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someoneintheshadow446:
celticpyro:
celticpyro:
Why do parents of disabled people just think they don’t have any obligation to respect their children’s privacy? Would you think it okay to talk about all the times your 12-year-old had an emotional outburst if they were “normal”? Who’s gonna tell these “warrior mommies” a diagnosis isn’t a free pass to not treat your kids with basic dignity?
I honestly don’t care if your nonverbal teenage son wet the bed again, that’s not something you post on Wordpress to monetize. I don’t care if your daughter screams when people try to hug her, you don’t publicize that just to whine about how hard that is for you. These are still HUMAN BEINGS and you are required to have respect for them.
Also kids with disabilities UNDERSTAND THINGS JUST LIKE NON-DISABLED KIDS DO. I have seen kids with disabilities have these things done to them:
Their parents talking about them as though they aren’t there while they are in the room.
Being insulted to their face thinking they’re too stupid to understand it.
Being prevented from doing normal kid activities because “what’s the point they can’t do it”, even if the kid wants to do those activities
Lying to them to their face when something bad is happening. Ex: in a movie I saw recently about a deaf boy, the parents are fighting. The kid sees it and the mom lies to him that they’re going out to get ice cream. The kid says in sign language “I can’t hear or speak, but I can see.”
Being treated with all the integrity of a toddler even when they’re older, such as being spoken to VERY SLOWLY, kneeling down and talking to them, laughing at everything they say no matter how insightful it is.
Never allowing them to do anything by themselves
Disabled kids aren’t overgrown toddlers and shouldn’t be treated like that. Treat them as you would a non-disabled child. Respect their privacy and don’t treat them like idiots.
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someoneintheshadow446:
celticpyro:
celticpyro:
Why do parents of disabled people just think they don’t have any obligation to respect their children’s privacy? Would you think it okay to talk about all the times your 12-year-old had an emotional outburst if they were “normal”? Who’s gonna tell these “warrior mommies” a diagnosis isn’t a free pass to not treat your kids with basic dignity?
I honestly don’t care if your nonverbal teenage son wet the bed again, that’s not something you post on Wordpress to monetize. I don’t care if your daughter screams when people try to hug her, you don’t publicize that just to whine about how hard that is for you. These are still HUMAN BEINGS and you are required to have respect for them.
Also kids with disabilities UNDERSTAND THINGS JUST LIKE NON-DISABLED KIDS DO. I have seen kids with disabilities have these things done to them:
Their parents talking about them as though they aren’t there while they are in the room.
Being insulted to their face thinking they’re too stupid to understand it.
Being prevented from doing normal kid activities because “what’s the point they can’t do it”, even if the kid wants to do those activities
Lying to them to their face when something bad is happening. Ex: in a movie I saw recently about a deaf boy, the parents are fighting. The kid sees it and the mom lies to him that they’re going out to get ice cream. The kid says in sign language “I can’t hear or speak, but I can see.”
Being treated with all the integrity of a toddler even when they’re older, such as being spoken to VERY SLOWLY, kneeling down and talking to them, laughing at everything they say no matter how insightful it is.
Never allowing them to do anything by themselves
Disabled kids aren’t overgrown toddlers and shouldn’t be treated like that. Treat them as you would a non-disabled child. Respect their privacy and don’t treat them like idiots.
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