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Comment on Defiance and opposition by Peter

Peter — Sun, 12 May 2013 11:13:36 +0000

Hi Linda

Glad you like my posts!

Regarding your first question: Sure, I think that is quite common

Regarding your second: I guess so, but I don’t really know.

Peter

Comment on Defiance and opposition by asheisadora

asheisadora — Sun, 12 May 2013 01:17:05 +0000

Two questions:
Do NLD kids become hostile due to pain from being picked on or humiliated as well as trying to process the world

Can passive aggression be a subset of oppositional defiance disorder?

Sorry, I’m in left brain splitter mode! Thank you for your wonderful and insightful posts.

Comment on Big school, small school, home school? by Peter

Peter — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:35:47 +0000

Thanks for your comment, Lorna. I made the switch from small school to big one when I went to college and it was very good for me.

Comment on Big school, small school, home school? by Lorna d'Entremont

Lorna d'Entremont — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 04:11:19 +0000

Thank you Peter Flom from pointing out the advantages and disadvantages of various schools. What I have noticed by following the high school years of some of the students I had in elementary school is that for many who had problems fitting in and finding friends in our small community school when they were in a larger high school they thrived. In no time they found others who were interested in the same things they were. They joined extra activities at noon time or after school because there were some they liked to do unlike at the small school that only had lots of sports to please the majority. Still others liked to be a little fish in a big pond and navigate the corridors unnoticed; therefore, not bullied either!

Comment on Defiance and opposition by scattymama

scattymama — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:19:47 +0000

Thank you for this post and also to commenter “usethebrainsgodgiveyou”. My daughter recently had assessments and has a big VIQ>PIQ difference. I wss told by many teachers that I was letting her get away with stuff, letting her get her own way, being a bad parent because she was so ODD. Now I have stepped back and let her be. Life is more peaceful and when we do need to be doing something there is less confrontation. The more I try to understand her, the more everything I am reading explains myself. I have no support network, so thank you for being here.

Comment on Cities and NLD – I love NY! by Peter

Peter — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:42:00 +0000

Hi Ashe and Yvona, I guess part of my NLD is being able to ignore (or perhaps not even noticing!) the crowds and noise. Perhaps because I grew up here

Comment on Cities and NLD – I love NY! by Yvona

Yvona — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:23:16 +0000

To me this is less stressful than the big city because there’s less noise and just stuff going on, and much less traffic. – Exactly. Should have read the other comment before posting mine.

Comment on Cities and NLD – I love NY! by Yvona

Yvona — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:21:34 +0000

When i visited New York i almost got run over by a taxi, because there was construction on the sidewalk in Manhattan.

I don’t like all the rush of people – i don’t like crowds.

I like nature and being able to look outside my window at the trees and falling snow right now. I like walking in the woods with my dogs.

Of course if i didn’t have a car it would be impossible to live where i do. Though there are people who live in the village (i live 8 miles outside the village) who don’t have cars and / or don’t drive. So it’s possible but difficult.

You’re right you can get everything in the city and there are many things we can’t get here. Also, as you said one good thing is if you get lost, you just stop someone and ask for directions. You walk one or two blocks, and if you’ve forgotten the directions, you stop someone else and like that until you get where you’re going (I’ve done this when i was in cities).

The GPS helps a lot with finding places when i’m driving in my car.

Probably if i could no longer drive i would move to Oswego, where i went to college. It is a small city – bigger than where i live now. It does have good bus transportation. It’s not so crowded as New York and i could still get to places on the perimeter where i could take a walk in nature. And i have friends there.

Comment on Cities and NLD – I love NY! by Ashe Isadora

Ashe Isadora — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:33:10 +0000

Hi Peter! I’m mildly NVLD (apparently) And I live in the wilds of rural Kansas. To me this is less stressful than the big city because there’s less noise and just stuff going on, and much less traffic.
I’m with you on the people recognition thing! I’ve learned to avoid names when possible. Never thought of Valentine Smith as an Aspie btw, though I am a Heinlein fan.
Love your blogs.

Comment on A safe place by Christa Upton

Christa Upton — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:09:07 +0000

Fantastic article, Peter!!! I even had our non-NLD daughter read it so she could help our NLD daughter more.