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...violated and attacked every basic Western viewpoint. Why then should other religious icons be spared? Muslims must realize they are living on this planet with many other people for whom free comment and opinion are important. Clearly, the Muslim community needs to cultivate a better sense of humor. Peter Blum Johannesburg...
Well, unfortunately for Mr. Blum and the rest of Europe, evil is generally quite talented at hiding itself, or at least contorting itself into something unrecognizable. It is easy to forget that the Nazis did not make their genocidal designs the main basis of their foreign policy. Nazi ministers to England, France, and Russia didn’t say, “Ok, so what we really plan to do is start a Second World War, invade your countries, and systematically kill tens of millions because of their religious and ethnic identity. Oh, and we’re going...
...children with SM may be expected to have a playdate with the same peer every week, whether or not the child speaks to the friend. "We have to build them up inside before we even talk about talking. I need to give them back control within themselves," says Shipon-Blum...
...departure from what until quite recently was standard practice in the field. Many doctors either offered parents hopeless-sounding diagnoses, such as autism or mental retardation, or dismissed their concerns as neurotic, telling them that their children would simply grow out of it. That message infuriates specialists like Shipon-Blum, who agrees that children with untreated SM may eventually manage to communicate in social situations but insists that without addressing the precipitating factors behind the mutism, debilitating anxieties are likely to persist into adulthood. "They may develop methods of coping, but are they happy and functioning?" she asks...
Abby Barnes joined Shipon-Blum's waiting list last fall, and her parents are buoyed by the hope that they have finally located someone who understands their perplexing daughter--even if they have to wait another year or more for help. "Her preschool teachers ignored the situation and just thought she was timid," recalls Lisa. When Abby was 3, a well-meaning speech therapist taught her sign language, but her fear of speaking in public didn't go away. Friends tried to make Lisa feel better, telling her that Einstein didn't talk until he was 7, but she still...