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Always smiling @allknowing (153530) • India 17 Dec 16

At the party I was gifted with this bouquet of flowers. They are good with their hands and the caretakers encourage them to be creative. Although I do not keep artificial flowers in my house I will keep these as they mean so...

paper flowers

gifted

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The party for the mentally challenged was quite smooth and enjoyable

Always smiling @allknowing (153530) • India 15 Dec 16

Everything went on smoothly. It was interesting however that those orange balls that were left on the floor to be burst at the end of the event were picked by these kids the moment they entered the hall and spent a lot of time...

christmas party

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Some day we will be old too...

vanny @vandana7 (102698) • India 17 Apr 16

I don't like to bring remarks that hurt somebody and perhaps the person who wrote them is regretting as well. All I say is, when we are young and mobile there are many things we can do. We can play with kids, we can go out for...

elderly

physically challenged

mentally challenged

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Do mentally challenged people know that they are mentally challeneged?

saffrondreams @saffrondreams (596) • Canada 26 Jan 09

So I was at the supermarket the other day with my dad, and we saw a boy with Down's syndrome there. My dad commented that people like that are lucky because they're always happy, since they don't know any better. So that got me...

lucky

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Would you put a mentally challenged person into a group home?

deemazing @deemazing (395) • United States 2 Oct 08

I have a mentally challenged sister who is nearing 40 years old. My dad is 71 and my mom is 59. My sister throws temper tantrums that consist of constant screaming about the most random things and chucking objects at everyone,...

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Are you offended by the term "mental retardation"?

dragon54u @dragon54u (31633) • United States 26 Aug 08

My state is going to remove that designation from the name of a state agency that helps people with that affliction, saying it offends people. Several advocate groups have demanded the change, saying it's demeaning and insulting...

euphemisms

mentally challenged

mentally retarded

political correctness

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I love The Other Sister

tep91005 @tep91005 (375) • United States 16 May 07

This movie is completely underrated. Who here has seen it? Who loves it? Who hates it?

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movies

the other sister

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Friends with Mentally Challenged?

Frank @Creditmaxed (71) • South Africa 29 Mar 07

Have any of you being to a mentally challenged institution for a visit? I have been and it really was an eye-opener for me. From getting there my personal space was totally non-existent as patients would tug at my arm, touch my...

mental retardation

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personal experience

taking care of the handicapped

ladylily29 @ladylily29 (323) • United States 17 Feb 07

I used to care for different mentally challenged adult, and some handicaped.I had one I cared for that really made me believe in heart-felt understanding. I will him Bob, ok, one day he ran out into the traffic, and I ran after...

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What is your opinion?

Pekachu @Pekachu (1112) • United States 18 Jan 07

I myself have a mentally challenged child so what i saw deeply effected me .Some of the participants on American Idol were obviously mentally challenged and it broke my heart to see them be laughed at and told they were terrible....

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Parenting mentally challenged child

rahageer @rahageer (1) • India 14 Nov 06

I am facing many problems parenting a mentally challenged child.My daughter is grown up I can not send to special school.She needs a Job shelter I don,t have such facilities in my home town

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need ti start shelter work centre

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