Ideas and feelings

We all have different feelings. But mentally handicapped people can (like we can also be…) made unhappy or happy by treating them in a sort of way. We show our feelings at our own way. Sometimes it’s difficult to show your feelings.

Give an impression of your feelings
A group of mentally handicapped people from America have been thinking about pain, fear, and sorrows which are caused by discrimination. They paint, write poems, and play productions, to show that mentally handicapped people have the same ideas and feelings as everyone. Their group is called ‘Heartstone’.
Their productions, poems and paintings show that our society concludes different (looking) people. Everyone knows periods in which he needs help from or can give help to others.
Like the group says:
‘We play at schools and at public mental states to show that we, mentally handicapped people, aren’t crazy. We’re humans with normal feelings and we have the right for a goal in our life.’

Cope with negative feelings
The information beneath comes from the book "Leerstoornissen" written by Margaret and Peter Flynn.
Paul has a learning disability.
What does this mean for him and how does he feel about this?
"It means for me that I’m not always capable to understand immediately what happens, the feeling that I can’t connect things with eachother, always be alone and left alone, because no one knows how to deal with my ‘moody’ comments.
If someone asks me a question I can give an answer, but sometimes it just takes such a long time, that someone loses its patience in the middle of my answer. Now and then people want to tell the answer or, worse, they can’t hide their impatient.
Due to both reactions I feel dumb and worthless. It’s very difficult to ignore negative feelings. The high pressure causes that I panic,
In which I hurt everyone around me.”