Hoppy Gnu Ear Jeeni 47,815 51
01/20/2012 09:45 PM

I can't believe you'd talk about your brother like that.

Also, I challenge you to post in my police sketch artist thread so I can get a master challenger trophy, too. Damnit!

Dogs Akimbo 211,630 32
01/21/2012 01:47 PM

They'd forget to lick the window?


I got nothin'.

Brad Poynter 36,184 48
01/21/2012 02:12 PM

I forget.

Whistler 186,138 44
01/21/2012 04:02 PM

What was the question again?


Seriously, you'd have to know what their baseline status was. For example, in their earlier years, were they oriented to time and place? If so, check to see if they are currently oriented to time and place. Did they recognize and name family members? If they did, check them on that.

I see your point, though. The more low functioning they were in their youth, the harder it would be to detect things like memory loss and confusion.

So just to be safe, keep the kitchen knives locked up when cousin Juanita visits.

Whistler 186,138 44
01/21/2012 04:06 PM

By the way, folks, One of the reasons I was looking forward to working in special education was to see if I could get the term "gentle snowflake" into use by actual professionals in the field.

Alas, I was too late. The department I joined already has a secret code term for their students, and I'm afraid it's just as good as gentle snowflake. They call our students the super friends. As in "the super friends are driving me nuts today," or "Is Fernando officially one of the super friends, or is he just stupid?"