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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
How about this reply:

"Nothing is wrong with her. Why are you so rude?"[/quote]

Well because it's a lie. OBVIOUSLY something is wrong with her - enough that it attracts attention to the point that kids come over to ask about it and even more that she can't respond to SAY what is wrong with her. [/quote]

Wow. Just wow. There is NOTHING -wrong- with a special needs child. No matter what special needs they have. There is something different, maybe, sure. But there is absolutely nothing WRONG with anyone. And therefor the talk should go like this:

Rude Kid: "What's wrong with her?!"
You: "Nothing. Why, does she have a bugger on her face or something?" -pretend to look for non-existent buggers-...or something similar.

The most important thing to teach ignorant people is that there is nothing wrong with not being the same as 'normal' people. Nothing. The faster everyone gets that into their heads, the faster we will all be better off.[/quote]

As a child who grew up with an obvious disability, I don't know what was more painful and embarrassing:  The fact that kids and adults asked what was "wrong" with me or my mother trying to teach them that "nothing was wrong" with me when it was obvious to everyone that could see that there was.

Boy, does this thread bring back painful memories.[/quote]

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