Do You Know Anyone Mentally Challenged?

I work with a few and wonder how many others work with these people, are you nice to them? I have no problems with people that are mentally challenged, but I wonder how others deal with them. I think they are nice people.

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Yes, my friend and I worked with mentally challenged adults in a local home. There are various businesses here offering to hire and help them, the biggest one being McDonald's. I think this is awesome to help them with their issue and get them more in society and the real word. It also helps other people know that mentally challenged people are real people to and they can do the same as we can.

Sure, I know a few.
Yeah my little brother is slow. I hope the kids in his school are not mean to him.
Yes!..
my granpa is & he's easy to work with
Me!
I treat them the same as I would anyone else.
I give them respect and friendship.
If they ask for help I give it freely, but I do not try to help ir they do not ask.
They are people with feelings to.
treat them how you wanted to be treated. treat Them with respect. Respect Motivation Success. (Our school slogan)
my husband's cousin is mentaly challenged and my sister is a special education teacher. I have no problem with people with special needs. they are mostly like big kids!
Some of the people in my office (mostly women) act as if their mentally and/or socially challenged. As fare as being around "disabled" people, I don't like it. They make me uncomfortable.
WE JUST MET BUT UMM MY ANSWER IS YOU! jk yes i do know someone my cosin holly..and she was in a home for it and she was raped daily by her/the intern that was supost to be careing for her! this world is sick!
People in the work place who are intellectually disabled usually know they are "different". All they want is to be treated the same as everyone else.
I was going to be a wise guy and say; “other than most of the people here”!
Yes, I think most people know a mentally challenged person. They do seem nice, and sometimes happier than we so called normal people!
yes i know a lot and i try really hard to be nice to them because there's nothing wrong with being their friend and yes they usually are very nice
we're all mentally challenged. the challenge is can we meet that challenge?
They are nice people who were dealt a short hand in life. I feel bad that some of them have to suffer - escpecially from the ridicule that insensitive people give them - that just is the cruelest thing anyone can do. But a lot of them are so smart and bright & you don't feel bad for them - you see how hard they work in life just to do some simple things that we take for granted. They often have special abilites or talents - autistic children for example. I feel bad even referring to these people as "them" - as if they are all the same- but my point is that they are not - they are individuals just like we are - each with their own mind, dreams, and personalities.

It must be so hard to live with a mind that is different - where the signals get confused and mixed up. I know it is very hard work sometimes though - working with this population but it is also very rewarding as well - you go home feeling good about who you are - like you made a difference in someones' life.
yeah and its hard to be nice when and if they become attached and follow you around
Not personally, but I've seen evidence of it several times here in Yahoo.
I worked with an autistic child for 4yrs (and still do occasionally on the weekends). They are very nice. It really takes a kind heart and a patient person to appreciate and work well with those that are mentally challenged. What goes around comes around and if you are patient and kind, it will come back to you. I've heard of occasions were people aren't so nice though, because it really takes patience after a while to work with them. I guess they are just doing it for the wrong reasons, and in turn the negative ways that they act towards them will come back to them. Continue to do good and just know that if it were you or someone if your family, you'd want others to treat them with care and compassion.
Yes, and I also have worked with a few. I have never met a mentally challenged person who was not nice. It seems to me that realizing they have a problem, they try harder to get along with people. It think we can learn from these folks. If we worked at being nice to everyone, this world would be a better place. And as for someone treating them with disrespect or taking advantage of them, I refer to the Bible Scripture, where Jesus said"If ye have done it unto the least of these my breathern, ye have done it unto me".
i work with some of them.. the ones i work with are pretty intelligetn but they can't stop themselves from thinking as a child.. so they do say some mean things. you hate them for saying things that you don't liek but you also forgive them since they don't mean to say things like that.
An ex-coworker of mine has Down's Syndrome. She was the nicest person I ever worked with too.
I always try to treat everyone how I would like to be treated. With respect and kindness.
Well theres this girl in my school and she spits on every one and chases them
if there not nice why should you be?
But they are so w.e
There was this girl in HS who was mentally challenged.she would remember all birthdays and she was also very intelligent. But nonetheless, she would sit and stare at walls all the time. She was so damn cool.
Yes, one of my Godmothers has six children, three boys and three girls. For some reason, the three boys are slow. Yes, I'm nice to all of them and we have "normal" conversations. They are all adults now. They are definitely nice people.
yeah summer tinker gothic girl thought it was a weird name
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