Ripped apart by its teeth, he screams in pain. He wishes you 'd just go away, he begs and pleas, let me be. He has been in your grip for far too long he thinks. He wonders how do I escape, is it even a possibility? The thoughts are overwhelming as your teeth sink deeper. He gives you a glorious smile, as a salty tear falls onto his quivering lips. The blood of the innocent drips on the cold floor, you laugh as he lies dead between your horrid grasp. Society is cruel at times, and significantly ignorant. No wonder why change is so hard to achieve. The life of an intellectually disabled being can be blissful but for some it is also ugly. Being mocked, discriminated, and tortured comes often. Isolation, depression, and self- doubt usually follow.
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According to the website Community Counseling Services, inc. for the longest time people with this type of disability were considered to be anything but human and instead were objects of pity and a menace to society. Treatment for these people included being trapped inside human warehouses with the insane and often forced to endure a vast amount of abuse and horrid conditions(Community Counseling Services, inc.). There wasn 't a lot of options for the intellectually disabled except being institutionalized, assaulted, or imprisoned (Community Counseling Services, inc.) . Now there are many productive forms of treatment including: special schooling, skill development, even in home care, and many more. This is a great modification in medical science, but there still hasn 't been a modification in the mind set of the ignorant. The intellectually disabled now can live productive lives, have kids, and even become stars such as Chris Burke. However they still suffer a great deal including abuse that goes unknown from caretakers, abandonment, and discrimination. “Many still believe that the intellectually disabled are a burden to their families and society in general and for that reason I often had families abandon their disabled family member at our facility” (Hunt). If they aren 't left at a facility some are left to wonder the streets alone and afraid. On …show more content…
Like in the United States the use of derogatory terms for the intellectually disabled is common, “can fei” being the most popular its meaning is handicapped and useless. The treatment options are far from plentiful, reminding me of Of Mice and Men in a way because Lennie didn 't have any treatment options and he had to keep his condition secret. The government has great ambitions but they often go without purpose for example the law says that children with special needs are entitled to proper schooling, but there are no provisions for funding. Local authorities regularly turn away children, telling them to go to ‘special facilities’ elsewhere that don’t exist, or that are far out of their parents’ financial or geographical reach (Palmer). As a result, according to a 2013 report by Human Rights Watch, 43 per cent of disabled Chinese people are illiterate, compared with 5 per cent of the general population. (Palmer). Its absolutely horrid, they not only suffer do to lack of treatment they also endure discrimination and prejudices. Some places in China still allow the intellectually disabled to be crammed away from society: abused, chained, and left malnourished (Palmer). This is the norm, in China having a disabled child of any sort is a failure to your country and your family. Even into adulthood the disabled face many challenges including lack of
According to the website Community Counseling Services, inc. for the longest time people with this type of disability were considered to be anything but human and instead were objects of pity and a menace to society. Treatment for these people included being trapped inside human warehouses with the insane and often forced to endure a vast amount of abuse and horrid conditions(Community Counseling Services, inc.). There wasn 't a lot of options for the intellectually disabled except being institutionalized, assaulted, or imprisoned (Community Counseling Services, inc.) . Now there are many productive forms of treatment including: special schooling, skill development, even in home care, and many more. This is a great modification in medical science, but there still hasn 't been a modification in the mind set of the ignorant. The intellectually disabled now can live productive lives, have kids, and even become stars such as Chris Burke. However they still suffer a great deal including abuse that goes unknown from caretakers, abandonment, and discrimination. “Many still believe that the intellectually disabled are a burden to their families and society in general and for that reason I often had families abandon their disabled family member at our facility” (Hunt). If they aren 't left at a facility some are left to wonder the streets alone and afraid. On …show more content…
Like in the United States the use of derogatory terms for the intellectually disabled is common, “can fei” being the most popular its meaning is handicapped and useless. The treatment options are far from plentiful, reminding me of Of Mice and Men in a way because Lennie didn 't have any treatment options and he had to keep his condition secret. The government has great ambitions but they often go without purpose for example the law says that children with special needs are entitled to proper schooling, but there are no provisions for funding. Local authorities regularly turn away children, telling them to go to ‘special facilities’ elsewhere that don’t exist, or that are far out of their parents’ financial or geographical reach (Palmer). As a result, according to a 2013 report by Human Rights Watch, 43 per cent of disabled Chinese people are illiterate, compared with 5 per cent of the general population. (Palmer). Its absolutely horrid, they not only suffer do to lack of treatment they also endure discrimination and prejudices. Some places in China still allow the intellectually disabled to be crammed away from society: abused, chained, and left malnourished (Palmer). This is the norm, in China having a disabled child of any sort is a failure to your country and your family. Even into adulthood the disabled face many challenges including lack of