Words, written or spoken, can affect a person tremendously. Like all individuals with intellectual disabilities, can also be hurt and affected by the way we talk about them. Most of the time though, we are careless on how we address topics that are unfamiliar to us.
Intellectual disability is not the same as being mentally ill. Scholarly inability is to have poor insightful limit joined with impedance in conforming to the conventional social environment. Reasons may be brain injury or stunted progression as an adolescent. Dysfunctional behavior happens frequently in the midst of pre-adulthood, mostly during the most critical part of a man's life. Persons with mental sickness even have astounding academic record and may lead an apparently customary life.
Education is very vital when talking about people who are intellectually challenged. If it's truly the desire of your heart to uplift and protect the morale of those who fall within the bracket of this vulnerable group, there are so many ways that can be done. This write-up isn't just for journalists, but for those with access to to the social media as well or those with the ability to converse with others. Yes! Everyone. Here are some points worth noting if you want to be able to communicate with people with intellectual disabilities.
When writing or talking about these people, try not to use words like: "insane, abnormal, mentally ill, retarded" or any other phrases that sound similar to the ones mentioned. Ones someone is called retarded, he or she is normally taken to be a burden or nuisance. This is not true because a lot of people who have intellectual challenges, try their possible best to perform well in school.
Adults and children with intellectual disabilities are not the same. They're still in a different area and must be treated respectfully as such. When a journalist is writing an article about an intellectually challenged adult, he must use the full name of that individual such as John Doe instead of just using John.
An existence of a mentally challenge individual is generally seen or depicted as excessively sensational, melancholic and brimming with affliction particularly from the family's point of view. Numerous families don't experience this. Intellectually disabled persons have a consistent positive association with their families and guardians.
Just a fraction of people in a particular community know a family that has a person who is intellectually challenged. It is also the responsibility of social media users and writers to enlighten the society and portray these persons in every aspect of life, i. E at work, being part of a crowd or at home. It does not help their image much keeping them in the hospitals or associating them with those treatment facilities for long term.
Keep away from the expressions "suffering from", "victim of" or "unfortunate" when making reviews about them or discussing them out in the open. Remember that intellectual disability is not an illness and the pessimistic undertone is just how individuals see them not how they see themselves.
All these warning signs may be very limiting but everyone is encouraged to talk and write about them more. Now, they tend to reflect how society chooses them to be - neglected and in order to lift them up and to encourage them more, it is better to talk and write about them in a positive matter.
Intellectual disability is not the same as being mentally ill. Scholarly inability is to have poor insightful limit joined with impedance in conforming to the conventional social environment. Reasons may be brain injury or stunted progression as an adolescent. Dysfunctional behavior happens frequently in the midst of pre-adulthood, mostly during the most critical part of a man's life. Persons with mental sickness even have astounding academic record and may lead an apparently customary life.
Education is very vital when talking about people who are intellectually challenged. If it's truly the desire of your heart to uplift and protect the morale of those who fall within the bracket of this vulnerable group, there are so many ways that can be done. This write-up isn't just for journalists, but for those with access to to the social media as well or those with the ability to converse with others. Yes! Everyone. Here are some points worth noting if you want to be able to communicate with people with intellectual disabilities.
When writing or talking about these people, try not to use words like: "insane, abnormal, mentally ill, retarded" or any other phrases that sound similar to the ones mentioned. Ones someone is called retarded, he or she is normally taken to be a burden or nuisance. This is not true because a lot of people who have intellectual challenges, try their possible best to perform well in school.
Adults and children with intellectual disabilities are not the same. They're still in a different area and must be treated respectfully as such. When a journalist is writing an article about an intellectually challenged adult, he must use the full name of that individual such as John Doe instead of just using John.
An existence of a mentally challenge individual is generally seen or depicted as excessively sensational, melancholic and brimming with affliction particularly from the family's point of view. Numerous families don't experience this. Intellectually disabled persons have a consistent positive association with their families and guardians.
Just a fraction of people in a particular community know a family that has a person who is intellectually challenged. It is also the responsibility of social media users and writers to enlighten the society and portray these persons in every aspect of life, i. E at work, being part of a crowd or at home. It does not help their image much keeping them in the hospitals or associating them with those treatment facilities for long term.
Keep away from the expressions "suffering from", "victim of" or "unfortunate" when making reviews about them or discussing them out in the open. Remember that intellectual disability is not an illness and the pessimistic undertone is just how individuals see them not how they see themselves.
All these warning signs may be very limiting but everyone is encouraged to talk and write about them more. Now, they tend to reflect how society chooses them to be - neglected and in order to lift them up and to encourage them more, it is better to talk and write about them in a positive matter.
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