yeah not to mention the people in say school that think you should not do mainstream had go in the disabled units.
>Hi Thomas, > > >Yes but you see that's where I think social integration falls down and it >fails so many people. It fails us because of the reason you've just >outlined, it also fails the person in question because they aren't gaining >anything by being in a mainstream environment. > >I think that mainstream is good when it works but for the retarded lot it >doesn't work far from it. I came from the specialist education system in >England which is fading out now. But the amount of people with mental >disabilities we had at these blind schools really did create a problem >because whether you like to admit it or not, if you are exposed to them 24 >hours a day 7 days a week, you start to be affected by them. The rules and >regs of the school become set up in favour of the people with mental >disabilities and inhibit the natural ability for social and emotional >development in the rest of the population. Yes social integration fails big >time if you ask me. > >-----Original Message----- >From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On >Behalf Of Thomas Ward >Sent: 08 March 2010 20:06 >To: Gamers Discussion list >Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Help with some ignorant ppl > > >Hi Darren, >Exactly. I don't know how many times I've been with a bunch of other blind >class mates and one of them would draw public attention to all of us by >rocking, poking his/her eyes, picking their nose, or some other socially >unacceptable way of drawing attention. I really really hate that kind of >behavior from my own fellow blind peers as they draw precisely the kind of >negative attention I try to avoid. I like to fit into the croud and not >stand out like a sore thumb as much as is possible. However, I remember >there was this one student, where I went to school, who had a mental >disability as well as being blind. I believe he was mildly retarded. >Whatever the case is he constantly was the one the mainstream students based >their opinions of blind people on. He'd walk down the school hallway going, >"yah, yah, yah, yah," in a monotone that was sure to bring attention to him. >He pickd his nose, picked wax out of his ears, rocked, poked his eyes, and >generally was the walking/talking worst example of a blind person you can >get. Even though this kid was mildly retarted, as i said before, other >sighted students and even some of the teachers acted as though I was >mentally disabled as well. I know it wasn't totally this kids fault having >had a mental disability, I don't think his parents tried to correct his bad >social behavior, but I resented the negative attention all the same. It is >that kind of negative example I think of that can really hurt our cause to >be seen as just another average Joe or Jane who can't read print or see >colors, but is otherwise normal. > >--- >Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. >If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
