how can i tell people to stop making fun of my brother because he is mentally disabled?

Answer 1

What a cruel world we live in.

I would start by educating them to create a better understanding about what mental illness.

Unfortunately there will always be a few people who will choose not to listen or care, because they are ignorant, if this happens walk away from them.

Remember, "what goes around comes around", so hopefully they will get whats due to them one day.

Answer 2

You can't. It's a sad fact of life, but some people are jerks. They make fun of anyone that they deem to be "weak" or "inferior." A person with a disability, especially a mental one, fits these jerks' idea of "weak" and "inferior."

Honestly, it can't be further from the truth. I've had many, many friends who were mentally disabled. They were just like everyone else, in a fashion. The only difference was that there were some things they didn't understand and some things they couldn't do. But what did that matter? They were funny, compassionate, and capable of some real insight. They wouldn't lie to spare my feelings, so if they gave me a compliment, I knew it was coming from the heart. Mentally disabled people have a real talent for making you feel so special that sometimes, you just feel like you could just glow. People who make fun of them will never know that joy or have that pleasure. Pity the people who make fun of your brother...

...and then tell them they'd better shut up or else.

Answer 3

There are always going to be ignorant people. There is really nothing you can do. But you can tell your brother that these people who pick on him have their own issues and have a general bad feeling about their self. They probably feel less compassion for handicap people because they themselves are fighting with their own problems. They make themselves feel better when they are picking on someone else. Just love your brother and tell him that no matter what people say and do you are always going to be there for him. Show him how much you love him. Sorry that something like this has happened to your brother. But the whole world is not ignorant.
Your a good person. You sound like a great sibling.

Answer 4

Tell them just because your brother has a disability does not make him less human. No one choose to have a disability
it just happen as the result of the hard knocks in life like sickness or head injury. Try and see if you can get them to walk in his shoes and tasted their medicine.

Without understanding making fun will be around a long time.
I doing art work on a book that will explain disability to children and help them to accept them.

Also tell them It only take a car crush ect to because disabled. And how you treat my brother is how I will treat you in your time of need.

Answer 5

While this is never an easy issue to deal with when it comes to telling people how hurt you are (and himself as well), explaining to these people that it could just as easily be them.

Of course, how old are these people that are making fun of him? Are they very young? If they are, then (unfortunately) kids will be kids. It still doesn't mean you shouldn't explain to them the misfortune of someone who has a disability.

If they are older, they will reap what they sow and I wouldn't even bother saying anything to them. The best you can do is to pray for them so that they will have a life altering experience that will make them aware that if could just as easily be them that could be in that situation.

Many times people that make fun of the less fortunate have issues themselves. They get together with friends and sometimes feel they have to go along with the "in" crowd.

Your forgiving attitude (along with explaining to people their insensitivity) will go a long way to getting them to understand that what they are doing is wrong.

Answer 6

Depends on where its happening and who is doing it. If its a school and a group of ignorant bullies you talk to the teachers and principal. If its in your neighbourhood you can try to talk to their parents.

If its adults where he works, place he frequents you speak to the management. Depending on the severity of the harassment you could get the police involved. Wouldnt they be shamed to have it made public via the court system and the local media?

If its on the same bus route everyday contact the media and ask them to ride with you - contact the transit authorities.

People are so damn ignorant. Contact a support group in your area and ask them to get involved and put a stop to it.

Do you know these people? Your brother has the same human rights as anyone else, we all do - we dont have to put up with it. Get mad, get proactive about it. Decide you arent putting up with this crap anymore. You dont have to fight this alone, bring in a posse and do some re-educating.

Answer 7

Tell your brother to act like they are not there. I grew up with 2 younger disabled brothers. I was constantly defending one of my brothers who was 1 yr younger than me. So i know where you are coming from.

Answer 8

I wish those ppl the worst things in life to come to them 10 fold!
I worked with mentally challanged kids and had to sit with many of them listening to their cries and saddness from rude comments from those idiots!
It tore me up so bad to be with these kids and see them cry and feel so bad because of the unkind words said to them I now have so much anger to these ppl!

Answer 9

Do it with grace....I am heavy and one time a kid said "you are fat" I said "yes I am and I hope when you grow up and are fat someone says the same thing to you".

Basically try to make them experience a bit of what they are doing. Sometimes shedding some light will make them realize what they are doing. And why it is wrong

Answer 10

I had a friend in middle school and her brother had elephant mans disease (I can't remember or spell the technical term) - she would beat the hell out of anyone that said anything off color to her brother... it helped.