Comments on: Back in the Ocean, and No More Holding Hands http://www.blisstree.com/articles/back-in-the-ocean-and-no-more-holding-hands/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:17:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Back to the Beach House http://www.blisstree.com/articles/back-in-the-ocean-and-no-more-holding-hands/comment-page-1/#comment-560405 Back to the Beach House Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:39:17 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/back-in-the-ocean-and-no-more-holding-hands/#comment-560405 [...] to the beach while the lifeguards are still out. Tags: asd, asperger, autism, autism blog, beach, disabilities blog, disability, Family, family [...] [...] to the beach while the lifeguards are still out. Tags: asd, asperger, autism, autism blog, beach, disabilities blog, disability, Family, family [...]

]]> By: Justthisguy http://www.blisstree.com/articles/back-in-the-ocean-and-no-more-holding-hands/comment-page-1/#comment-560890 Justthisguy Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:33:18 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/back-in-the-ocean-and-no-more-holding-hands/#comment-560890 Say, Larry, are you a "floater" or a "sinker"? Those were categories established by Fred Lanoue, who ran the swimming training program at Ga. Tech many years ago. He's the guy who invented "drownproofing." Some people like myself (scrawny ectomorph) are natural "sinkers" as are a lot of mesomorphs. (All that muscle is dense, y'know.) Endomorphs, or comfortably cushy folks, find floating to be easy. M'self, I could never float on my back in fresh water without either making swimming motions or sinking. Fred's genius was in discovering that everybody, even non-bouyant people like me, could learn to float like a dead man, occasionally sticking his face above the surface to take a breath of air Say, Larry, are you a “floater” or a “sinker”? Those were categories established by Fred Lanoue, who ran the swimming training program at Ga. Tech many years ago. He’s the guy who invented “drownproofing.”

Some people like myself (scrawny ectomorph) are natural “sinkers” as are a lot of mesomorphs. (All that muscle is dense, y’know.)

Endomorphs, or comfortably cushy folks, find floating to be easy.

M’self, I could never float on my back in fresh water without either making swimming motions or sinking.

Fred’s genius was in discovering that everybody, even non-bouyant people like me, could learn to float like a dead man, occasionally sticking his face above the surface to take a breath of air

]]> By: Flowers and Swings for Evan http://www.blisstree.com/articles/back-in-the-ocean-and-no-more-holding-hands/comment-page-1/#comment-558974 Flowers and Swings for Evan Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:01:00 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/back-in-the-ocean-and-no-more-holding-hands/#comment-558974 [...] swings are on a playground on the part of the Jersey shore where we go every year, and that is the place where Charlie is most at home. He’s had many, many a ride on those [...] [...] swings are on a playground on the part of the Jersey shore where we go every year, and that is the place where Charlie is most at home. He’s had many, many a ride on those [...]

]]> By: ange http://www.blisstree.com/articles/back-in-the-ocean-and-no-more-holding-hands/comment-page-1/#comment-560759 ange Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:38:21 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/back-in-the-ocean-and-no-more-holding-hands/#comment-560759 This summer was Bubba's 2nd trip to the ocean... the current was too stong one day and there was a threat of rip tides. The guards said for them to stay in knee deep water, and Bubba kept venturing out farther, with me close behind gesturing and stern. "But mom, I am OK! I am OK!" he kept yelling at me as I kept grabbing for him and sternly telling him to stay by me. "But *I'm* not!!!" I told him. The anxiety was too much for me. He couldn't see the threat of danger and I couldn't see past it.... what a pair we are! This summer was Bubba’s 2nd trip to the ocean… the current was too stong one day and there was a threat of rip tides. The guards said for them to stay in knee deep water, and Bubba kept venturing out farther, with me close behind gesturing and stern. “But mom, I am OK! I am OK!” he kept yelling at me as I kept grabbing for him and sternly telling him to stay by me. “But *I’m* not!!!” I told him. The anxiety was too much for me.

He couldn’t see the threat of danger and I couldn’t see past it…. what a pair we are!

]]> By: Marla http://www.blisstree.com/articles/back-in-the-ocean-and-no-more-holding-hands/comment-page-1/#comment-557321 Marla Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:50:39 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/back-in-the-ocean-and-no-more-holding-hands/#comment-557321 Sounds wonderful! I am so happy you all can share the ocean together. It is fun to see Charlie and Maizie growing up and taking the lead and yet it makes me sad some days. Especially since M is our only and no doubt our last. Sounds wonderful! I am so happy you all can share the ocean together. It is fun to see Charlie and Maizie growing up and taking the lead and yet it makes me sad some days. Especially since M is our only and no doubt our last.

]]> By: Kristina Chew, PhD http://www.blisstree.com/articles/back-in-the-ocean-and-no-more-holding-hands/comment-page-1/#comment-558909 Kristina Chew, PhD Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:34:11 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/back-in-the-ocean-and-no-more-holding-hands/#comment-558909 I've been in touch with a friend has two sons who are lifeguards----am hoping we can figure out how to teach Charlie about the flags as a boundary. I’ve been in touch with a friend has two sons who are lifeguards—-am hoping we can figure out how to teach Charlie about the flags as a boundary.

]]> By: Leanne http://www.blisstree.com/articles/back-in-the-ocean-and-no-more-holding-hands/comment-page-1/#comment-548553 Leanne Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:33:17 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/back-in-the-ocean-and-no-more-holding-hands/#comment-548553 Patrick will get his first real ocean swim this summer. He's a fish in the pool so, I may be wrong but, I'm assuming he'll very much enjoy the ocean. Still not sure how we're going to stop him from swimming out into the great blue yonder.... Patrick will get his first real ocean swim this summer. He’s a fish in the pool so, I may be wrong but, I’m assuming he’ll very much enjoy the ocean. Still not sure how we’re going to stop him from swimming out into the great blue yonder….

]]> By: Maddy http://www.blisstree.com/articles/back-in-the-ocean-and-no-more-holding-hands/comment-page-1/#comment-551169 Maddy Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:19:25 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/back-in-the-ocean-and-no-more-holding-hands/#comment-551169 I'm with abfh, just make sure he or she is an Olympian. Cheers I’m with abfh, just make sure he or she is an Olympian.
Cheers

]]> By: abfh http://www.blisstree.com/articles/back-in-the-ocean-and-no-more-holding-hands/comment-page-1/#comment-557283 abfh Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:25:17 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/back-in-the-ocean-and-no-more-holding-hands/#comment-557283 Perhaps you could hire a teenager with some lifeguarding experience to swim with Charlie. Perhaps you could hire a teenager with some lifeguarding experience to swim with Charlie.

]]> By: laurentius-rex http://www.blisstree.com/articles/back-in-the-ocean-and-no-more-holding-hands/comment-page-1/#comment-558901 laurentius-rex Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:44:13 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/back-in-the-ocean-and-no-more-holding-hands/#comment-558901 I have yet to swim in the Ocean, I expect that when I do I will drown, and my opportunity is coming next week to swim in that open sewer that calls itself the North Sea, providing I can find somewhere to stash my cell phone and wallet that is. Yesterday I had the misfortune to swim in pool full of unruly kids, all of them stronger swimmers than me, they simply had no appreciation for the difficulties they were causing a weak swimmer by infringing lane discipline and generally getting in the way. Appreciation not only for ones own safety is important but that of the safety of other swimmers too. I am just trying to make the best of being a late swimmer, I really regret not having learnt at the optimum age because much as I enjoy the feeling of release from gravity that being in the water gives me, I still have to think about every stroke. I have yet to swim in the Ocean, I expect that when I do I will drown, and my opportunity is coming next week to swim in that open sewer that calls itself the North Sea, providing I can find somewhere to stash my cell phone and wallet that is.

Yesterday I had the misfortune to swim in pool full of unruly kids, all of them stronger swimmers than me, they simply had no appreciation for the difficulties they were causing a weak swimmer by infringing lane discipline and generally getting in the way.

Appreciation not only for ones own safety is important but that of the safety of other swimmers too.

I am just trying to make the best of being a late swimmer, I really regret not having learnt at the optimum age because much as I enjoy the feeling of release from gravity that being in the water gives me, I still have to think about every stroke.

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