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When teaching adults with intellectual disabilities it is necessary to think outside the box and try and find creative ways to teach that are more concrete. Do you have any suggestions

I did not have the opportunity to finish high school so am doing a bridging course to get into uni but need to understand what sin and cos are!

In today's world where nearly everything is regulated, legislated etc. we tend to be trying to protect ourselves from everything and perhaps this is making us less resilient. It seems that every time a person meets a hard situation they either fall apart or run off to a counsellor! How can we become more resilient and less needy and less reliant on laws, regulations, counsellors and other crutches to cope with life.

What little gems have you discovered and what did you like best about them?

ie. If told over and over you will die from cancer will this make a person more likely to develop cancer?

if told over and over you will get gangrene will this make the person more likely to develop the condition?

What are your thoughts on such negative messages about health?

If the message is a written message does it increase or decrease the liklihood of the condition developing?

If the written message is accompanied by graphic pictures of the condition does that increase or decrease the liklihood of the condition developing...

Just how affected is our health by the messages we receive?

It appears there is a push here in Australia to discirminate against smokers who want elective surgery. The reason given is that smokers are slightly more inclined to suffer infection following surgery and so cost the health system more.

As a smoker I know that more than 70% of the retail cost of cigarettes and tobacco in Australia is payment of taxes. This is in addition to the 10% GST and in addition to income tax and in addition to all the other taxes we have....

Smokers who smoke a pack of 25 cigarettes a day for a year spend something like $4015 for their pleasure every year. Of this amount nearly $3000 is in taxes.......

Soooooooo My point is that we contribute an awful lot to the taxes i this country that is money going into the health system that would not be there if we all stopped smoking tomorrow...

Do you still think we should be denied what is available to others?

Yahoo Answers is giving away gifts to Answer users but ONLY if you live in the USA!!

Doesn't the rest of the world count???

Come on Yahoo dont pretend to me a multi national and then ignore all other nations!!!

I find that learning to say "No" is anultimate de-stressor. Please add the many ways you say No to others requests and demands. Here are some of mine.

"No thank you."

"that is not something I am interested in"

"I really cant fit that in this week"

"perhaps ________ would be interested in doing that for you." (Name someone who might enjoy doing it instead of you.)

"My calendar is full."

"I think you can manage that yourself"

"Not any time soon."

"no!"

"I will let you know if I decide to do that."

"I can't afford that"

"You need to ask someone else"

"Have you tried doing it yourself?"

"That is not something I like doing"

" I dont see the need for me to be involved"

" I can't help you with that."

"I would help if I could but I don't have the time."

"Please ask someone else"

What are all of the things you do in your day to day life that makes your life more environmentally friendly.

Consider:

what and how you eat

what you wear and how you get your clothes

how you travel and how far

how and where you shop

what kind of work you do and what are it's effects

what do you for fun and recreation.

I am preparing a speech for my local community centre on the need of specialised mental health care in our area. If you can give me some pointers of what information would be relevant and what information would entice a community based centere to provide this service I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks.

Cheryl

If someone were to contact you online under different screen names how much information could they put together to locate you at you place of work, local store, or even your home?

How much information do your kids give out online?

If you are a 40+ Aussie Woman and lookin to have some online friends then maybe we can make a contact circle of freinds on the Internet....

Seriously blokes who respond to these kinds of questions and pretend to be women are very annoying...

When you want to make a friend what are your top five rules for making friends....

Today Tonight on Channel Seven in Sydney ran a story tonight about to identical twin boys who have a mild disability and are looking for a Mum & Dad.... their names are Michael and James... They are adorable and 2 1/2 years old.

I hate going into yahoochat roomsand being bombed by men who want 'hot chat' and c2c. I justwant to chat. I amtired of the ridiculous bots in all of the yahoo chatrooms and do not for one second believe they are anything more than a money making exercise for yahoo just as advertisements are a money making exercise on televsion. It is tiresome.

If so why?

What parts of our history do you think are ignored or glossed over in our schools?

who first used the term? when? and where? and in what context?

I not interested in urban myth or wives tales... I am very interested in any research or medical, or psychological proof that memories are stored in more than just our brains.

I am trying to make a very important decision and need information to help me make the right decision.

I had a vision and during the vision I saw myself as a woman living in a wooden hut in a stony village and I was singing this song.

(I have written this the way the words sound)

Kuramena nara semo

kuramena nara co

Co co la-nee co co ra-mee

Co co ra-mee co co ru

I am very interested to discover if the words or phrases in this song mean anything to anyone any where in the world.

Do you go and visit the questions you've answered to vote? If not why not?