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ken barber <[log in to unmask]>
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St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
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Sat, 7 Jan 2006 20:07:57 -0800
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you are not a crank, Brent.

--- Brent Edwards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Perhaps I missed something here. At least I hope I
> did. But did no one
> else catch this?
>
> > I ended up with a good cross section of kiddos
> with CP (hemiplegic,
> > diplegic, quadriplegic; average to mild cognitive
> impairment...
>
> ummm... What about some kids with no cognitive
> impairment at all?? Like
> the kids that the people who post to this list grew
> up to be? Please
> Greta forgive me if there is something about the way
> your research was
> structured that precluded the use of data from
> cognitive normal
> subjects. But if that is not the case, methinks I
> catch a whiff of the
> old "all cp kids have cognitive impairment" meme.
> Those of us who are
> not so impaired (who I'm guessing is just about
> everyone on this list
> who has cp) aren't actually very fond of that piece
> of "conventional
> wisdom".
>
> Brent Edwards
> Resident List Crank
>




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