Dear mn hq is there any chance we could have a sn teens topic

[2shoes]

at the moment I don't fit anywhere and I am sure I am not alone.

wouldn't it be great if the adults part was included in the sn topic, the insight from adults would be brilliant(especially when I ask long term questions)

I think Special Needs ought to be a section in its own right, within ought to be

Children
Teens
Adults/Parents with SN
Finance
Education
Tea Room/General Chat

Stripey ahev you encountered the disabled aprents section? It already exists but not under SN atm

I do worry about asd drowing poeple out; granted if 80% have kids with asd then most threads willr eflect that but a drawback of that is when Sn is so fast moving (remember the days whena thread statyed up top for days LOL?) people with other disorders might not have answers on their posts.

But I would hate to see that formally split down as most of the stuff we post about affects us all and a answers much; I'd start an ASD thread but would then worry that people would see that as deliberately exclusive IYSWIM?

Impossible to get the balance just right I guess.

I don't think a tea room/general chat would work if 'tea room' is meant in the way suggested from other threads. I think a tea room would have to be separate from general chat.

agrre with mrs T
also with fio, I do worry if you start splitting it up too much a new person(to the sn world) might miss something.
I don't worry about the ASD threads, I just accept that people post cos they need too.

if by tea room you mean

Oh can I have a cappucino and a virtual brownie yes I know this is a PC and I cant have it but I like to rpetend despite the fact it FREAKS PEACHY OUt to see and she cant quite understand why on earth anyone would want to do that, in fact its smalltalk which is her idea of hell and then some

then probably not for me

Bunch of malevolent bitches the lot of you

I'm reporting you all to MN

LOL

Oh and they come on and say oh can I have a dnout oh no i cant coz I am on a diet / allergic to donuts / giving them up for ent

and you think

YOU CANT BE ALLERGIC TO A FARKING VIRTUAL DONUT YOUR ONLY ISSUE IS THAT IT IS CANNIBALISM YOU..... DONUT

I wouldn't want ASD separated out, or DS or CP or other disabilities/conditions/SNs come to that. But I also worry that ASD drowns out everything else!
Could we also ask for a new MN rule for the whole site that people can't have names longer than, say, 3 syllabubs ?

Wouldnt mind if MN would just fix my memberhip either , keeps reverting to this old name

Damnations

By asd bit I just meant starting a thread within a normal bit, much like this thread really where ASD info could be shared

No more than a 'come and talk to me about ASD' type thing, or 'thread for those going through a DX of asd'...... much like those blasted tearoom therads or that barrrrrrrr version thing

But As long as the other-dx crowd are happy that's OK, all I wanted

A teens subtopic is a good idea. However I am not sure that "children" subtopic is useful?
Can't we just keep a general SN section linstead of calling it children?

Personally I am interested in threads about therapies and education. So anything to do with discussions about what sort of alternative/traditional therapies have helped others (kids, teens, mild or severe), what sort of books have been useful and general activities/excercises ideas that we could implement at home to help with language/motor skills/social development etc.
What conferences,courses are available,etc.

I am not sure what would be the purpose of a tearoom/general chat? There is already a chat area in mn.

TS quite a few people dont stray beyond SN any more, it can be scaaaaary out there.

Plus its sometimes nice to have a chat with people hwo get what you eman from an SN perspective; one of the best things abut the SN group we attend actually, that level of understanding

well for me the point of a general cat/tea room set up would be so i can sit and shoot the breeze and talk to people who dont think what i want to talk about is weird/unusual/boring.

I often feel like i threadkill in some places because people dont 'get' what it is i'm on about or it doesnt come out right...etc

It would also provide somewhere on days when i'm in sensory overload where i can avoid the huge capital title threads and lines of * all over everywhere.. they actually hurt my brain some days.

tha trouble with tearoom type threads is they become quichy, also having seen the comments on "that" one they can also be bitchy.
surly just general chat like it is now, it works, if anyone wants a quiet chat, can't they say "come talk to me quietly"?

In all sensibleness isn't this thread becoming exactly it? Just a grenerally chatty friendly not anything specific thread?

yes cos anyone can join in,

My son has one of the more unusual conditions and I think I'm the only poster currently (on SN) whose child has it.

I don't think it would bother me in the slightest if it were to be divided, equally it wouldn't bother me if it stayed the same.

I have tentatively got to 'know' people in SN and wouldn't like to not 'see' them anymore iyswim though.

DD doesn't have ASD, I am told. But so many of the ASD threads relate to elements of her behaviour. As long as people like me with 'other' diagnoses (we have just been told DD has cortical dysplasia) can lurk/join in then I can't see a problem.

I love the idea of SN subsections. I wish people didn't feel they don't fit, or feel forced to leave MN . What with Amber & TSAP, it is all a bit sad.

No easy answers though. Just like a 'one-size' jumper - too big for some, too small for others, very few find a perfect fit.

I love the word Threadkill! Maybe instead of Special Education only it could include therapies and approaches as well?

I would love to learn more about alternative therapies to help ds2, at the moment I wouldn't know where to start looking.

Horseriding is as alternative as we have got (tis fab though!).

O have been horse riding today ( for me : o ) it is fab!

I thought the tea room was suggested because Amber and oithers wanted somewhere 'safe'. I share 2shoes concern though and in many ways would want to discourage quiches on sn. In the 7 years I've been posting there have been hardly any scraps and I think quiches would encourage that as you end up with people thinking they're invisible/ the whole small group identity thing kicks in and those on the outside being pissed on just end up with more crap to deal with ( yes personal experience).

So whilst I think there could be advantages to some subtopics I wouldn't necessarily he in favour of too many quiche chat sections within special needs.

Quiche's bother me (egg allergy) too. At the moment it's kind of okay to go on to any thread in SN and say hello and just a friendly ear sometimes. I would hate to ever feel I couldn't post somewhere.

mrst, I am so tempted to book myself a riding lesson, I haven't ridden since I was a child but I feel quite when I watch ds2. I'm considering it as an alternative therapy for me!

I am so pleased I started riding again ( I hadn't ridden for years). It is such fantastic stress relief.