LATER…
BALKANSON, I SAY TO YOU THE SAME AS PTRICK
YOU THINK YOU WILL ALWAYS STAY THE SAME, HEALTHY, AND THAT YOU WONT NEED TO DEPEND OF OTHER PEOPLE, OR SPECIAL ASSISTANCE….
REMEMBER MY FRIEND, LIFE CAN BRING US SO MANY SURPRISES… WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WERE IN SUCH NEED? FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN YOU´LL GET OLD? OR, WHAT ABOUT IF IT WAS SOMEONE CLOSE TO YOU? YOUR SON, YOUR BROTHER,,,
WHAT SHOULD WE DO BALKANSON? BUILD CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND CREMATORY CHAMBERS TO PUT ALL THIS PEOPLE AND BURN THEM??
MANY OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SCIENTIST, ARTIST AND PERSONALITIES OF HUMAN HISTORY HAD SOME “DISABILITY”… MANY OF THEM HAD A HARD TIME GOING THROUGH GENERAL EDUCATION… BUT AT THE END THEY WERE CAPABLE OF BRINGING KNOWLEDGE AND DEVELOPMENT TO OUR WORLD…
IT IS NOT CHEAP TO ATTEND PEOPLE WITH “PROBLEMS”, PEOPLE LIKE BALKANSON, PTRICK AND THE SWEDISH SCHOOL DIRECTOR, THEY WOULD AGREE THAT IF SOMEONE HAS A DISABILITY, THAT PERSON SHOULD BE ELIMINATED. PUT SOMEWHERE APART. AND THAT WILL COUNT FOR ALL OF US WHEN WE GET OLD. OR SICK, OR SUFFER AN ACCIDENT… OR SOMEONE CLOSE TO US DOES… IT IS TOO EXPENSIVE ISN´T IT?
I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS KIND OF PEOPLE STILL EXISTING IN THIS WORLD. THEY ARE THE SAME HISTORICAL NIGHTMARE OF HUMANITY. MAKING OF THIS WORLD SOMETHING WORSE THAN IT COULD BE… SO SAD… I THINK THAT WE ALL WOULD BE BETTER OFF WITHOUT PEOPLE OF THAT KIND…
WE ARE ALL HUMAN. UNTIL WE LOOSE OUR SENSE OF HUMANITY
The society needs more people like Mr. Gert Akesson. Congratulations for the brave position.
SIR EURO,
You talk about other people needing primary level education. I have the feeling you need it the most. If you are an Englishman (as SIR suggests)then it is most unfortunate that your English is terrible. And if you wish to write lengthy comments (why not write a journal article instead?), please make sure that you spell your words correctly and use proper grammer. If it is out of your total ignorance go back to primary school.
I thought you’d given up switching names every-other post Gus?
“VERBAL DIARRHEA IS SOMEONE USING VULGAR AND LOW CLASS LANGUAGE”
Actually, it’s almost the exact opposite, eg:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbal_diarrhea
WOJTEK
YOU PRETEND TO TALK LIKE AN EXPERT BUT YOU ARE JUST A TOTAL IGNORANT. GO BACK TO PRIMARY SCHOOL, YOU REALLY NEED IT.
A disease or medical condition is an abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions, associated with specific symptoms and signs.[1][2][3] It may be caused by external factors, such as infectious disease, or it may be caused by internal dysfunctions, such as autoimmune diseases.
In human beings, “disease” is often used more broadly to refer to any condition that causes pain, dysfunction, distress, social problems, and/or death to the person afflicted, or similar problems for those in contact with the person. In this broader sense, it sometimes includes injuries, disabilities, disorders, syndromes, infections, isolated symptoms, deviant behaviors, and atypical variations of structure and function, while in other contexts and for other purposes these may be considered distinguishable categories.
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THE TERM “MENTAL DISEASE”
PLEASE, BUY YOURSELF A DICTIONARY, MEASSURE YOUR WORDS AND MAKE SOME PRIMARY-SCHOOL LIKE RESEARCH AND CHECK IF WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO SAY IS JUST THE SAME BULL+++T AS ALWAYS…
THE PEOPLE READING COMMENTS IN ICENEWS WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
VERBAL DIARRHEA IS SOMEONE USING VULGAR AND LOW-CLASS LANGUAGE TO EXPRESS THINGS HE CANNOT EXPRESS OTHERWISE BECAUSE HIS CULTURAL-EDUCATIONAL LEVEL IS EQUAL TO THE LANGUAGE HE EMPLOYS. WHEN AN IGNORANT SPEAKS OF SCIENCE WITHOUT HAVING REAL KNOWLEDGE OF SCIENTIFIC FUNDAMENTS. LETS SAY, MONKEY SEE MONKEY DOES. IT IS INCREDIBLE, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE STILL CLOSER TO THE MAN OF THE CAVES THAN TO SOMEONE WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH APPROPIATE PRIMARY EDUCATION.
HEY JIM, ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER?
NO JIM, BUT I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE NICE IF YOU HAD SOME IDEA OF WHAT “SOLUTION OF COUNTINUATION MEANS”
I THINK EVERYONE HERE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF YOU ARE ABLE TO RESPOND ANY COMMENT WITH ENOUGH SCIENTIFIC GROUND TO SUPPORT WHAT YOU DEFEND TO BE RIGHT.
YOUR ATTITUDE IS THE COMMON BEHAVIOUR OF THE IGNORANT PEOPLE. WHEN YOU DON´T KNOW WHAT TO SAY YOU USE LOW-CLASS VOCABULARY TO EXPRESS YOURSELF. YOU ARE ANGRY AND YOU DON´T AGREE WITH WHAT YOU READ, YOU EVEN MIGHT NOT KNOW WHY. BUT THIS IS NOT A MATTER OF LIKE OR DISLIKES, IT IS A MATTER OF CERTAINITY AND LOGIC.
I HOPE YOU ARE INTELLIGENCE ENOUGH TO PUT ON SCENE SOME LOGIC ARGUMENTS TO SUPPORT YOUR IDEAS. BECAUSE VERBAL DIARRHEA IS WHEN YOU SAY THINGS WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY. PLEASE. BUY YOURSELF A DICTIONARY AND CHECK SOME PRIMARY SCHOOL BOOOKS FOR HISTORY, NATURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES.
SIR EURO – Do you think that verbal diarrhea is a psychiatric disorder, disease, curse, or due to evil spirits?
Why are dyslexia and anorexia the only ones that are alarming? I can not possibly understand why someone would think allergies and autism of all things do not exist– and say that learning disabilities such as dyslexia and dyscalculia do not exist.
IN THE MIDDLE AGES PEOPLE GOT SICK OF MANY ILLNESSES. THEY THOUGHT IT WAS SOME KIND OF SPIRIT OR JUST GOD PUNISHING THEM.
THANKS THAT WE HAVE FOUND THAT ILLNESSES ARE PRODUCED MAINLY BY BACTERIA AND VIRAL INFLUENCE IN OUR BODY, AND BY DISORDERS OF THE FUNCTIONING OF OUR SYSTEM AS WELL.
CENTURIES AGO, PEOPLE WITH MENTAL DISORDERS OR CERTAIN DISABILITIES WHERE JUST CONSIDERED “CRAZY”, OR CURSED, TAKEN BY EVIL SPIRITS. IT IS INCREDIBLE BUT SUCH IDEAS STILL ARE VERY ALIVE IN THE SHAPE OF INHERITED SOCIAL FEARS AND TABÚS. MANY PEOPLE JUST DON´T GO TO A PSYCHOLOGIST BECAUSE OF THE TABU OF “BEING CRAZY”. EVERYONE OF US FACE MENTAL ILLNESS OR JUST HARD TIMES AT LEAST ONCE IN LIFE. SOME GET TREATMENT OR SOME KIND OF SUPPORT, SOME NOT, AND THOSE WHO DON´T DESTROY THEIR LIVES AND, WHAT IS WORSE, DESTROY OTHERS PEOPLE´S LIFES.
IT WOULD FREAK OUT ALL OF US THAT MANY OF THE GENIOUS MINDS OF MODERN TIMES PRESENTED SOME SORT OF “UNUSUAL BEHAVIOR”, INTELLECTUAL OR EMOTIONAL DEFICIENCIES… PEOPLE LIKE PICASSO, LEONARDO DA VINCI, EINSTEIN, ETC… THE MODELS OF HUMANITY. ALL OF THEM WHERE DIFFERENT AND SPECIAL.
IT HAS BEEN PROOFT THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVING ASPERGER SHOW EXTRAORDINARY INTELLECTUAL PERFORMANCE IN CERTAIN FIELDS OF KNOWLEDGE. PEOPLE THAT HAVE PROBLEMS TO SOCIALIZE WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS BUT WHO ARE AUTHENTIC EXCEPTIONAL MINDS IN MATHEMATICS, LITERATURE, ETC…
NOW, DISLEXIA IS A RELATIVE NEW CONCEPT, AND STILL THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT IT. AS A DISLEXIC PERSON I CAN TELL THAT I HAVE NOTICED AN EXTRAORDINARY HABILITY TO UNDERSTAND ABSTRACT SPACE, AND BEING ABLE OF MULTI-RELATIVE ( INSTEAD OF LINEAL) THINKING. MOST OF THE PEOPLE THINK IN A LINEAL WAY. BUT DISLEXIC PEOPLE TEND TO THINK IN IMAGES, LETS SAY VISUALLY. THE WAY WE INTERRELATE CONCEPTS AND IDEAS, IS VERY ABSTRACT. BUT ISN´T IT ABSTRACT THINKING WHAT DEVELOPED IDEAS SUCH AS THE THEORY OR RELATIVITY BY EINSTEIN , THE FAMOUS PAINTINGS OF LEONARDO DA VINCI AND THE VISUAL PHENOMENA OF PICASSO´S CUBISM?
PEOPLE WITH DISLEXIA, WE HAVE PROBLEMS USING LETTERS. IT IS JUST BECAUSE OUR BRAIN DOES NOT THINK IN SEPARATE LETTERS BUT IN INTERRELATED CONCEPTS. ABSTRACT IDEAS. REMEMBER THAT LETTERS CORRESPOND TO A CERTAIN LEVEL OF THINKING PERFORMANCE, OF WORDS THAT ARE STRUCTURED IN TEXTS AND THOSE TEDIOUS TEXTS CONTAINS IDEAS. BUT THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE PROCESS IS TOO SLOW FOR PEOPLE LIKE US. WE THINK IN A MORE RAPID WAY, IDEAS THAT ARE PROCESSED ABSTRACTICALLY MOSTLY IN IMAGES. MANY THINK THAT THE REVOLUTION IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, WHERE KNOWLEDGE IS SHARED IN A VERY FAST WAY, IT IS ALSO RESHAPING OUR WAY OF THIKING, AND AT THE SAME TIME SHOWS THE EVOLUTION OF HUMAN BRAIN ITSELF. OUR PERCEPTION OF DETAILS AND THE WHOLE WORKS IN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT MANNER. WE EXPERIENCE SOUNDS, COLORS AND VIBRATIONS IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAN MOST OF THE COMMON PEOPLE DO. JUST THINK THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE OF THIS MIRACLE OF SCIENCE, AND OTHER MIRACLES LIKE IN NANOTECHNOLOGY, BIOMEDICINE, ETC.. HAS NO TIME TO USE TEXTS AS THEIR MAIN INSTRUMENT OF COMMUNICATION. MOST OF SCIENCE TODAY IS VISUALLY PROCESSED. BECAUSE WORDS ARE JUST NOT ENOUGH TO REPRESENT SUCH COMPLEX, MEGA-INTERRELATED AND QUASI-ABSTRACT KNOWLEDGE.
MAYBE WE ARE THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY. LIKE WHEN HUMANITY WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS FROM NEARTHENTAL TO CRO-MAGNON,,, EVOLVING INTO THE MODERN HUMANS.
WE MIGHT SEEM THE “UNABLE STUDENTS” BECAUSE WE NEED OTHER WAYS OF PROCESSING AND TRASSMITING COMPLEX KNOWLEDGE. THE PROBLEM IS NOT IN US, IT IS IN THE ARCAIC AND OBSOLETE WAYS. WE STARTED USED THE LETTERS AND WRITEN WORDS, THEN WE HAD MASS PRINTING OF BOOKS SINCE GUTEMBERG. NOW WE HAVE THE VISUAL MEDIA, OUR SOCIETY IS NOT ABOUT WORDS ANYMORE IT IS ABOUT INTERNET, TELEVISION, CINEMA.. IT IS ABOUT IMAGES AND SOUNDS THAT BRINGS US MORE ACCURATE INFORMATION. AND GENTLEMEN… FAST YOUR SEAT BELTS,,, BECAUSE THE ERA VIRTUAL REALITY IS COMING…
>Melissa, you’re talkin’ about psychiatric disorders, not about diseases.
So is Akesson. Mind you, I’m mighty glad to now know that I’m not allergic to nuts. No way am I carrying that sodding great adrenaline pen around anymore!
He is clearly a nut if he did say that things like allergies, bolemia, dyslexia, etc. are made up. I’m not convinced that that is what he said though.
Melissa, you’re talkin’ about psychiatric disorders, not about diseases.
Bravo! This guy had guts to tell the truth.
Sorry, but I can’t come into work today as I have oral galvanism and anal magnetism.
I diagnosed myself with ANAL CATARACT.
(symptoms: can´t see moving my ass to work)
At the impressionable age of 11, when adult insecurities and expectations are starting to kick in, I developed anorexia bulimia. It has taken me 18 years to get rid of it. I don’t think that I made it up – particularly when my teeth started falling out and my lifestyle dissolving.
With a reported rise in the incidences of eating disorders – and particularly amongst students and young people – I’d echo Capio’s assertion that these comments are dangerous and irresponsible. It is this type of ignorance that leads to failure to treat and understand eating disorders effectively – leading to more lost teenage years; and, more terrifyingly, lost lives….
Not really the stuff of make believe…