Comments on: The World Turned Upside Down http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-world-turned-upside-down/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:07:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Top 10 Things I’ve Learned from Charlie and from being Charlie’s Mother http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-world-turned-upside-down/comment-page-1/#comment-546194 Top 10 Things I’ve Learned from Charlie and from being Charlie’s Mother Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:08:58 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/the-world-turned-upside-down/#comment-546194 [...] I’ve seen the world turned upside down and like the new [...] [...] I’ve seen the world turned upside down and like the new [...]

]]> By: No Two Snowflakes (or Boys) Are Alike http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-world-turned-upside-down/comment-page-1/#comment-543317 No Two Snowflakes (or Boys) Are Alike Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:53:35 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/the-world-turned-upside-down/#comment-543317 [...] perspective (just as, when autism became part of our lives, it seemed that the world was turned upside down) —and you can see something really different. Like [...] [...] perspective (just as, when autism became part of our lives, it seemed that the world was turned upside down) —and you can see something really different. Like [...]

]]> By: It Depends On Your Perspective http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-world-turned-upside-down/comment-page-1/#comment-537906 It Depends On Your Perspective Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:36:50 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/the-world-turned-upside-down/#comment-537906 [...] What is “normal” and what is not? When is the world turned upside down? [...] [...] What is “normal” and what is not? When is the world turned upside down? [...]

]]> By: Daisy http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-world-turned-upside-down/comment-page-1/#comment-536006 Daisy Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:29:31 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/the-world-turned-upside-down/#comment-536006 Changing magnetic poles? Read "Reading the Rocks" by Marcia Bjornerud for a great geological look at similar phenomena in the history of our planet. Changing magnetic poles? Read “Reading the Rocks” by Marcia Bjornerud for a great geological look at similar phenomena in the history of our planet.

]]> By: Kristina Chew, PhD http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-world-turned-upside-down/comment-page-1/#comment-535983 Kristina Chew, PhD Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:59:04 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/the-world-turned-upside-down/#comment-535983 Adele, I have heard of Eating an Artichoke and find the analogy intriguing----I alluded to it <a href="http://www.kristinachew.com/autism/2005/12/the_taste_of_sn.html">here</a>! Adele, I have heard of Eating an Artichoke and find the analogy intriguing—-I alluded to it here!

]]> By: Irene http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-world-turned-upside-down/comment-page-1/#comment-535981 Irene Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:43:31 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/the-world-turned-upside-down/#comment-535981 Yes, very much so. I think primarily because we weren't even sure what autism was. We said, "Okay, he has autism. How do we fix it?" Starting there, we had a lot to work through not just personally but with family and friends. How had we been so sheltered? Anyway, I love this post on perspective and am semi-curious about the swapping poles idea. I think I like "upside-down" in the figurative sense better. We'll see! Yes, very much so. I think primarily because we weren’t even sure what autism was. We said, “Okay, he has autism. How do we fix it?” Starting there, we had a lot to work through not just personally but with family and friends. How had we been so sheltered? Anyway, I love this post on perspective and am semi-curious about the swapping poles idea. I think I like “upside-down” in the figurative sense better. We’ll see!

]]> By: Kristina Chew, PhD http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-world-turned-upside-down/comment-page-1/#comment-535972 Kristina Chew, PhD Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:59:12 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/the-world-turned-upside-down/#comment-535972 Maybe it got lost in some magnetic field reversal......... that would be something to live through! Maybe it got lost in some magnetic field reversal……… that would be something to live through!

]]> By: Club 166 http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-world-turned-upside-down/comment-page-1/#comment-535968 Club 166 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:37:02 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/the-world-turned-upside-down/#comment-535968 It appears my last post got lost somewhere, so I'll repeat it. On the lighter side, 1 to 5 times every million years, the world's magnetic field reverses itself, and north becomes south, and vice-versa. Some feel that this may happen soon. When this next happens, the map you linked would become the new map of the world! Joe It appears my last post got lost somewhere, so I’ll repeat it.

On the lighter side, 1 to 5 times every million years, the world’s magnetic field reverses itself, and north becomes south, and vice-versa. Some feel that this may happen soon.

When this next happens, the map you linked would become the new map of the world!

Joe

]]> By: Ms Clark http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-world-turned-upside-down/comment-page-1/#comment-535958 Ms Clark Fri, 29 Jun 2007 03:09:34 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/the-world-turned-upside-down/#comment-535958 I guess my mind can't cope with putting the word "died" in there I meant: I was sure then and at other times of worry, that if my child died, the entire universe, not my universe but the entire real universe would be destroyed. I guess my mind can’t cope with putting the word “died” in there I meant:

I was sure then and at other times of worry, that if my child died, the entire universe, not my universe but the entire real universe would be destroyed.

]]> By: Ms Clark http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-world-turned-upside-down/comment-page-1/#comment-535956 Ms Clark Fri, 29 Jun 2007 03:08:01 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/the-world-turned-upside-down/#comment-535956 There have been points in my life where I wasn't sure if my ASD kid would live another 2 minutes (only happened a couple of times). I was sure then and at other times that if my child the entire universe, not my universe but the entire real universe would be destroyed. Not literally, but that's how horrified I was at the idea that my child might die. That's when I saw the fate of the universe, not just the position of countries on a map, at stake. Getting any other diagnosis related to may child was a walk in the park compared to that "unsettling" (no, starkly terrifying) experience. Maybe that's why I can't get this business of "I thought my life was over when my kid got an autism dx," that I hear some parents express. Not that they have no right to feel that way, but I can not relate to it. There have been points in my life where I wasn’t sure if my ASD kid would live another 2 minutes (only happened a couple of times). I was sure then and at other times that if my child the entire universe, not my universe but the entire real universe would be destroyed. Not literally, but that’s how horrified I was at the idea that my child might die.

That’s when I saw the fate of the universe, not just the position of countries on a map, at stake. Getting any other diagnosis related to may child was a walk in the park compared to that “unsettling” (no, starkly terrifying) experience.

Maybe that’s why I can’t get this business of “I thought my life was over when my kid got an autism dx,” that I hear some parents express. Not that they have no right to feel that way, but I can not relate to it.

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