MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'autonomy'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:01:07 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4984452&cid=t_107393_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fbending-the-cost-curve-in-cancer-care-reduce-excessive-testing-for-reassurance-purposes%2F2011.06.29 This is the second in a series of posts on Bending the Cost Curve in Cancer Care. We should consider the proposal, published in the NEJM, gradually over the course of this summer, starting with “suggested changes in oncologists’ behavior,” #1: 1. Target surveillance testing or imaging to situations in which a benefit has been shown. This point concerns the costs of doctors routinely ordering CTs, MRIs and other imaging exams, besides blood tests, for patients who’ve completed a course of cancer treatment and are thought to be in remission. The NEJM authors consider that after a cancer diagnosis many patients, understandably, seek reassurance that any recurrence will be detected early, if it happens. Doctors, for their part, may not fully appreciate the lack of benefit of detecting ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4984452 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:00:37 +0100 4984452 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4952847&cid=t_107393_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Ftension-between-physician-autonomy-and-adherence-to-protocols%2F2011.06.20 Doctors are professionals.  But are doctors cowboys or pit crews?  Recently, physician writer, Dr. Atul Gawande, spoke about the challenges for the next generation of doctors in his commencement speech titled, Cowboys and Pit Crews, at Harvard Medical School.  Gawande notes that advancement of knowledge in American medicine has resulted in an amazing ability to provide care that was impossible a century ago.  Yet, something else also occurred in the process. “[Medicine’s complexity] has exceeded our individual capabilities as doctors… The core structure of medicine—how health care is organized and practiced—emerged in an era when doctors could hold all the key information patients needed in their heads and manage everything required themselves. One needed only an ethic of har... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4952847 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:00:00 +0100 4952847 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934165&cid=t_107393_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-next-generation-of-physicians-wont-be-frustrated-by-losing-the-autonomy-they-never-had%2F2011.06.15 At this writing, I am in Atlanta visiting our daughter at Emory University. This may be the only college campus in the nation where you can’t buy Pepsi. Coke is King here. If you don’t know this, do some due diligence before you or someone you love interviews here. I remember a few decades interviewing at the medical school here. There are only 2 medical school interviews that I recall after all these years. At N.Y.U. School of Medicine, the canny interviewer asked me what the death rate of Americans is. I correctly responded, “100%”. I suppose that untangling enigmatic questions was an N.Y.U. admission requirement, since they did accept me, and I did attend. The other medical school interview I still recall was at Emory, although it’s not the questions I remember. Their unique i... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934165 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:00:00 +0100 4934165 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4902422&cid=t_107393_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fa-young-person-refuses-life-saving-treatment-is-that-ok%2F2011.06.05 Discussion: (more…) *This blog post was originally published at Movin' Meat* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4902422 Sun, 05 Jun 2011 19:00:00 +0100 4902422 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4658385&cid=t_107393_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-salzberg-statement-patients-must-be-involved-in-healthcare-decisions%2F2011.03.30 Last Thursday at the headquarters of the British Medical Journal in London, an important announcement will be made about patients’ rights to be actively involved in decisions about their treatment. Below is the press release about it. The subject is shared decision making, which we’ve been posting about recently (series here; initial post here.) Developed by the participants in a Salzburg Global Seminar last December, the document is called the Salzburg Statement. The pivotal distinction here is the difference between informed consent, in which the physician assesses the options and selects one, and gets your consent to do it; and informed choice, in which clinicians tell you the options, with all the pros and cons, and let you choose, based on your preferences. Click the image to do... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4658385 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:00:46 +0100 4658385 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3957912&cid=t_107393_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fletting-doctors-care-for-their-patients%2F2010.09.10 “Ouch! That really hurts! You win, please stop torquing my arm behind my back. “Uncle! I said, Uncle!!” Yes, the threshold has been reached. We docs no longer need a tennis court or a Mercedes, our kids are fine in public schools, and we will happily buy our own damn pens. But, please, just give us some modicum of autonomy. Throw us a measly scrap and let us take care of our patients as we see best. Like Dr. Saul Greenfield so beautifully said today in the Wall Street Journal. The paragraph that stood out the most for me is as follows: Physician autonomy is a major defense against those who comfortably sit in remote offices and make calculations based on concerns other than an individual patient’s welfare. Uniformity of practice is a nonsensical goal that fails to a... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3957912 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 22:00:00 +0100 3957912 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3938292&cid=t_107393_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fdr-saul-greenfield-editorial-arguing-physician-autonomy-criminal-act%2F Pediatric Urologist Dr. Saul Greenfield has a spirited defense of physician autonomy, argues that physicians are not the patient’s enemy in trying to provide quality care, and is not so sure that the newly minted office of Comparative Effectiveness in the Obama healthcare plan is well thought out. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3938292 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:44 +0100 3938292 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3757854&cid=t_107393_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fu_La3ZVDX8g%2F By Andrew J. CoulsonRick Hess has written recently about education policy in the republic of Georgia, describing it as “guaranteed to bring smiles to my friends at the Cato Institute.” Hess characterizes it as a “market-driven system,” and “a seemingly elegant market design,” that has been undermined by a lack of autonomy for schools, “incoherent governance,” and “the reluctance of state officials to keep their hands off the schools.” Can’t say that this description has me cracking open the bubbly. To the problems Hess has already identified, we could add the fact that there is a national curriculum that even the nation’s voucherized schools must apparently use as the basis for their plan of instruction. The secon... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3757854 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:34:36 +0100 3757854 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3408344&cid=t_107393_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWomensBioethicsBlog%2F%7E3%2Fw2yS8Ec3IoQ%2Flesson-learned-hard-way-by-nadya.html Nadya Suleman (a/k/a ‘Octomom’) shares the lessons she’s learned the hard way—with PETA helping her out, too. Nadya Suleman is the infamous single California woman at the center of an ethical firestorm because of her use of assisted reproductive technologies to implant IVF embryos and carry 8 babies, all at once, to term.  In addition to this, she had 6 children at home, all brought into being with the help of IVF.  Her actions and the actions of the physician who implanted 6 embryos (2 split to become twins) prompted an outcry in the medical ethics community, prompting questions such as “How far does reproductive autonomy go?” and “How many children is too many?” As I had noted in a blog entry here previously, there are multiple ethical considerations at play w... Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3408344 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:57:52 +0100 3408344 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3403841&cid=t_107393_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWomensBioethicsBlog%2F%7E3%2Fw2yS8Ec3IoQ%2Flesson-learned-hard-way-by-nadya.html In a quick, driveby post, the Associated Press has reported that Nadya Suleman (a/k/a 'Octomom') doesn't want your pet to suffer the same fate:  PETA has negotiated a deal with the "Octomom" Nadya Suleman that allows them to post a PETA sign in her front yard trumping the value of spaying or neutering pets.  The deal was in exchange for a one-time payment and a month's worth of veggie burgers and veggie hot dogs for her and her children.   The full story can be seen here.  Sounds like a win-win situation.  (Source: Women's Bioethics Blog) Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3403841 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:13:38 +0100 3403841 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3273107&cid=t_107393_165_f&fid=37959&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthskills.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F02%2F15%2Fhow-to-judge-a-treatment%2F Last week I discussed an interview with F Sommer Anderson and also discussed aspects of central sensitisation syndromes, and Will Baum from where the client is kindly forwarded me a response by Dr Anderson.  I am going to muse on one or two aspects of her response because they raise issues that I think are relevant to anyone working in health – and more importantly, anyone working in pain management. For Dr Anderson’s website, go here, and for a copy of Dr Anderson’s response to my post, click here (when I learn how to link word docs!) Pain, like many other conditions, is complicated by the fact that it’s invisible – we don’t have any objective measures of pain itself, and we have to rely on behaviours (including verbal self report and movements) to det... HealthSkills Weblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3273107 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:45:22 +0100 3273107 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3231442&cid=t_107393_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWomensBioethicsBlog%2F%7E3%2FNtSnC_Go22M%2Fdesigner-obstetrics-cesarean-section-on.html Should women be able to request a cesarean section to deliver their baby just because they can? Cesarean Section on demand is defined as a primary or first cesarean section at the request of the mother in the absence of any medical or obstetrical indication. A cesarean section is usually done for maternal or fetal reasons in accordance with accepted medical practice and guidelines set forth by the American College of OB/GYN (ACOG). An electively requested cesarean section in an uncomplicated pregnancy has traditionally been considered inappropriate and not done by most obstetricians. However, in recent years this belief has been challenged and more obstetricians are honoring their patients decisions. ACOG, in their committee opinion No. 394, December 2007, outlines the most recent guidel... Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3231442 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:36:49 +0100 3231442 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3018942&cid=t_107393_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F11%2F23%2Fjournal-of-medical-ethics-2009-vol-35-no-11%2F content page Fade Fave: Autonomy at the end of life: life-prolonging treatment in nursing homes—relatives’ role in the decision-making process Fade Skinny: The increasing number of elderly people in nursing homes with failing competence to give consent represents a great challenge to healthcare staff’s protection of patient autonomy in the issues of life-prolonging treatment, hydration, nutrition and hospitalisation. The lack of national guidelines and internal routines can threaten the protection of patient autonomy. (NHS Athens is required to access this article online) Posted in Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals, Journals Tagged: Athens Password, Autonomy, Current Awareness, Decision Making, E-Journals, End of Life, Nursing Homes (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3018942 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:02:56 +0100 3018942 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2901743&cid=t_107393_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2Fk9HbWp6aCX8%2F MaRS (a Toronto-based innovation center) has just announced the Ontario Innovation Summit: The Business of Aging to “feature some of the world’s top experts focused on the many issues that the aging of the global population poses for communities, governments, academic and healthcare institutions, and businesses.” Topics: - Innovation in an Age Friendly Society: Interconnected Challenges and Opportunities - Rethinking Technology & Community: Optimizing our Economic Contributions and Enhancing Quality of Life - Maintaining Autonomy: The Brain Fitness Movement - Public Policy Impact: Putting Innovation to Work across the Continuum of Aging - Commitment to Action The conference will host special keynote appearances by the Hon. Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario, and Dr... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2901743 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:11:01 +0100 2901743 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2796406&cid=t_107393_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fp3f96edsLYc%2F Duncan “Atrios” Black sums up and amplifies on a much longer post by Salon’s Glenn Greenwald as follows: Just adding on to Glenn’s post, much opposition to the government actually doing anything decent for people comes from the idea that the government is going to take my tax money and give it to people who don’t deserve it. The problem is that for decades the Dems have tried to get around this by making sure policies and programs were relatively small and incremental, everything targeted and means tested. But doing that effectively confirmed the critics’ point. The big (giant) government programs which are most popular are the ones which are universal – Social Security and Medicare – and other less controversial government programs, like hig... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2796406 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:36:02 +0100 2796406 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2768727&cid=t_107393_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FpsjwziqkGe0%2F The July/ August 2009 issue of The Journal on Active Aging includes my article Why We Need to Retool "Use It Or Lose It" An excerpt: "By now you have probably heard about brain plasticity, the lifelong capacity of the brain to change and rewire itself in response to the stimulation of learning and experience. The latest scientific research shows that specific lifestyles and actions can improve the health and level of functioning of our brains, no matter our age. Of particular importance to maintaining cognitive functioning through life are the hippocampus (deep inside the brain, part of what is called the limbic system), which plays a role in learning and memory; and the frontal lobes (behind your forehead), which are key to maintaining decision-making and autonomy. Is ther... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2768727 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:06:41 +0100 2768727 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2699822&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fdr-thomas-interview-at-hesfes.html From Education Otherwise's YouTube channel:Dr Thomas is a developmental psychologist, author and a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Education. Interviewed at HESFES, Dr Thomas explains about his research into how children learn and his investigation into autonomous, or informal learning. (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2699822 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:39:00 +0100 2699822 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2387103&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F8BfdI1D1eIM%2F I was sad not to have girls only because I love clothes. I could imagine adorable dresses… sparkly sandals… flowery headbands. Oh, well. I love my boys and it turns out I love not having daily clothing wars, like my friends who have daughters. There have been a few clashes, of course. Ned refused to wear overalls starting at age 2. (”That’s for BABY,” he declared.) And around age 5, Alex decided he would only wear black t-shirts. Black t-shirt (photo courtesy Kansir, flickr.com) Fine, I thought. Even though Alex and Ned mostly don’t seem to care what they wear, they have occasional outbursts of opinion. I was kind of relieved that Alex had a preference. Except that it’s not all that easy to find black t-shirts in very small sizes — especially... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2387103 Mon, 04 May 2009 01:42:30 +0100 2387103 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2167715&cid=t_107393_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FWomensBioethicsBlog%2F%7E3%2F534519323%2Foctuplets-mother-speaks-out.html Nadya Suleman, mother of the recent octuplets born in California, has done her first interview with a major news outlet. (Although Suleman was seeking USD 2 million for the interview, NBC maintains that they did not pay her. However, that doesn't rule out "compensation" in other forms.) Unfortunately, Suleman's interview has continued to raise, rather than answer, questions. Foremost among them, for me, is her claim that she had six embryos implants per IVF procedure. This... simply does not ring true. Or at least plausible, if she was using a US fertility expert. Consider this: in order to have done so, this means Suleman would have needed to find, at age 26, a fertility doctor who would implant six embryos. ASRM guidelines are no more than 3 embryos for a woman under the age of 35, and t... Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2167715 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:30:40 +0100 2167715 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2167716&cid=t_107393_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FWomensBioethicsBlog%2F%7E3%2F533603303%2Fmore-on-octuplets.html Our friend and supporter, Art Caplan, sheds some more light on the ethical implications of the octuplets in his Philly op-ed: "Something has gone terribly wrong when a 33-year-old single woman - who has no home of her own, no job, and a mother who worries her daughter is "obsessed" with having children - winds up with 14 of them. And all are under age 8, including eight newborn babies now in a neonatal nursery in various states of prematurity. Examining what exactly went wrong may shed some light on what ought to be done. If doctors cannot prevent such a shambles from recurring, then society must.The woman in question, Nadya Suleman, lives with her parents in a small home near Los Angeles. She has had infertility problems linked to blocked Fallopian tubes. She can make eggs, but they canno... Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2167716 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:19:05 +0100 2167716 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2156534&cid=t_107393_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FWomensBioethicsBlog%2F%7E3%2F530649106%2Freproductive-autonomy-runs-amok.html In a follow-up post to Kelly's previous post, it seems that Nadya Suleman's use of IVF technology is clear misuse and abuse of ARTs (Assisted Reproductive Technologies). The doctor who implanted the embryos should be investigated, because in helping this woman become pregnant with 8 children, he or she violated one of the basic tenets of medicine -- "Do No Harm". Hopefully, the Board of Medical Licensure will investigate and determine what the possible motivation was for this doctor's actions, whether it was a one time lapse in judgment due to extreme personal difficulties, or if it represents a small part of a larger pattern of unethical behavior and practice for the doctor and the fertility clinic.There are multiple ethical considerations at play when an IVF specialist is approached by a... Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2156534 Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:49:00 +0100 2156534 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2152997&cid=t_107393_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FWomensBioethicsBlog%2F%7E3%2F529523527%2Fhow-many-is-too-many.html Unless you've been hiding under a rock this last week, you're aware of the octuplets born to California single mom Nadya Suleman, and the intense ethical debate surrounding her pregnancy. Even before it was revealed that she has six other children (apparently all from IVF, although details are a bit fuzzy), medical experts were ready to lynch the IVF specialist who implanted that many embryos into Ms. Suleman. And since then, the information that has come out has been more and more dismaying. The problem is, much of the information coming out is still speculation, and few solid facts are known. This makes it difficult to do more than speculate and contribute to the signal to noise ratio, which at the moment is definitely loudly on the side of noise.So rather than continue to discuss the pa... Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2152997 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:02:46 +0100 2152997 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2067666&cid=t_107393_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FWomensBioethicsBlog%2F%7E3%2F496290106%2Fon-ending-periods.html American Journal of Bioethics' Editor-in-Chief Glenn McGee writes a thoughtful, fascinating. and provocative column on human nature and the end of periods in the Scientist today:"For decades, fertility research has successfully decoupled sex from reproduction, forever altering women's position and power in the developed world. Among all methods of contraception, none is as well known or influential as 'the pill.' Now, its power has been kicked up a notch, and the pill is poised to do what some say will disrupt the very nature of the XX sex. This leaves us with one question: In the next step of the evolution of women's contraception, should we eliminate the last major physical manifestation of the reproductive cycle, menstruation?"For the complete article, click here. And to let us know wha... Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2067666 Sat, 27 Dec 2008 12:59:22 +0100 2067666 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1873101&cid=t_107393_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FWomensBioethicsBlog%2F%7E3%2F418745132%2Fquestion-of-embryos-and-legal-status.html What constitutes 'a person' under the law? At first glance, this seems such a simple question; however, the more I think about this, and the more I investigate, I am realizing that there is not a clear answer. There clearly has not been a consensus amongst the legal and scientific communities. Recently the Los Angeles Times examined the issues surrounding leftover frozen embryos. Many couples in the United States with frozen embryos leftover from fertility treatments are “finding themselves ensnared in a debate about when life begins”. These couples have three choices: discard them, donate them to research or donate them to another couple for potential pregnancy. There are initiatives in several states that seek to protect embryos. One of these initiatives defines a fertilized egg as ... Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1873101 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:37:06 +0100 1873101 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1806243&cid=t_107393_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F09%2F19%2Fparents-behavior-can-foster-obsessive-children%2F Another downside to trying to over-control your child’s behavior has been discovered. Parents who do so may put their child at greater risk for obsessive behavior. The new research examined 588 musicians and athletes, ages 6 to 38, who ranged from amateurs to experts in playing a piano or saxophone, or skiing or swimming. The researchers looked at how the participants practiced their hobby or sport, the person’s well-being, and how the parents supported the autonomy and independence of their child. Their findings? “The more controlling parents are, the harder it is for the child to have a harmonious passion for their favorite activity,” said lead researcher Geneviève Mageau. Her concept of supporting autonomy means allowing a child to face up to his or her res... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1806243 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:38:45 +0100 1806243 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1744671&cid=t_107393_111_f&fid=34615&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergiblog.com%2F2008%2F08%2Fchopped-liver-to-the-er-stat.html Oh, this is hilarious! It is so obviously not a real hospital room! The solid white backdrop - no oxygen, no light fixtures, no code button, no intercom. Okay, so maybe they didn’t have those back in the day. It’s hard to see, but there is a piece of tape on the glass bottle that says “Saline”. It looks like the tubing coming from the IV is rubber and about the size of a garden hose. Is there anyone out there who has been in nursing long enough to remember rubber tubing?  I’m embarrassed to say that glass bottles were still in use when I started (and no pleurivacs, either - just three glass bottle water seal drainge!) It seems that they practiced make-up application and used hair arranging as a therapeutic intervention.  That patient looks really sick, doesn... Emergiblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1744671 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:43:18 +0100 1744671 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1746377&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F08%2Fminimally-invasive-education.html Sugata Mitra on how kids teach themselves. "A child is curious by nature; he or she has a natural instinct to make sense of the world around him. The need to explore on their own is a strong motivating aspect that provides the necessary impetus to go ahead with learning." (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1746377 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:22:00 +0100 1746377 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1742902&cid=t_107393_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F378676534%2Fage_with_tom_mcdermotts_touchi.html Over a memorable lunch today with Tom McDermott, I heard about Touching Hearts at Home a care-giving company with innovative approaches to help adults remain fiercely independent as they age. If high levels of freedom would appeal to you long after you draw final curtains at work … you may wish to reconsider your options now.  Who’s not interested in health and autonomy well past their golden years … but did you know that 92% of seniors long to stay in their own homes while far fewer actually make it happen? So what prevents self-sufficiency, for folks who deserve it most?Unfortunately, solvable problems linked to everyday living, tend to barricade many seniors from enjoying independence within their own homes. You’ve likely... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1742902 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:45:23 +0100 1742902 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1739248&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F08%2Fsummerhill-documentary.html "Summerhill School is an independent British boarding school that was founded in 1921 by Alexander Sutherland Neill with the belief that the school should be made to fit the child, rather than the other way around."Watch online: Part 1 - Part 2 (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1739248 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:53:00 +0100 1739248 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1708868&cid=t_107393_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F08%2Fpushing-professional-autonomy-and.html The drive to instill Futile Care Theory is back in high gear after a bit of a respite. But here's a pleasant surprise: One Eric Gampel, a bioethicist from California State University, Chico, pushes back against the concept of imposing "professional autonomy" in the futile care controversy in the journal Bioethics (no link). From the abstract:Despite substantial controversy, the use of futility judgments in medicine is quite common, and has been backed by the implementation of hospital policies and professional guidelines on medical futility.The controversy arises when health care professionals (HCPs) consider a treatment futile which patients or families believe to be worthwhile: should HCPs be free to refuse treatments in such a case, or be required to provide them? Most physicians seem c... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1708868 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:09:00 +0100 1708868 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1526325&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F06%2Flao-tzu-on-education.html The ancient Mastersdidn't try to educate the people,but kindly taught them to not-know.When they think that they know the answers,people are difficult to guide.When they know that they don't know,people can find their own way. (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1526325 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:02:00 +0100 1526325 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1526326&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F06%2Flao-tzu-on-autonomy.html In pursuit of knowledge,every day something is added.In the practice of the Tao,every day something is dropped.Less and less do you need to force things,until finally you arrive at non-action.When nothing is done,nothing is left undone.True mastery can be gainedby letting things go their own way.It can't be gained by interfering. (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1526326 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:55:00 +0100 1526326 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1488318&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F06%2Fchildren-being-in-world.html A film by KB Jinan. See re-cognition and manishjainudr's videos for more. (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1488318 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:48:00 +0100 1488318 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1454492&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F05%2Fjohn-taylor-gatto-interview.html Click here to watch it. (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1454492 Mon, 19 May 2008 23:21:00 +0100 1454492 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1451874&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F05%2Fhome-education-in-sweden.html "One of very few examples of home education in Sweden. Ari is an eight year old boy who is taught by his mother Lovisa. Meet them in their home in the forest! In Swedish with English subtitles." (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1451874 Mon, 19 May 2008 11:25:00 +0100 1451874 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1404148&cid=t_107393_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F279362599%2F , autonomous… what does it mean? From the wikipedia; “Autonomy (Greek: Auto-Nomos - nomos meaning “law”: one who gives oneself his/her own law) is the right to self-government. Autonomy is a concept found in moral, political, and bioethical philosophy. Within these contexts, it refers to the capacity of a rational individual to make an informed, uncoerced decision. In moral and political philosophy, autonomy is often used as the basis for determining moral responsibility for one’s actions. One of the best known philosophical theories of autonomy was developed by Kant. In medicine, respect for the autonomy of patients is an important goal for doctors and other health-care professionals, though it can conflict with a competing ethical principle, beneficence. Pol... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1404148 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:39:03 +0100 1404148 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1158243&cid=t_107393_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomensbioethics.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F01%2Fnys-supreme-court-case-stirs-ethical.html (Source: Women's Bioethics Blog) Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1158243 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:46:00 +0100 1158243 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1096074&cid=t_107393_90_f&fid=34499&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcalifmedicineman.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F12%2Fpatient-internet-use-revisited.html (Source: California Medicine Man) California Medicine Man blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1096074 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:29:00 +0100 1096074 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1094095&cid=t_107393_90_f&fid=34499&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcalifmedicineman.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F12%2Ftop-10-questions-patients-should-ask.html (Source: California Medicine Man) California Medicine Man blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1094095 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:11:00 +0100 1094095 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1049034&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F11%2Fdeschooling-society.html "In Deschooling Society, Illich argues that formal schooling is unnecessary, and indeed harmful to society. He regards schools as repressive institutions which indoctrinate pupils, smother creativity and imagination, induce conformity and stultify students into accepting the interests of the powerful. He sees this hidden curriculum operating in the following way.1 Pupils have little or no control over what they learn or how they learn it. They are simply instructed by an authoritarian teaching regime and, to be successful, must conform to its rules. Real learning, however, is not the result of instruction, but of direct and free involvement by the individual in every part of the learning process. In sum, ‘most learning requires no teacher’.2 The power of the school to enforce conformit... Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1049034 Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:33:00 +0100 1049034 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1021315&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F11%2Flearning-all-time.html From Different take films. (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1021315 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:19:00 +0100 1021315 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=979228&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F10%2Fsweet-success.html Louis Barnett, a 15-year-old boy who left school aged 11 after being diagnosed with dyslexia and dyspraxia began making chocolates at home and has now started his own chocolate factory after winning contracts to supply supermarkets. Read more here. (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=979228 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:17:00 +0100 979228 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=964609&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F10%2Fself-directed-learning_19.html Another model of autonomous and democratic learning at North Star. (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=964609 Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:36:00 +0100 964609 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=962456&cid=t_107393_90_f&fid=34499&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcalifmedicineman.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F10%2Freligion-philosophy-and-vaccinations.html (Source: California Medicine Man) California Medicine Man blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=962456 Fri, 19 Oct 2007 05:39:00 +0100 962456 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=932998&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F10%2Fsummerhill-democratic-education.html "The story of the most famous free, libertarian school in the world founded by the great educationalist A. S. Neill. The existence and continuation of such a school for over 80 years bodes well for humankind!" (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=932998 Sun, 07 Oct 2007 00:44:00 +0100 932998 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=927920&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F10%2Fdemocratic-education.html A short wonderful film by Jan Gabbert. The film has great animations in it! But be prepared to wait 6mns for the start. (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=927920 Thu, 04 Oct 2007 23:46:00 +0100 927920 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=927922&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F10%2Fjohn-holts-favorite-school.html "Very amazing film on a off beat School near Copenhagen. John Holt the great pedagogue called it his dream school. You will love seeing the passion of the teachers and the children." Make sure you wait until it starts [at about 4mns into the film]. (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=927922 Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:41:00 +0100 927922 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=926262&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F10%2Fhome-education-in-spain.html La Serrada is an alternative 'school' located in Cocentaina, Spain. (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=926262 Thu, 04 Oct 2007 01:16:00 +0100 926262 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=918028&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F10%2Ffree-range-learning.html (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=918028 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:17:00 +0100 918028 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=915060&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fnature-of-unschooling.html (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=915060 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 10:59:00 +0100 915060 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=869560&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogger.com%2Fvideo-play.mp4%3FcontentId%3D24d6db5eb8dc9e15%26type%3Dvideo%252Fmp4 (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=869560 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:16:00 +0100 869560 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=848352&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fhome-ed-on-times-online.html ‘Home education serves her better than school would’Sara Sengenberger lives in Oxford but was brought up and schooled in the US. She delayed formal education for her daughter Catryn, 7, but has found home education suits Catryn so well that she has no plans to send her to school.“I came across a book published in the 1970s by Raymond Moore called Better Late than Early, which claims that many biological and psychological factors make 8 to 10 the best age to begin structured learning. Young children learn a great deal through play. I don’t require Catryn to do any formal academic work at all. At the age of 6 she decided that she wanted to read; she had been resistant to the idea before then. Because she started on her own initiative she learned very quickly.“We follow an approach ... Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=848352 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:32:00 +0100 848352 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=840647&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fbanking-education.html Find out more about Personalised Education: WATCH THIS ANIMATION. (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=840647 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:05:00 +0100 840647 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=837466&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fhome-ed-on-bbc-radio-4.html "Unlike lots of kids in Britain, Grace, Isaac & William won't be suffering a case of 'back to school blues' this weekend. They're home educated - and they love it - and so do their parents, Barbara & Michael"Listen here [36mns into the show] (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=837466 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 11:30:00 +0100 837466 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=836888&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fdr-phil-unschooling.html (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=836888 Sun, 02 Sep 2007 20:47:00 +0100 836888 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=786751&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F08%2Fdj-talks.html DJ: "I used Movie Maker to split the movie in 3 parts, uploaded the movie to a file hosting website, sent the links to the person who runs the site and he put them there. To watch movies, get DX Codex, a program that allows you to watch things in very high quality. Oh, and I can convert MP4s to AVIs, a very common file format with Media Player. And I learned about ISPs!" (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=786751 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:18:00 +0100 786751 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=738958&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fhidden-curricula.html Links to shorter videos: * A teacher's thoughts on John Gatto's Dumbing Us Down [watch part 1 & part 2]* Sudbury Valley School [A different model of education] (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=738958 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:16:00 +0100 738958 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=737580&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fon-autonomy_16.html I thought that the following, taken from a talk by Noam Chomsky, also applies to the issues of compulsion and autonomy in education:Whatever does not spring from a man's free choiceor is only the result of instruction and guidancedoes not enter into his very beingbut remains alien to his true nature.He does not perform it with truly human energiesbut merely with mechanical exactnessand if a man acts in a mechanical way,reacting to external demands or instruction rather than in ways determined by his own interests, energies and powerhe may admire what he does but we despise what he is.For Humboldt then, man is born to inquire and createand when a man or a child chooses to inquire or create out of his own free choicethen he becomes on his own terms an artistrather than a tool of productionor... Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=737580 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:24:00 +0100 737580 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=637989&cid=t_107393_87_f&fid=34882&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbreathspakids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fare-gps-being-nibbled-to-death-by-ducks.html I've been in Wales, attending a wedding and staying with friends. I knew that my friends weren't online but they promised me that neighbours had already agreed that I could use their connection. I'll draw a veil over the attempts and say that a Windows 95 system with negligible memory and something like a 56K dial-up connection don't play nicely with anything (it seems that they don't use the internet as such - the children are dotted about in India and Africa and they use the modem for faxes).There were medics from several countries at the wedding. There were several points of interest that will probably make it into a series of posts. One frequently recurring theme was that most of them felt that their professional autonomy was being eroded. Some of the GPs and family physicians mentione... Breath Spa for Kids blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=637989 Thu, 24 May 2007 10:13:00 +0100 637989 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=620224&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Finformal-learning.html This is 10mns video with Jay Cross explaining what is informal learning, how the most powerful technology ever invented is human conversation and the importance of legitimising it.Some of what he says:What is informal learning? Informal learning is the way you learn to speak your language, it's the way learn to be who you are, it's how how you learn your culture. Informal learning is everything that's not formal learning. Formal learning usually has a curriculum that's not what you wanted but what somebody else defined for you, often it's done at the same time and same place with other people, and finally there's some recognition at the end, such as a grade, a degree, a certificate or a gold star. You know when it's over. Informal learning is never over, it's going on all the time. Are the... Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=620224 Fri, 11 May 2007 11:05:00 +0100 620224 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=620227&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fhome-ed-on-radio_10.html Give Me a Voice, a 30mns broadcast on BBC Radio ScotlandClique aqui para ouvir, em inglês, um programa de rádio sobre o ensino doméstico na Escócia.On the NewsEducators fear for standards of home schoolingNew rules to cover rise in home schoolingThe above Daily Telegraph Article is inaccurate. Fiona Nicholson, Chair of Education Otherwise Government Policy Group, asks us to take a moment to read the article and then write to the Letters Page at the following address: dtletters@telegraph.co.uk. (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=620227 Thu, 10 May 2007 11:45:00 +0100 620227 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=593007&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fsome-thoughts.html The need for autonomy in learning is becoming increasingly clear to me. However, unlike some people out there, like university professors and education researchers and theorists dealing with the end result of a failing educational system which encourages dependency, I don't believe this is something that needs to be taught. The very thought of it is a total contradiction: I'm now going to teach you how to be autonomous; hmm, doesn't it sound totally absurd? Autonomy in learning is achieved by simply removing its obstacles - such as schools, which are known to merely create intellectual dependency. So, the process of becoming an autonomous learner is simply a process of unlearning a series of outdated beliefs and allowing children and young people the freedom to make their own choices and t... Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=593007 Mon, 07 May 2007 12:31:00 +0100 593007 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=584236&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fivan-illich.html "Since when are people born needy? In need, for instance, of education? Since when do we have to learn the language we speak by being taught by somebody? I wanted to find out where the idea came from that all over the world people have to be assembled in specific groups of not less than 15, otherwise it's not a class. Not more than forty, otherwise they are underprivileged. For yearly, not less than 800 hours, otherwise they don't get enough. Not more than 1,100 hours, otherwise it's considered a prison. For four-year periods by somebody else who has undergone this for a longer time.How did it come about that such a crazy process like schooling would become necessary? Then I realized that it was something like engineering people - that our society doesn't only produce artifact things, but ... Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=584236 Wed, 02 May 2007 11:34:00 +0100 584236 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=580539&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fj-t-gatto.html Classrooms of the Heart 1991 (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=580539 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 08:08:00 +0100 580539 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=577350&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fon-parenting.html The following is from “Raising Children Compassionately: Parenting the Nonviolent Communication Way” by Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D."Having been educated, as I was, to think about parenting, I thought that it was the job of a parent to make children behave. You see, once you define yourself as an authority, a teacher or parent, in the culture that I was educated in, you then see it as your responsibility to make people that you label a “child” or a “student” behave in a certain way.I now see what a self-defeating objective this is, because I have learned that any time it’s our objective to get another person to behave in a certain way, people are likely to resist no matter what it is we’re asking for. This seems to be true whether the other person is 2 or 92 years of age.Th... Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=577350 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 09:57:00 +0100 577350 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=563678&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fgenius_23.html "If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses." GoetheI've been flipping through the Observer Book of Genius that came with the Sunday paper and, as some bits stood out, I thought I'd share them with you. 1 - Genius and SleepIf you want to become a genius you're advised to get 8 hours sleep. That took me right back to schools days, when DJ was continuously sleep deprived. We are told that we solve problems in our sleep. For example, "Dmitri Mendeleev worked out the periodic table in a dream and Paul McCartney dreamt 'Yesterday'." On the other hand, odd sleeping patterns also seem common. Brunel slept an average of four hours a day, and Marie Curie regularly skipped sleep. 2 - Genius and ActivityWhilst nowadays most parents encourage their children... Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=563678 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:30:00 +0100 563678 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=563677&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fgenius.html 1 - Allow your children to sleep as much or as little as they need.2 - Allow your children to decide their own levels of activity; be open to the possibility that, when your child seems to be doing nothing, they're actually working things out in the privacy of their own minds3 - Remember that, regardless what you're told by 'professionals' and 'experts' of whatever field, nobody knows your child like you do; never surrender your own judgement!4 - Become aware of your assumptions and beliefs around the benefits of schools and higher education. Then, do a reality check.5 - Find out about self-directed learning and autonomous education. 6 - Become aware of your assumptions around socialization and solitude, and respect your child's natural temperament.7 - Appreciate and be proud of human dive... Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=563677 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:57:00 +0100 563677 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=560482&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fdefinition.html ...of autonomous education by Jan Fortune-Wood:"Autonomy is the right of self-government and free will. Education is the process by which we develop intellectual potential and foster the growth of knowledge. Education relies on a rational development of conjecture and refutation. Autonomous education is simply that process by which knowledge grows because of the intrinsic motivation of the individual. In fact, the core to understanding autonomous education is in understanding the absolutely fundamental and unshakeable role of intrinsic motivation"Read more here (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=560482 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 13:22:00 +0100 560482 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=554724&cid=t_107393_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fautonomy_19.html DJ was up all night - too excited to sleep! "I found out how to set up the live TV on my computer! I only need better signal! Or a longer cable instead of the aerial... So that's a bit of autonomous home education that I did all by myself! And, I downloaded a different Flash programme, different but very similar to the one I once had, and I'm using this big tutorial to teach myself! Could you get me a longer cable now?"I noticed not only his incredible excitement but also that he was * reflecting on, and expressing, what he had done so far* working out the next problem solving step* aware of what autonomous education is all about* absolutely determined to do what he had set out to do DJ went off, calculated the length he needed for the cable he wanted, and then, after all the measuring was... Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=554724 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:03:00 +0100 554724