MR mentally retarded children

peoples insults to retarded - how cruel
Philippines
December 19, 2006 12:40am CST
people who dont have the knowledge and experience of these children will disgust them or find them odd. my sister is a Physical Therapist, shes strick and sophisticated at first look, but when she handle patients, shes so excellent. there was once an autistic child who dont have manners, when she had the patient, until now, they became very close friends, the child will cry not seeing her. anyways, as well as i have a neighbor who got a child who's mentally retarded, down syndrome. people stayed away from him for he slams things to people and salivates so much. but when i played with him, tried to help him because hes left alone sometimes and he goes down the road alone, and that made me so concern.. months now, we became close friends, sometimes he does hurt me unintentionally, he sometimes pulls my hair because of so much joy that he cant control his feelings thus exaggerate his action, he also have tantrums that i always try to understand. although he wont last long in this world... im happy i shared him something good in life.. do you think mentally retarded children should be avoided? if you got a kid, or a neice or nephew... will you allow them to associate? you yourself can you have the patience and the heart to love these children even if they hurt you and do things that will upset you?... tell me your views..
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cyberfluf
@cyberfluf (4996)
• Netherlands
12 Apr 08
These children have a lot of love to give and they deserve nothing less to have that love answered by the people around them. I'm in college studying to become a pedagogue and I would love to work with mentally retarded children. People are so busy trying to see what they can't do that they totally forget to look at the things they are good at and love to do. This can be both small or larger things. A child which is mentally retarded, salivates a lot and can hardly speak (for example) might be good at colouring for example, or is very friendly opening the door for everyone who comes in. You could say that's not right and dangerous, off course it is, but with these children you need to search for the beauty in the small things (as with all children eventually, there is nothing wrong appreciating little things). I'm totally pro-socializing, there should be more attention on this. In this world we all try to live together in the best way possible. To get along well the first basis is respect. Respect can only be learned when people talk/play together. That's why I pleadge for integration in all possible ways. Being a foster family and having lived with a lot of children with different dissorders and mental retardations I know it can upset you. It can be pretty tough. Luckily there are people out there experiencing the same. It's a good thing to talk to other people about there experiences, you can learn from each other and get the pressure of your chest.