Unbelievable - suggesting Gove needs a Statement

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Found this on the Staffroom thread here:

^I have a thought, " Would Michael Gove have a Statement, if he was a Child today" ...

A specific learning difficulty in relating fantasy with reality, and also I think he might suffer from "Aspergers" I really do, the way he goes on and wont listen to anybody or anything else.....^

I sincerely hope this person is not a teacher. Unfortunately the poster probably is

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/the_staffroom/1987198-The-Madness-of-Gove-discuss

Yes, and I agree it s unacceptable and I gulped too, but the person apologised as soon as you took her/him up on it,

And by doing so, you may have made her/him think, esp as s/ he is dyspraxic, so s/ he says.

The poster has form. Appears in lots of benefits and education threads with some rather dated views, dating back to the 70s in more than just taste in music.

Thanks for the heads-up Ouryve.

..with some rather dated views, dating back to the 70s in more than just taste in music.

But so do I

Yes the poster did apologise, but saying that they too had disabilities didn't mitigate the offence - quite the reverse.