Loses his position on worksheet or page in textbook May speak much but makes little sense Cannot give clear verbal instructions Does not understand what he reads Does not understand what he hears Cannot handle “yes-no” questions Has great difficulty interpreting proverbs Has difficulty recalling what he ate for breakfast, etc. Cannot tell a story from a picture Cannot recognize visual absurdities Has difficulty classifying and categorizing objects Has difficulty retaining such things as addition and subtraction facts, or multiplication tables May recognize a word one day and not the next
—Tom Wayman
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From In a Small House on the Outskirts of Heaven,
1989
Harbour Publishing
Copyright 1989 Tom Wayman.
All rights reserved.
Reprinted by permission of Harbour Publishing. Copyright 1989 by Tom Wayman. For further permissions information, contact Harbour Publishing, P.O. Box 219, Madeira Park, BC V0N 2H0 (Canada), www.harbourpublishing.com.
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Tom Wayman
Tom Wayman (1945- ) is the author of 17 poetry collections, including High Speed through Shoaling Water (Harbour Publishing, 2007).