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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Even the OP of this (really pedantic) thread misses an opportunity:

(1) Favoritism disadvantages people with neurodivergencies;
(2) Most coaches (outside of perhaps special educators) are ill-equipped to see beyond the conformist-behaved child and work within a neurodivergency rather than push against it and blackball it;
(3) Many replies to this post support (1) and (2), suggesting an outcast status — notwithstanding swimming ability — for children who are unable to conform to average (or exceptional) attention span, average (or exceptional) engagement, and average (or exceptional) communication.
This post says more about people’s disfavor for neurodivergent children than it does about private planes and giving a kid a spot in an A meet (which, BTW, you can look up the private plane borrower’s children to see where the facts stand to that end).

We need to do better.[/quote]

I read this as, “my kid requires significant special and extra attention for the same price as everyone else.  S/he doesn’t get that attention, and that’s a problem.  Society is broken.”   I’d love to be corrected if this isn’t the case.

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Read this from the perspective of a parent who does not have a child with neurodivergencies, but who is an empathetic professional that works with children who have many neurodivergencies. I shudder at the comments from the swim instructors (or those speaking on their behalf) replying in this thread. [/quote]

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