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Friday, July, 25, 2008

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Living with Quiggles: Coping With Children With Quiggles

Stigma:1) The recognition of difference based on some distinguishing characteristic or mark;2) A consequent devaluation of the personQuiggles: A made-up term (by famous sociologist, Erving Goffman) to identify all of the variations and differences of the human body which occur either from birth, daily wear and tear, accident, or illness which can... Read moreChevron

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Living with Quiggles: To Pass or Not to Pass

Stigma:1) The recognition of difference based on some distinguishing characteristic or mark;2) Aconsequent devaluation of the person  Quiggles: A made-upterm (by the famous sociologist, Erving Goffman) to identify all of the variationsand difference of the human body which occur either from birth, daily wear andtear, accident , or... Read moreChevron

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Living with Quiggles: Breaking Down Stigmatizing Language

Stigma:1) the recognition of difference based on some distinguishing characteristic or mark;2) a consequent devaluation of the person Quiggles:a made-up term (by the famous sociologist, Erving Goffman) to identify all of the variations and difference of the human body which occur either from birth, daily wear and tear, accidents, or illness... Read moreChevron

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Living with Quiggles: Staring Back

 Stigma:1) the recognition of difference based on some distinguishing characteristic or mark;2) a consequent devaluation of the person. I was four years old when I learned that you could get away with misbehaving and that in fact, strangely enough, it might even be OK.   I remember that sunny, crystal-clear, small-town summer day... Read moreChevron

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