tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22878815.post1596521217218510195..comments2008-08-17T07:40:31.723-05:00Rob Rummel-Hudsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15462451435441751837noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22878815.post-53606970768630238462008-08-17T07:37:00.000-05:002008-08-17T07:37:00.000-05:00I was trying to think of some good child swear words for Schuyler, but I couldn't. I've forgotten them all. As soon as I was allowed to use adult swear words, the child versions left my brain. It's like when I was given a calculator in school: all knowledge of long division disappeared.<BR/><BR/>The only non-offensive phrase I use is when I make a stupid mistake (usually transposing numbers when I'm reading them out) and I call it a brainfart.kjuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17391715216517287885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22878815.post-55702984394033566922008-07-30T17:31:00.000-05:002008-07-30T17:31:00.000-05:00Awesome. All kids need age appropriate words, including the inappropriate ones and swears too. If they "say" them at the wrong time, in front of the wrong people then they get in trouble. Just like any other kid. Who are we to eliminate opportunities to learn social skills by depriving students language?<BR/><BR/>I teach teenagers who use AAC. The SLP and I always include words/phrases like burp, fart, shut up, buzz off, no you didn't, talk to the hand, etc.<BR/><BR/>A few years ago an instructional assistant reported me to my boss because the kids were calling her a farthead (using AAC). I was called on the carpet. I explained three things 1) the SLP programmed that not me, 2) disabled does not mean angel and we have no right to program devices as if it does, 3) this was actually NOT age appropriate, typical teenagers would have called her a bitch.<BR/><BR/>In the end the aide was moved to another room. Farthead continues to be a popular word. Right now the kids can only "say" bitch if they can spell it out.Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05513289226118469583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22878815.post-44461810519152934852008-07-30T02:05:00.000-05:002008-07-30T02:05:00.000-05:00You rock!<BR/><BR/>I really want to know what the Icons look like too.Janettewww.kintropy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22878815.post-83983164774405434132008-07-29T21:31:00.000-05:002008-07-29T21:31:00.000-05:00I am here to tell everyone that Rob's speech at the conference was a wonderful success! You could hear a pin drop in the audience and there was very little fidgeting or getting up to leave. As with the writing, his speaking was very powerful and you really felt like you knew this family. Schuyler got up and even gave all 500 of us a hi. Hey, I think it would have been very appropriate to include this icon story in the speech! I know it would have gone over very well.<BR/><BR/>On a different note, I love to tell people I consult with to give the kids things to say that their peers are saying. I love it that you did this for her as nothing else quite expresses feelings like a few well placed swear words. <BR/><BR/>Question: What does this mean????<BR/>""On the Importance of Adding Scatological References to Assistive Technology: Case Study" :"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22878815.post-1195091254379730862008-07-29T15:57:00.000-05:002008-07-29T15:57:00.000-05:00Classic - but you left out the rest of the song, which my dad used to sing: "Beans, beans, the musical fruit! The more you eat, the more you toot! The more you toot, the better you feel! Let's have beans with every meal!" Oh yeah, my mom loved it when he sang that at the dinner table every time she served baked beans!Theresanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22878815.post-26059863910046780082008-07-27T05:35:00.000-05:002008-07-27T05:35:00.000-05:00Here is another rhyme for Schuyler.<BR/><BR/>Beans, beans are good for the heart,<BR/>The more you eat, the more you fart.<BR/>The more you fart, the more you eat,<BR/>The more you sit on the toilet seat!<BR/><BR/>and <BR/><BR/>The cat crept into the crypt,<BR/>Crapped, and crept out again.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Love Smelly HeadClairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18101092105052176177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22878815.post-17413820699808525802008-07-26T12:16:00.000-05:002008-07-26T12:16:00.000-05:00You should really teach her the IMPORTANT 7/8 year old words.<BR/><BR/>Things like "booger miner" and "fart farmer", for example.<BR/><BR/>My 7 year old daughter feels that "flarp underwear" is also giggle worthy.<BR/><BR/>I have no idea what it means.rennratthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08258514296905380163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22878815.post-66080499198273783282008-07-25T13:03:00.000-05:002008-07-25T13:03:00.000-05:00<I>"well, yeah, what's one of the first things you want [to learn how to say] when you meet someone who speaks another langauage?...</I><BR/><BR/>That, or <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/nodotus/hbglass.html" REL="nofollow">this</A>.<BR/><BR/>Seriously, Rob, you did the right thing.<BR/><BR/>Summertime boredom hits every kid, and I'm sure more so for Schuyler who has to go to extra effort to communicate with neurotypical kids. In Texas especially, where it's hot and humid, the last part of summer just makes you want to nap. But I do vaguely remember getting into absurd but absorbing crafty or outdoorsy projects at that time of year. Maybe Schuyler could make a castle for crickets, or give her dolls (if she has dolls, or stuffed animals) new hairdos with food coloring, or build a chess set out of Play-Doh or something. I realize she's still young enough to need adult supervision for many crafts, so that does make it tougher...Amyhttp://cheminmoyen.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22878815.post-18021270352752596922008-07-24T11:18:00.000-05:002008-07-24T11:18:00.000-05:00Thanks for the idea Rob and Schuyler!!!<BR/><BR/>http://peanutandsweetpea.blogspot.com/PeanutandSweetPeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01560024143212136970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22878815.post-7012458590597304192008-07-24T09:48:00.000-05:002008-07-24T09:48:00.000-05:00"I don't think there's really an uncool parent in this house, at least not in the sense that one of us is the goofball and the other is the hardass."<BR/><BR/>Not knowing Julie or much about her, I certainly didn't mean to blindly label her uncool - it just seems that that is usually the scenario in most households. Someone being the bad cop. Glad to hear you both have a sense of humor and a great relationship with your daughter! Schuyler was born into the right family!Sarah Wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22878815.post-76943816023778339362008-07-24T09:20:00.000-05:002008-07-24T09:20:00.000-05:00Ah, absolutely, one NEEDS to know those kind of words. :-)<BR/><BR/>It's from an entirely different arena, but this all reminded me of a little scene from a play I was involved with once, with American and Chinese students befriending each other; one of the best scenes in it began with the Americans teaching the Chinese students the word "shit", saying it was "a VERY useful word".<BR/><BR/>I remarked on the scene to the playwright, and he just grinned and said, "well, yeah, what's one of the first things you want ask when you meet someone who speaks another langauage? How to cuss!"queencallipygoshttp://queencallipygos.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22878815.post-9435962097594909352008-07-24T09:06:00.000-05:002008-07-24T09:06:00.000-05:00I don't write about it much since it's not my story to tell, but Julie and Schuyler have a pretty similar relationship to the one that I have with her. I don't think there's really an uncool parent in this house, at least not in the sense that one of us is the goofball and the other is the hardass. No bad cops around here.Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15462451435441751837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22878815.post-56893713545943155012008-07-24T09:02:00.000-05:002008-07-24T09:02:00.000-05:00My question had less to do with the actually BBoW additions and more to do with you being the cool, laid-back dad. As I said, I envision the me of the future being the uptight, 'uncool' parent - and I just wondered if Julie ever feels that way since you and Schuyler have this great, goofy relationship.<BR/><BR/>No judgement :) Just wondered how that dynamic plays out in your family.Sarah Wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22878815.post-2214451554421794362008-07-23T04:18:00.000-05:002008-07-23T04:18:00.000-05:00I am willing to pay money to fly all the way from south africa just for the puppet show...<BR/>great post!lieslnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22878815.post-22038483730922571192008-07-23T01:09:00.000-05:002008-07-23T01:09:00.000-05:00Must be a regional difference; it was magical fruit where I grew up. And really, magical makes more sense. The bean itself is not musical, but the effect it has on you? Pure magic...Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15462451435441751837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22878815.post-5874819854807836082008-07-23T01:07:00.001-05:002008-07-23T01:07:00.001-05:00Oh, also? If you're really into laughing at the farts, I recommend locating a fart machine with remote control. HOURS of fun, that thing.Kinziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10634095132825001059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22878815.post-31755310448044979822008-07-23T01:07:00.000-05:002008-07-23T01:07:00.000-05:00It's <I>musical</I> fruit, Rob. :)<BR/><BR/>I said "fartknocker" in front of the girls, which is one my mom used to use liberally. They have modified it to sometimes say "snotknocker" instead, which cracks me up.Kinziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10634095132825001059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22878815.post-35856876642103596532008-07-22T14:34:00.000-05:002008-07-22T14:34:00.000-05:00<I>Oh yeah, there's always vacation Bible school.</I><BR/><BR/>Only if I can send her as an agent of rebuttal.Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15462451435441751837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22878815.post-81624559908880501602008-07-22T14:18:00.000-05:002008-07-22T14:18:00.000-05:00Summertime boredom! It's as much a part of childhood as learning exciting new words like "monkeyfart" and kicking the back of the car seat until your father tells you to cut it out or he's going to stop the car and then you'll be sorry.<BR/>One way to relieve summer boredom is signing the kids up for lessons: riding lessons, trombone lessons, samurai sword-fighting lessons. Whatever.<BR/>Day camp might not have worked out but there are probably summer activities in your town for kids. The library probably has crafts, movies and reading groups for kids your daughter's age.<BR/>Here in my town they have something called Junior Book Explorers or some such thing. The kids shelve books and help the full-fledged librarians for a few hours a week. At the end of the summer they have a trip to an amusement park.<BR/>Oh yeah, there's always vacation Bible school. I used to threaten my kids with that when they were younger. It worked like a charm in stopping whining complaints of having nothing to do...<BR/>-SuzanneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22878815.post-17429390331113448002008-07-22T09:06:00.000-05:002008-07-22T09:06:00.000-05:00i only just found your blog a few days ago, but i have to say that reading about you and schuyler and the way you interact together delights me! absolutely DELIGHTS me! for all that schuyler is "broken", she sounds far more wonderful than the majority of "whole" kids i have met. monkey fart. seriously. what kid would be complete without the term 'monkey fart' in their repertoire? :DChaos Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10917977755075008711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22878815.post-84142746581089927642008-07-22T07:47:00.000-05:002008-07-22T07:47:00.000-05:00To me language/ words are enpowering for Schuyler. These are words that she hears everyday. Either through t.v., books or even songs. We are putting an icon with those words. Plus, she is in the 3rd grade now. She'll hear them eventually, probably on the playground.Julienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22878815.post-92029518153023609622008-07-22T06:42:00.000-05:002008-07-22T06:42:00.000-05:00HAHA! Love it! We keep joking that we need to program some "words of anger" on Mason's device...you can just tell that if he could talk, there are times he'd be seriously telling people off! Thanks for the laugh, Rob! I needed one this week!Monroegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040787502614347664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22878815.post-32492392436878351272008-07-21T19:22:00.000-05:002008-07-21T19:22:00.000-05:00Well I don't know about other people, but some of my fondest childhood memories are of my Dad teaching me a wide variety of dirty limericks.<BR/><BR/><I> In days of old...</I>Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07325224715022828659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22878815.post-6373773504174104422008-07-21T19:16:00.000-05:002008-07-21T19:16:00.000-05:00My extreme sleep deprivation is on full display, I left the same comment on your previous post. I'm really just tired, not someone trying to really really make a point.Hethahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09185523086301601976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22878815.post-13149147723879454512008-07-21T19:13:00.000-05:002008-07-21T19:13:00.000-05:00She is so psyched to have you for a dad. Most people are wound a little too tight to have that type of fun with their kids, neurotypical or not. <BR/><BR/>I thought you would be interested to know that our deaf school here in Cincinnati has a class for students (hearing and deaf) with severe language issues like apraxia and aphasia. My little guy is going there this fall for preschool and he'll be one of the only deaf kids in his class, the others are hearing but have trouble speaking. I think deaf schools are seeing a need to market to new types of students due to a decrease in enrollment, which is due in large part to the high number of deaf children getting cochlear implants. <BR/><BR/>Sorry to ramble ;-)Hethahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09185523086301601976noreply@blogger.com