{"id":3251,"date":"2020-05-16T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-16T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stefanhammel.com\/blog\/?p=3251"},"modified":"2020-02-11T18:51:44","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T18:51:44","slug":"story-shifting-interests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stefanhammel.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/16\/3251\/","title":{"rendered":"Shifting Interests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The story \u201cShifting Interests\u201d makes it clear that people often have hidden skills which remain unknown to their nearest and dearest, sometimes for decades. It is impossible for us to tell what another person cannot do or does not know, and we are only aware of a small fragment of what he can do and does know. This is particularly true when working with children with behavioural problems or persons with mental health problems or disabilities.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After spending a long time in a coma, Dennis returned\nto the land of the living with reduced mental functions. He had forgotten many\nthings, and was apathetic about most of the rest. Yet he often pointed to the\nsky and said, \u201cLook, an F-14 Tomcat plane!\u201d or \u201cWow, an Apache helicopter!\u201d and\ndescribed the engine types, performance, carrying capacity, cockpit equipment,\ncrew and weapons of the aircraft he saw flying past. \u201cHe fought in the Korean\nWar,\u201d said his wife. \u201cBut I had no idea he still remembered all of this. We\u2019ve\nbeen married for 30 years, and he\u2019s never shown any interest in aircraft.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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