Are mentally challenged people nice to the other mentally challenged people?

Question

But not the normal people?why?

Answer 1

If you've seen one "mentally challenged" person, you've seen one "mentally challenged" person.  In other words, people with disabilities are all completely unique, just like all people. They have individual personalities, likes, dislikes, interests, talents, etc.  Some people without diagnosed disabilities are grouchy, negative people who don't seem to like anyone, and some are very positive, optimistic people who seem to like everyone.  Guess what?  The same is true of people who have disabilities.  

If you have observed a person with a disability who seems to be more comfortable with other people who are also disabled, maybe it's because they have had bad experiences with "typically developing" people and are distrustful.  But in more than 40 years of close relationships with people who have developmental disabilities, I have never met any who are "nice to other mentally challenged people...(b)ut not the normal people."

Answer 2

Since when? It depends on what you mean by "mentally challenged". Most of these challenged cannot process more complex human emotions as hate, lust, but in truth they like everyone. Read "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes; this golden little novel is about the experiences of a mentally retarded man that has an operation to triple his IQ, making him a genius, and then reverting back to his old state again. It's one of the most touching stories I've ever read.

Answer 3

I am a high school / adult special education teacher and I can tell you that they are just like you and I in reguards to interacting with each other.  They have their good days and bad days and yell and  hit and kick and whatever else you do when you are mad at someone.  

They are not capable of higher thinking skills but most of them know social skills and behave like you and I just on a lower level.

Answer 4

nop

there are so many types of mentally challenge people and they can sometimes act like any other people, which means they can also be nice or ugly with other mentally challenged people

They can also be not nice to normal people

trust me, personal experience

Answer 5

I don't know - have I been nice to you???  LOL!!

Answer 6

having worked in an environment for mentally challenged children and teenagers, i must clarify that mentally challenged individuals are inherently nice & warm. but due to their limited cognitive abilities, they have limited social understanding and therefore limited social skills.

But observations and research have shown that being mentally challenged meant that they have deficients in terms of their social skills and interaction with others. for instance, a mentally challenged person with limited speech may have difficulty expressing his good wishes/good will to others. also, some mentally challenged people (being cognitively impaired) are unable to understand what social behaviors are acceptable and what are inappropriate. therefore, they may come across as "inappropriately friendly". that is not to say they are not nice, there's definitely the inherent ability to be nice!

normal people are more inhibited bcos we can understand the complexity of the social world. for us, social interaction has more meaning. often, social interactions have UNDERLYING meaning, which complicates our purpose and ways of being nice to others.

dun ya tink? :)