Gil says
2014-03-01T00:27:51.000Z
Do you think that's a learning disability should be acceptable qualification to enter the Special Olympics?
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Gil says
2014-03-01T00:31:52.000Z
I think that seems a bit unfair to the one who are physically disabled . I'm sure a problem like t dyslexia s not easy to deal with
Gil says
2014-03-01T00:32:16.000Z
But it just seems unfair but it would allow them to participate against physically challenged people
EclecticWingtips
2014-03-01T00:33:03.000Z
i guess it depends how you are defining a learning disability? if someone is just below average well no... if someone has a boarderline intellectual disability then i believe they are likely eligible
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Brain Warm
2014-03-01T00:34:01.000Z
I don't think dyslexia is an eligible disability for the Paralympics. People with Down's syndrome can but that's different
EclecticWingtips
2014-03-01T00:34:04.000Z
theres a difference between the special Olympics and the paraolympics
Brain Warm
2014-03-01T00:34:37.000Z
They also don't compete against physically challenged people. Each disability has their own category (or the most like their disability)
EclecticWingtips
2014-03-01T00:34:45.000Z
the special Olympics is for those who have a cognitive disability (they can also have a physical one but they must have a cognitive disability) the paraolympics are for those with a physical disability
Brain Warm
2014-03-01T00:35:45.000Z
The word special feels a little condescending (LOL)
Gil says
2014-03-01T00:40:37.000Z
Well maybe that's where I am confusing them. I thought it was all the Special Olympics
Gil says
2014-03-01T00:40:57.000Z
And it seems more fair if they categorize them according to their disability
Gil says
2014-03-01T00:41:53.000Z
A friend of mine told me her son is in the Special Olympics for snowboarding. I never had any clue that she had any disabilities
Gil says
2014-03-01T00:42:32.000Z
But in this case she says he's dyslexic and has ADHD . It seemed odd to me that those were qualifying disabilities
EclecticWingtips
2014-03-01T00:47:39.000Z
well i don't know about there but here in Australia you have to be identified by a medical professional as having an intellectual
disability, cognitive delay, or closely related developmental disability
EclecticWingtips
2014-03-01T00:47:41.000Z
in both general learning and adaptive skills
EclecticWingtips
2014-03-01T00:47:53.000Z
so someone with dyslexia and ADHD wouldn't qualify
Gil says
2014-03-01T00:49:20.000Z
That's what seems odd to me I wouldn't think that I would qualify. But apparently it does
EclecticWingtips
2014-03-01T00:50:55.000Z
they may also have a cognitive disability?
EclecticWingtips
2014-03-01T00:51:24.000Z
she may not want to talk about that stuff
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