People with Disabilities

Or mental retardation? I just used it in a reference in one of my answers referencing austism in the 90s. Do you think it's okay to use when referencing old disorders or old fashioned views of these disorders?

I know there's some people here who say people haven't used the word, retarded for a decade or two but not true in my region. I live in country bumpkin type of area where people are slow to new terminologies and new ideals to anything (to be quite blunt). It wasn't until after I started college that it was more PC to use disabled or special needs in the region.

2007-12-13 14:04:51 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have carpal tunnel syndrome and arthritis in the hands painful swellings, stiffness can't write and lift things or carry at all.I also have depression, mood swings, gynecological problems cramping, crying, bed ridden, and heavy bleeding, and kidney stones. I also can't sleep at night from all this pain, worry and fears. Can't work as a result. All jobs require use of hands in everthing. Here I type with 2 pens to ask questions and it hurts.

2007-12-13 09:24:46 · 19 answers · asked by Born Valentine's Day 5

People get jealous of me because I receive SSI & Social Security. They also think I'm lazy for getting Office of Disability accommodations @ school. They think we disabled people STEAL their tax dollars. They don't know what struggles we have. I'm very mentally disabled. I can't work around people, I panic when I'm rushed, & I have difficulty concentrating. People are quick to fire me on jobs because they say I work to slow & I'm not capable of handling the job & working @ fast pace. I suffer OCD, Tourette's, Anxiety, & Depression. If they think I'm mentally incompetent, out of my head & crazy, why must they think I should work anyway?

My OCD unwanted, intrusive thoughts attack me the most. They think I'm taking the free & lazy way out. What they don't know is-I'm trying to work & become self-sufficient, but no one wants to hire me. Just by looking @ me, they figure I have some screws missing, & that I'm just ditzy & dumb, so they take advantage of me & cheat me & I get in trouble.

2007-12-13 06:13:30 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a slight disability, although I am not disabled enough to be registered as a disabled person. The disability is also not very visible to a person. Do you think I should mention about my disability when filling in application forms for jobs or going to interviews for jobs?

2007-12-13 02:02:36 · 20 answers · asked by Manjinder C 1

I have not been in a chair long now and when I do get out some people do tent to look and stare. I'm not mad angry or anything just curious as to what people are thinking or what you think? Thanks.

2007-12-12 14:29:22 · 19 answers · asked by Cathy 3

I get really fed up with seeing rows of 20/30 disabled bays directly outside shops which are often 75% empty. If disabled people want to be treated as equals shouldn't they be made to park the same as everyone else? Sometimes I've had to pick up some heavy goods so I've parked in one and I've had some able bodied person have a right go at me! I've never once seen anymore than 2/3 wheel chairs in a store at any one time so I don't see what the issue is and besides as most disabled people are on benefits they will probably spend less money in those stores than myself as I work for a living and earn a lot more.

2007-12-12 04:19:35 · 44 answers · asked by Joe Kerr 1

Did autism become high profile in the late 1990s or early 2000s? I need to know because I didn't discover autism until late 2004. So can anyone please give me a specific answer?

2007-12-11 16:45:05 · 16 answers · asked by Staci 3

I would write sometime like this
Disability
The end result of an illness or accident. where the person condishion may stay the the same or degrade

2007-12-11 12:32:02 · 7 answers · asked by jobees 6

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071211131812AAwfwnJ&r=w&pa=FZptHWf.BGRX3OFMiDNRUdGRZ9VI6Yh9zMwo4V89yXh0at_RmdGTI8fQLoSVWl80sZZMNgx.1vvVbzjg4A--&paid=answered#Q8d4UzS.UmH1ShPwmAhEhpqed.WmMzm1y8P_USoFmN3OfOgg4zP7

2007-12-11 09:51:05 · 15 answers · asked by Yahoo Sucks 5

I would like to know. From elementary school to middle school, it seemed I was only an autistic child in a normal school.

2007-12-11 03:57:06 · 22 answers · asked by Staci 3

This is a discussion question from my contemporary issues class. Tell me your thoughts and why.

2007-12-10 23:20:43 · 17 answers · asked by Love is forever 2

what financial assistance dose the govement offer and how much a week?

2007-12-10 02:56:26 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-09 09:03:13 · 29 answers · asked by jaks_bad_ass 2

I'm a quadriplegic just looking to get in touch with others on-line that have spinal cord injuries or are disabled to. Thanks for the help.

2007-12-09 04:53:43 · 3 answers · asked by Cathy 3

I still don't understand why I was born with learning difficulties. My mom never did drugs or anything harmful when I was in her womb. She was never in a bad environment when she was pregnant with me. And there's no one in my family that has learning difficulties. In fact, majority of my family members excel in academic areas.

So how did I end up with learning difficulties?

2007-12-09 01:46:57 · 13 answers · asked by Staci 3

You say ASK and yet you tell me MY ? IS NOT A QUESTION?
"DO YOU HATE MR SHARPTON THAT NO ONE CAN ASK A THING WITHOUT BEING INSULTED?".

1. THE PRESIDENT OF MACY'S ASSISTANT MARGARET SURILLO CALLED ME BACK AUG. 21, 2007.
AT THAT TIME SHE "DID NOT AGREE WITH THE WAY I WAS TREATED AND STATED A CALL WOULD COME FROM "REGIONAL"
"THAT CALL NEVER CAME-I'M STILL WAITING.

2. THE ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL STATED THEY HAVE OTHER COMPLAINTS AND AGREED THAT NO CUSTOMER SHOULD BE TREATED THAT WAY AND FILED MY COMPLAINT WITH OTHERS.

3. YOUR READERS ASKED MY "RACE". MY "DISABILITY"
DID NOT COME UP UNTIL I COULD NOT GO TO THE WASHROOM UPON COMING BACK FOR VOIDED RECEIPT OF $183 OF 2 TAKEN FROM MY CHECKING ACCOUNT.

4. "I WAS A CUSTOMER FIRST!".

5. I ASKED FOR CAMERA TO BE PULLED TO SHOW HOW BAD I WAS TREATED.

6. MACY'S MADE A PROMISE "THEY DID NOT KEEP AND IGNORED ME.

7. I ASKED FOR HELP BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN POMISED
CALLS BY BOTH.

8. I DON'T CARE WHAT COLOR YOU ARE-SPEAK

2007-12-08 05:29:29 · 13 answers · asked by Joan F 1

2007-12-08 05:23:24 · 22 answers · asked by ericaofgordon 5

2007-12-07 13:07:37 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-07 13:06:50 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm directing this more to losing a leg and being able to walk with an prosthesis. Are you disabled because of that?

2007-12-07 09:31:39 · 7 answers · asked by Eri 2

And how does it work? I need one because I am registered as disabled, i get disability living allowance and cannot work due to my disability. But when i am needing a place to park when out with friends or family in the car we are told we need a disabled person badge!

2007-12-06 06:31:03 · 20 answers · asked by blonderosey 3

how is it modifed for you

2007-12-05 11:34:24 · 12 answers · asked by jobees 6

are they cursed because they can't do other things a normal people could do? or they were gifted even if some of their parts are lacking.?

2007-12-03 02:23:34 · 15 answers · asked by i wonder???? 1

I hate it when people make fun of disabled people. It is wrong and sad and should be banned. People mock them because of their conditions which they couldn't help. I'd love for them to be in disabled people's shoes for a day and see how they like it. I work part-time at a special needs center, and I they tell me the ridicule that they get. See to me honest, the people how make fun of them : they are the mentally retarded at heart. Do you agree ?

2007-12-02 07:44:41 · 30 answers · asked by pop 4

Did the marriage work out, and why or why not?

Thanks.

2007-12-02 04:12:03 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-01 13:44:03 · 28 answers · asked by Guru G 1

seems like every tom, dick & harry has a handicap placard
displayed in their car but if you actually watch many of those
people, they look and act as healthy as me. They need a better
system.

2007-11-30 16:42:28 · 17 answers · asked by Jbuckeye 5

since two heads are better than one, wouldn't they ace a school test? or do they do seperate tests? if so, wouldn't the twin just ask the other twin for the answers if they didn't know? would they have one boyfriend, and the guy two women?if not, so when one having sex with her boyfriend, the other experiences the whole thing- kinda like cheating? how does their body work? does the left twin control the left side, and the right twin the right side, so when each of them want to go a different way, they're stuck? i think the great thing about them, is they'll never be lonely, ever :)

2007-11-30 16:34:59 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

you know, with praying and modern techlogony and all??

2007-11-30 08:03:38 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

If a person with disability dates a person that is active do you think that they will work out?

2007-11-30 05:41:22 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous