...clinical neuropsychologist Dr Tommy MacKay insisted last night: 'There is no such condition in science as 'species dysphoria'. It's not surprising that we are seeing this in an age when many people want to identify as something other than they are.
'Now we have a council which appears to accept at face value that a child identifies as a wolf, rather than being told to snap out of it and get to grips with themselves, which would be the common-sense approach.'
That's pretty refreshing. Are even the usual purveyors of woo getting fed up with how far people are taking things?
The local authority said the pupil belonged to a group who called themselves 'furries' and identified with 'animal persona'. The council said it offered 'personal support' and 'more specific support' from a 'wellbeing worker', including counselling and help with learning, adding: 'There is very little specific guidance on species dysphoria.'
What sort of 'support' are they getting? Hopefully, they are being taught apart from any child who 'identifies' as a lamb?
It explained that it followed Scottish government guidance called Getting It Right For Every Child (Girfec), and used a 'wellbeing wheel' to support pupils regardless of barriers to learning or challenges they face.
Time to take a leaf out of 'Game Of Thrones' and break the wheel!
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I trust the parents have a licence to keep a wild animal, keep it in a cage and feed it raw meat. Or is "identifying as" one of those things that is only when it suits?
GIRFEC, pronounced Grrr-Feck.
Wouldn’t it be simpler (and cheaper) just to hand the child over to the local zoo? The keepers are, after all, far more experienced in looking after wild animals and I suspect a few days experiencing the appropriate diet and environment would bring about a rapid cure.
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Humour it. Chunk of raw meat at meal times. Bowl of water on the floor to drink from. Hole in the ground to sh*t in, and not allowed in the house.
Penseivat
When even the head shrinks are saying to snap out of it and pull yourself together, then you know you've jumped the shark......
"I trust the parents have a licence to keep a wild animal..."
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"GIRFEC, pronounced Grrr-Feck."
Oh, very good!
"Wouldn’t it be simpler (and cheaper) just to hand the child over to the local zoo?"
What a great idea! They can put the school board in the reptile house at the same time.
"Hole in the ground to sh*t in, and not allowed in the house."
It's somewhere in Scotland, that could be an upgrade!
"When even the head shrinks are saying to snap out of it and pull yourself together, then you know you've jumped the shark..."
Spot on!
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