Mentally Challenged People

[Lyle]

To many Pro-lifers people like this are the heart and soul of the Pro-choice crowd...

Let the countdown begin...

P.S. Wow. Just noticed that this thread has been resurrected from months ago.

 

[MarkCollette]

I really hate hurting people's feelings, so I try to never ever do it. For example, the other day at the gym this guy asked me if some chick by us was hot because he didn't have his glasses on. I didn't want to say she wasn't, because I wouldn't want to hurt her feelings. I try to be nice and helpful to handicapped people. but not too helpful, so they don't feel patronised or marginalised.

But, if a friend of mine does something dumb, I will call them retarded. Just because we're empathetic beings, doesn't mean we have to be all politically correct. I think a lot of things are funny, including bad things that have happenned to me, so I totally reserve the right to laugh at _any_ situation. I just won't laugh at a specific person, and try to make them feel like crap.

 

[cuestakid]

I have an learning disability

I have had one for as long as i can remember. School extremely difficult sometimes. Socializing with peers was a challenge as well. However, from kindergarten on, I was blessed with teachers at almost every grade level who were not only caring, helpful and understanding but in one case, changed my entire life.

I had a history teacher in 7th grade. This was my first "Mainstreamed" class( for those who don't know, mainstreaming is when a kid with a learning disability is placed into a regular academic environment with regular kids and attempts to do regular coursework). This teacher inspired me to always strive to do my best. She was incredibly demanding, but was a fantastic teacher. She instilled a work ethic and a intense drive to succeed that I keep with me today. I have also had numerous other teachers who were caring, understanding and most of all, willing to make minor adjustments to coursework or the classroom environment.

Because of all of this help, I was able to go to a community college and get my AS degree.

My point?

For all the terribly ignorant and awful people in the world, there are a very select few who can see beyond the exterior of someone and truly see the person inside. It is these teachers that we must appreciate and do whatever we can to make their lives better.

 

[Ugg]

I have had one for as long as i can remember. School extremely difficult sometimes. Socializing with peers was a challenge as well. However, from kindergarten on, I was blessed with teachers at almost every grade level who were not only caring, helpful and understanding but in one case, changed my entire life.

I had a history teacher in 7th grade. This was my first "Mainstreamed" class( for those who don't know, mainstreaming is when a kid with a learning disability is placed into a regular academic environment with regular kids and attempts to do regular coursework). This teacher inspired me to always strive to do my best. She was incredibly demanding, but was a fantastic teacher. She instilled a work ethic and a intense drive to succeed that I keep with me today. I have also had numerous other teachers who were caring, understanding and most of all, willing to make minor adjustments to coursework or the classroom environment.

Because of all of this help, I was able to go to a community college and get my AS degree.

My point?

For all the terribly ignorant and awful people in the world, there are a very select few who can see beyond the exterior of someone and truly see the person inside. It is these teachers that we must appreciate and do whatever we can to make their lives better.

Congratulations for perservering and you're absolutely right. Supportive teachers make all the difference yet get too little support themselves.

 

[rebeccamartin]

Hey Guys,
I dont know why Im typing this but I just saw a mentally challanged person on the street and I almost cried. I dont know why but I started to think about the times Ive made fun of them and it just tore my heart apart! Sometime I like to think they dont notice and it makes their life easier not to know what people say about them. It makes me SICK sometimes how people stare at them at make fun of them, people should be more aware and tolerant. I guess im just typing this to get this off my chest.
Thanks for reading.

I totally agree with you. i too feel the same when ever i see a mentally challenged person. but at times i used ti think how happy they are because they dont care what is happening around them and live the life for them and not for others.

 

[toolbox]

i can't stand it when my cousins or whoever make fun of mentally challenged or physically challenged people.

I am the same totally. I used to laugh at them when i was growing up i admit it and now after i developed Anxiety / depression i look back and think what a idiot i was. There human, there trying there best.

I get quite agro at work when someone says anything about people with disabilities. I have a eye disability - I am loosing peripheral vision. The guys thing it's funny at work to make it into a joke when i can't find something and it's to my left or right. They forget my peripheral vision is going. The usual response is "Open your eyes"