What are some jobs that have to do with mentaly disabled people?
That depends on what kind of mental disability you're looking to work with. I'm sure if you had a good scour of the 'net, you'd find a lot of places looking for help, volunteers or trainees. Whether you get a job or not also depends very much on your level of education. My mother is the ABCD Asia-Pacific Region Coordinator (in Australia, that is), but whether or not you can get in depends largely on where you live. ABCD stand for Asset-Based Community Development. They do a lot of work with both the mentally and physically disabled, either of which is great work, and very rewarding. There's a website below where you can have a look, and get involved, if you so choose. Although, that is the Australian website, but I can have a look for any other if you would like. There are also many other people besides Jody and John that you can research as well. I hope this helped you at least a little. Otherwise I really WAS rambling :P Rai x
How tall do you have to be to be disabled??
Gee, Na-Na nice of you to quote me! How tall? There is no specific height you must be to be considered too tall. Marfan Syndrome and Beal's syndrome and Triple X, much more rare is gigantism. Marfan syndrome and Gigantism are life threatening, Beal's is not although people with both look similar when they are younger. People with Beal's usually stop growing eventually, people with Marfan often never stop growing taller, and people with Gigantism cannot stop growing taller or thicker with out medical intervention. All are not disabilities because of their height but because of the many medical conditions that cause the extra height. Now all of these conditions are usually discovered in childhood and are not as serious as they once were and people can live an ordinary lifespan. But it used to be that people with such disabilities often did not live past their 20s. Abraham Lincoln is thought to have had a milder form of Marfan Syndrome. George Washington is thought to have Klinefelter. Klinefelter syndrome comes from having an extra X chromosome when you are male - XXY. So in a way it is similar to Down syndrome. Klinefelter is an extra sex chromosome and Down syndrome is an extra 21st chromosome. Triple X is when women have an extra sex chromosome -XXX. Men with Klinefelters are tall, sometimes have oversized breasts, learning disabilities and sterile. Dwarfism is the same. There are many forms of it, and what make them disabilities. As for height a dwarf is less than 58 inches tall (4 feet, 10 inches). (Ooops, edited this) Some forms of dwarfism would rarely get that tall - and some forms now with medical science get a little taller than 48 inches. What makes a person with dwarfism disabled can be things like skeletal deformities, malformed or miss-sized internal organs, and hydrocephalus. Achrondoplasia is the most common form of dwarfism - and causes people to have a very distinctive look in addition to short stature. Their head and torso are usually of ordinary size, but they have very short arms and legs.
In the US the Americans with Disabilities Act basically makes it illegal to discriminate based on disabilities. In addition, it requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees who are disabled.However, this does not mean that an employer can’t take a disability into account.For example, Greyhound would not be required to employ a driver who is blind.On the other hand, providing a specialized chair for an office worker who has back issues would most likely be considered a reasonable accommodation. As such, the employer could not refrain from hiring them because of their disability or because of the need to provide a reasonable accommodation.I would argue too that it’s just bad practice to discriminate based upon disabilities, even if it’s not illegal. Many things one might consider a disability really has little impact on their ability to do the job, so don’t exclude good people.By the way, as I was writing this, I realized I did end up making a reasonable accommodation for two employees at one point. We had wired our network and for a specific setup had used green/blue cables. They told me afterwards they were both blue/green colorblind. (out of a team of 5).So, next time I built out a network we used yellow and black cables. Very trivial and easy accommodation.
I don’t think a developmental disability is making you desire to feel younger then you are. I have to believe that it is a normal to do this. Mentally, I have never left my early twenties.It is obvious that your disability is not affecting your mental prowess. The only solace I can give is that those who have subjected you to the absurd abuse are not very bright and have been raised poorly.I truly wish you well and try to remember, anyone worthy of respect will not judge another without a good reason. Anyone can pick anything about someone and start saying stupid things about it. It’s an easy game and it is played by a person who has a lost perspective. This kind of thing really sickens me.
Have you ever had a disagreement with a disabled person not related to the disability?
I am partially disabled, invisible disability. While living in Regina Sk I enountered a VERY obnoxious individual in a wheelchair who hung around a certain coffeee shop and made an point of making very crude sexual comments to every woman who passed him. There was nothing wrong with him mentally - he obviously felt because he was "disabled" he could get away with it. One day when I walked past him he said something, this was the second time he had done this. I informed him that "if he EVER opened his filthy mouth around me or any other woman again I was going to phone the police and have him charged with sexual harassment ". I also told him "if he EVER came within a 100 yards of me again he would be wearing his filthy mouth on the back of his head, and that I didnt give a rats *** is he was disabled he was nothing but a freaking pervert and he could f*** off and leave people alone" There were people looking at me like "sure pick on the poor disabled guy". So I just "addressed" my "audience" and said "I dont care if he is disabled, disabled people can be jerks too and he has NO right harassing women the way he does, he is using his disability to get away with being a pervert and I am NOT going to accept that kind of behavior from him or anyone else.." A number of people agreed with me and later that day I heard another woman telling him to "f*** off and get away from her or she would call the police". Disabled people are NOT Saints, they are NOT all nice people, they do NOT have the right to be abusive to others, a jerk is a jerk whether he/she is disabled or not. Talk to his manager, tell him of the situation and advise him that you wont be shopping there anymore if he continues to employ a person who is abusive to you and other customers.
It depends on how you define "nice".Are we talking about donating a kidney to a person you dislike or repeatedly disregarding someone being hostile to you or are we talking about not punching someone in the face when you're upset?If you are a truly mature person, you will be able to engage with others (at work, at school, at home) without resorting to violence. Either verbal violence or a physical one.When you are an adult, you are expected not to exhibit behavior of a toddler, so if you don't want to be around someone, you don't have to be.If that "someone" is your boss or your coworker, your options could vary.Otherwise, you should be able to suppress the feelings of anger and question why someone who you don't quite care for can irritate you so much with their existence. This question should keep you busy while the person is in your vicinity.
This girl in my school is well 'disabled' and she won't stop following me shes nice but I need some airAdvice?
Sounds like you've gotten a lot of good advice so far. I want to add my well wishes and say that you are a good person for being so kind to this other young woman. As someone else stated, people with disabilities are often times the target of others cruelty. It isn't often that the world runs into some one like you. I am sure this young woman sees how incredible you are and she wants to be around you every chance she can. Who would want to lose a friend like you? I suggest not leaving your other friends, but including her with them. When you are in line and she wants you to get out maybe you could say, I am going to stay here, but you can join us if you like. This way you are stating what you want, and still leaving her with the option to be with you. She may also enjoy the company of your other friends as well. I don't know how how old you are or how many years you have left of school, but my guess is, given time this situation will fade. One of you will some how, some way move on. When you look back at this you will see how short of a time it really was in the scheme of things. I hope that when you do look back you can smile and be proud of yourself for being so kind to a fellow human being that needed a little extra love in her life. Again good luck to you and may God bless you.