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[quote=Anonymous]Our neighbors have a daughter with a serious intellectual disability who is nonverbal and or particularly interactive. When I see her with her parents I always say hello to her and greet her by name. She doesn't respond, but so what? My point is that you speak to people with obvious disabilities the same way you would speak to anyone else. hello. How are you. The difference is not what you say to them (though you may have to adjust your manner of communication, for example making sure a hearing impaired person who reads lips can see your face), its that you treat the way they respond as completely normal even if it is different than the way typical people respond. Don't try to come up with magic words. Just talk the way you take. I get people's annoyance because it seems like you've gone pretty far in life without learning some obvious lessons. And you seem really flummoxed by the situation. But its pretty easy in the end.[/quote]
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