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Re: Fibromyalgia
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"Elizabeth H. Thiers" <[log in to unmask]>
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St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
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Sat, 28 Sep 2002 19:51:03 -0400
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Yes, you see a lot of children with mental retardation being relabeled as
having a learning disability.  It gets confusing.

beth T. the OT

-----Original Message-----
From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of BG Greer, PhD
Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 11:43 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Fibromyalgia


In a message dated 9/28/02 7:29:06 AM, [log in to unmask] writes:

>it's his opinion that maybe parents
>are wanting to get away from the CP label and latch onto something else
>that seems less negative to them.

I have seen this in other areas, such as mental retardation. Terms gradually
get into everyday parlance, become stigmatizing, and so folks search and
come
up with a new term. Could this be happening with "spastic vs. dystonia"?
Just
a rhetorical question.

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