This is how your son sees himself and his situation. This is how he feels. This is who he is.
When you censor, there's a risk of either communicating that:
a) he's wrong about who he is or how he feels
or
b) that he's only wrong in sharing who he is or how he feels.
Yes. I agree. I was particularly jarred by the fact that the instructor told him he should take out that he has dysgraphia and EDS. I felt like he was saying to DS you should be ashamed of that, you should hide it. I actually had to say to him - you can leave it in if you want, it's who you are and "it is nothing to be ashamed of or hide."
But I do also agree on "there is a time and place for certain things" and that sort of social lesson. So, I think we are just going to edit it together. We'll talk about how it may not be appropriate for him to say "school is boring" but he can leave in his ehlers danlos and dysgraphia and his dislike of school but love of learning. I'll have him think of a few more "positives" to add too, like a hobby. I am sure he scrounge up at least one positive thing somewhere...
