something that bothers me….
i used to be a psychology major in college, and one things that really moved me is when we had a field trip to a bunch of different mental hospitals, the major mental hospital in the capital, this mental hospital that took care of kids, and adults that are kids in the head, and mental hospital for older women. and to clear things up, people with down syndrome are not as stupid as people think they are, why? because i sat down with some of them during the field trip and talked casually, and they talked normally, a little slow but they are were just as normal as me and you. and what’s sad is that most these kids were left by their parents because the parents didn’t want to accept the fact that they had a child with a mental problem, and some of these kids come from families which they came from are very well-off and wealthy.
people with down syndrome aren’t the only ones i saw, i saw kids that had cerebral palsy, sitting down in chair, hardly moving and more than 3 inches infront in a t.v. i’ve seen a couple adults there that look like they could be a model, but have the mind of a 5 year old, and what shocked/scared me the most was seeing this one dude, he was muscular and had a problem with his eyes and jaw, he sorta did this thing where it made him look like he was a piranha trying to bite something, but even though he looked scary like that he was dancing to music like how you would see a 3 year old dancing.
and even though all these people are mentally challenged i have never seen people as happy as they were, they had nothing, nothing us regular people enjoy, cameras, phones, internet and stuff like that. but they were as happy as kids on christmas.
and nowaday all i usually hear from people who seem to have a great life compared to the mentally challenged are usually always complaining,and about little things they usually make a big deal out of. stuff like, not owning something new, clothes that are in style, annoying parents, relationships that aren’t going good and stuff like that.
people should be very lucky to have families, health and money to do the stuff we normally do, and be happy just like the people that have nothing at all.