I have read the on going thread on NT/SN posting and it has made me want to sit down and write telling you what an impact the SN board has made on me, a mother of NT kids.
I'm sorry up front if this offends in any way.
I have never seen the SN board as a place to see how hard it it for your kids or you (but that is sometimes imposible to miss in you eloquent postings). I now realise how condecending it is to be told, 'but you have a child with SN because you are special'. That said, I am sometimes awed by your ability to do 10 rounds with the council one day and them get up the next and do 10 rounds with your child's school!
In a perfect world we would all see sn children as the wonderful human beings that they are. But as you all know , the world isn't perfect. What I have read on this boards has challened by preconcieved (and wrong) ideas and made me see special needs in a very different way.
I know that wasn't why you were posting, but it has been a massive benefit to me, and I'm sure to anyone else who has read it. I can't believe that people can read of your childrens sucesses and difficulties and not have their mind-set changed.
I realise that you all have far too much to do to change the minds of others and educate the ignorent. I realise that you need to post for you and your kids, not those of us on the outside looking in. But can I just say that what you post has totaly re-worked my view of your world, and as an unintended benefit that can't be bad. So from someone who is on the outside, thank you. And may the day come soon when ignorence like mine doesn't need to be corrected.