Nature of Mental Retardation (US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1968)

[@cliffjones4683]

I'm Autistic, diagnosed originally with borderline mental retardation! Despite spending some time on a psychiatric ward, I have been able to overcome most of my severe challenges! I'm blessed!

[@Tayjahbaby8371]

That's awesome. Good for you!!

[@leonelroque4248]

Im very happy for you!!

[@couleuredgirl6314]

You are special and wonderfully made! ❤

[@FleurHarleaux]

Excellent!!! Yes, you are blessed and highly favored!♥️🙏🏽🫶🏽🙂

[@yukole6245]

Truly king! Jesus bless you!

[@Liquid_Mike]

it's truly terrifying how lacking oxygen for even SECONDS as a baby can lead to a lifetime of suffering. the fact any of us turn out "normal" is truly amazing

[@leninhadeandrade4173]

Verdade 😢 só Deus para ter misericórdia 😢

[@fadetoblond]

True enough. An ex boyfriend of mine had a brother whose son didn't get enough oxygen for a mere 8 seconds when he was born and that caused him to be permanently blind. He was exceptionally intelligent though. No mental flaws at all as he grew up. Just sucks that he can never see anything in the world. EDIT: my ex corrected me. He said his nephew was given way too much oxygen for that 8 seconds. Sorry for my ignorance.

[@ANIMAL.LOVERS.DONT.EAT.ANIMALS]

antinatalism forever

[@fadetoblond]

@@ANIMAL.LOVERS.DONT.EAT.ANIMALS Uh yeah, your comment doesn't even relate to the topic. Take your comment to animal slaughter videos. Oh here's a start for you...search "dog meat festival". I'd be happy if you went and slammed them with harsh comments. I already did my part. Stick to topics of videos when making comments, or stick to videos specific to your cause. Random stupid comments on various videos won't change a person's desire to eat meat or not. Please educate yourself better. Thanks!

[@ANIMAL.LOVERS.DONT.EAT.ANIMALS]

@@fadetoblond wtf are you talking about. my comment wasnt even about veganism? antinatalism is the belief that conceiving children is immoral because it risks great suffering to someone who is not you, such as what is seen in this video. it is NOT eugenics (like saying oh just stop having sick/disabled/poor kids) but the copious amounts of people suffering with debilitating diseases is just one of many reasons to believe that rolling someone elses dice is wrong.

[@bellah8393]

Our adult son has Aspberger’s. He will be 24 this month. They told us he “might” get to go to “regular” school and might make one friend. Currently, he holds three college degrees and he’s not done yet. He wants to continue his education to be a paleontologist. So he got a job at Home Depot and works full time. He’s going to take his drivers test soon. There have been many challenges and meltdowns over the years but we have always felt very blessed to have our son and are very proud of him. UPDATE: Our son is currently at Montana State University continuing his education to become a Paleontologist. He also works part time. He left mid August and it’s the first time he’s moved out. He’s now 25 and figuring out things on his own. He’s coming home for Christmas break. This is the longest we’ve gone without seeing him. He’s doing very well. We can’t wait to see him. Thank you all for the kind words.

[@PaintedDogGirl42]

That's wonderful to hear, much love to your family ✊

[@nickolasevanovich]

That’s wonderful better than my situation

[@bellah8393]

@@nickolasevanovich I’m sorry to hear that. When our son was first diagnosed, one family member would repeatedly say she refused to believe there was anything wrong with him. I would reply each time, you’re right. There ISN’T anything wrong with him. He just happens to have Aspberger’s and he just happens to have blonde hair and blue eyes. That’s always been our take on it. I hope things improve in your life. I wish you health and happiness.

[@chadtz]

Elon Musk has Asperger’s! They are capable of achieving great things!

[@caesarsalad493]

“Asperger’s” is just a form of ASD and is no longer a valid term. It was a term invented during Nazi Germany era as a way to describe those who were not socially fit for the “perfect race” Hitler was trying to create. People formerly diagnosed with “Aspberger’s” are just on the autistic spectrum.

[@sue.F]

My brother was diagnosed as mentally retarded, however, because he could read and write he was allowed to attend mainstream school. He was always bottom of his class, hated every minute of it, so when he was 13 my parents secured him a position on a farm - he worked hard, saved money, and eventually married a woman who was happy to take control. Now he is in his 70’s he doesn’t seem that much different from many people of his age who may have a form cognitive decline. All in all, he has lived a mostly happy life.

[@andrewbowers_]

That is such a great story. Happiness is the best part of life.

[@tribemaster101]

did he have kids?

[@aarondavid5866]

thats not retarded

[@sue.F]

@@aarondavid5866 maybe just a dimwit then 😉

[@blondequijote]

Wow I wish I was retarded now.

[@cookiesonsteve]

My uncle had Rubinstein Syndrome. He was born in the 60s. My grandmother kept him out of the institution and was raised at home and moved around with his military family. It was extremely rare that parents cared for their challenged child full time. When he passed away at 38, my grandmother had to find a new routine and became extremely reclusive.

[@maijacriner-harrison5161]

Your grandmother sounded like a wonderful lady!

[@AnitaDil]

I have never found it extremely rare, where I grew up and even after moving around a few times, there were many children/adults that were cared for by the family.

[@ijustrealllylikecats]

My uncle Jack had Down Syndrome. He was also raised at home with his 10 siblings (including my dad) which was uncommon in the 50s. When he was a young adult, their mother died of cancer and since she was the primary caretaker he had to live in a group home. Which is still loads better than an institution. My dad oversaw his care until uncle Jack passed away when he was around 40. We spent a lot of time with him, he frequently would visit for a weekend, and I'm glad he didn't end up in an institution so I could know him.

[@ijustrealllylikecats]

​@@AnitaDil How long ago was that?

[@Fynnftm]

She sounds like an amazing woman. My mom cared for my brother full-time as well until he passed away at 29 and she is also reclusive nowadays. I think caregiving for someone that long can be very stressful and especially when someone isn’t getting enough support from their community, it might make them want to rest and lead a quiet life when they aren’t a full-time caregiver anymore. Or that’s how my mom explains it

[@mikes.7654]

Can I just say how nice it is to see everyone being respectful and compassionate on here rather than making jokes?

[@OneOfThoseTypes]

Well now you're just asking for them.

[@phenomenalanimal4778]

You want jokes??? 😂

[@TW-xg5uh]

oopsie poopsie!!!

[@MrTigerlore]

How many retards does it take to… Hm, my heart isn’t in it today.

[@renadamcelveen410]

😢 Did they say retarded when I was written well I guess i'm in a different time or no

[@TheStamps]

I was tested for special needs 3 times within my third grade year. I was known as the most stupid student in my class and was treated Very poorly by my teacher. My teacher even called me stupid during a private meeting after school. I graduated college in 2016 with an overall 3.2 gpa, won multiple scholarships through out my studies and walked the stage with my bachelor’s degree in Healthcare Administration. I worked in my field for four years after college. I now own my own business with my husband. We are in our third year of business. My message to others is to not become the label they try to put you under! You may be a slow learner but keep trying, keep going! There is light at the end of the rainbow.

[@psychedelicpython]

When I was in grade school in 1970 I remember being called out of class to a room where psychologists would give me simple wood puzzles to put together. They gave me other tests from maybe the second grade to the fifth. I was sitting right there when one of them told my mother that I would stop learning in the 7th grade. Later in life my life my mother told me that she almost took me out of school in the 7th grade because of what the psychologist said, and she’s very thankful she didn’t. I have zero learning disabilities, worked in theatre off and on in life, went to college, worked in medical, and taught for the American Heart Association at age 21. Perhaps the public schools did harm to some kids with their psychologists by labeling them. I loved doing the puzzles and what I thought were just fun games by them. Unfortunately a lot kids we’re probably given wrong diagnosis by them these people, like what they did to me.

[@chicanapunkLA]

​@psychedelicpython, Same here. Those random tests were constant. The worst part was they never explained why they were given. That was most insulting

[@psychedelicpython]

@chicanapunkLA same here.

[@rustynails4034]

it's cause psychiatry is a joke and has not factual foundation in its basis, it's speculative at best, and even then it's nothing that's ground breaking or life changing or beneficial when it comes down to the underlying conditions and fixing the problems, and from the time it's started to today it's proved to be more experamental, manipulative, and exploitive, it seem psychiatrist will make up and diagnosis they can think of only to change it to the next newest or believed thing by the public to keep a place for them selfs as useful in our society, honestly I think psychiatrists make these people worse off and are more of an issue when it comes to a group of people who need to be diagnosed given experamental meds and treatment and kept locked up in facilities, the psychiatrist should all have to endure there own treatments, considering since it's inception it has never helped any of its so called patients, and it has a very barbaric history, and today hasn't changed much IMO, maybe an attempt to seem less physically tormenting, but like the rest of medical treatment has exploited the over use of harmful mind altering mentally debilitating medications that have terrible side effects and cause there patients more trauma or worse, and are usually always over prescribed if u will, imo they shouldn't be given at all..

[@sloppyjonuts9162]

Same my dad called me retarded My mothers new husband called me slow My father also called me slow I went to community college for 1 year my average grades were a & b a tremendous student I did not finish and have been going from construction job to construction job or what ever job I can get .

[@isabelleblake8732]

my aunt was born in 1960 and was diagnosed with “mild mental retardation”. just this week we moved her into her first independent apartment with her dog! she’s doing great and i’m incredibly proud of her. she’s always had terribly low standards for how people should treat her because of her difference in ability, but her standards are rising these days. tomorrow she’s coming over and we’re making holiday cookies (: it’s incredible to see how far we’ve come since the days of her diagnosis in both medicine and societal moods towards those who are differently-abled.

[@grendelsmama2302]

That’s beautiful!

[@askosefamerve]

That's wonderful! Props to your family!

[@vintagebrew1057]

It always helps when the family is loving and supportive❤

[@AndreaHarpe]

I was diagnosed with an extra chromosome, trisomy 18. I Was born with Edward’s syndrome. Anyway, in high school I was in special Ed classes. I was in some regular classes too. I was a slow learner and had difficulty with comprehension as well. If it was not for my parents care for me and seeing special doctors, I would not be here now. Im 63 years old. I’m living an independent life.

[@Emily-cw7tj]

I'm glad to hear that 😊

[@jenniferhogan4333]

I’m pretty sure if you had Edwards syndrome, you wouldn’t be typing about it. If you are going to make something up, please make it believable.

[@Blueberry_muffin42]

So proud of you! 🎉

[@NayNay4life175]

Trisomy 18 kids never develop beyond a few months old.

[@FronteirWolf]

Mosaic type maybe? It would certainly be very unusual to be as high functioning as OP with trisomy 18.

[@chop2093]

I have no words for how sad this is to see these poor kids suffering …as a dad to 3 healthy boys I find myself so grateful…

[@jeffmullinix7916]

Some of these people is not suffery . They think they are doing what they can for the conditions they have to work with . Some even realize that there is nothing wrong with them selves just others being different . Some may think there is something wrong with them . If these people think this then they can ask for help . The problem is their enviroment . I have my disabilities . Mine is in education . I have an education of a 7 year old at best . I have to use spell check all the time . I get confused a lot . I also cant remember things . Cant remember names or streets or there numbers for instance . I get lost and confused all the time . I know when thinking are told or what I had read but afterwords I will forget . Just certan thing just dont burn into my brain so well . I had always been this way . I never had any help for this condition . I think a lot of this was the enviroment I was brought up in and my self .

[@Shaved_Bunny]

I have 3 sons myself, and my oldest son is "heavily autistic", he is still almost 7 years old, but some doctors already want to give him the "mental retardation" diagnosis, and some not. We are still waiting, because he is changing so much over the years. He is very happy and calm and Im so lucky to have them as my sons.

[@rosslefave5877]

​@@jeffmullinix7916 my disabilities are the world and police

[@Seroxm13]

@@jeffmullinix7916agree. It's more their parents who suffer.

[@kerry2921]

They're retarded.....

[@gabe-po9yi]

We need to remember that this was actually a progression from previous thought decades before that the intellectually-disabled couldn’t learn at all and all should be institutionalized. So, since this progression in thought occurred, it stands to reason more would follow, as it did.

[@gabe-po9yi]

@@bradyglaven8359 How so?

[@gabe-po9yi]

@@bradyglaven8359 I’m so sorry to hear that’s the case where you are! Where I am, we have one primary, large facility where the clients go each day for school, health care and enrichment activities. They also have contracts with several businesses, so those who are able and want to, actually work and get paid. The Director had a sister with Down Syndrome that he grew up with (her parents didn’t institutionalize her, believing she was capable of learning, etc.), so I believe that’s a large factor in the quality of the center. Our local govt is extremely supportive and allocate funding every year. There are also numerous educational and care group homes. Are there no services where you live? Do you think it’s a matter of money or is there not the recognition that so many intellectually disabled can learn, can improve, or something else?

[@gabe-po9yi]

@@bradyglaven8359 Targets on pupils’ backs - omg, I don’t even know what to say. Those people sound like they have that mentality if someone isn’t perfect, then they’re lesser beings or even worse, don’t deserve to live. I wish there was a way you could get out of there and move to a more progressive place. So sorry those ignorant, corrupt haters have made your life so miserable, Brady.

[@arthurdent1983]

It all changed once wealthy people realized they could train them to pencil in a vote or use a voting machine.

[@___erika]

@@gabe-po9yithat’s amazing. Can I ask if you are located in the US? I would love to have something like this here in Canada.

[@coffee5981]

I have a technically retarded IQ level due to suffering from FAS. I have always tried best and often done well and now have a good job working in ICT. It is still very interesting to me to see how it was seen in the past!

[@bricortezbackman]

Holy crap I have FAS too

[@iescapedtheasylum2015]

@@bricortezbackman I do too!

[@MsPiinkFllamingo]

You seem just fine to me. You write and articulate language better than folks I attended grad school with.

[@sarcasticallyrearranged]

@Coffee what is ICT?

[@univon4892]

@@bricortezbackman What FAS stands for?

[@rachelfaithdarrow5526]

I was born without a thyroid. I’ve always felt very blessed that I’ve done pretty well mentally and physically from 9 days old onward with the help of modern medicine.

[@esoteric_mememaster]

Interesting. How does life differ?

[@RedxRiot]

Oh wow, I’ve never heard of that! I assume that also means you don’t have a parathyroid either?

[@esoteric_mememaster]

@@RedxRiot fellow tcap enjoyer?

[@s.t.martin7939]

Hi @rachelfaithdarrow, I was born with a thyroid gland, but it doesn’t work. Thank God, sounds like we both were diagnosed, and treated on time, and we’re doing well! 🙏🏽 Take Care!! ☺️

[@gavinvalentino1313]

The pray-hands emoji is the Devil's work.

[@WildSmile70]

I am a provider for high functioning adults with mental fragility’s. I would recommend everyone spend a day, or two, and volunteer your time with these wonderful people, you may find that they are more enriched than the average person. It’s the little things in life that we can find so much joy. ‘Live at little ❤

[@bigsteel8200]

Why would u call someone 'fragile'?? That's kinda offensive to those kind of people, they r adults afterall even if they aren't technically normal

[@damianluther7191]

​@@bigsteel8200because they are. she's just looking at smaller picture. not the bigger picture. but humans

[@hampy1238]

Thank you for what you do! Need more people like you! From a father with a child with autism

[@deathmetalpotato]

It’s “fragilities”. The possessive “ ‘s “ is incorrect and makes no sense.

[@pkernoob786]

​@@bigsteel8200 Why would you point out that they are, "technically," not normal? Why would you say, "those kind of people," whilst trying to call out someone for using the word fragile? You're hilariously biased and offensive yourself. Don't parade morality around like you are better than others. Weak Sauce.

[@Callmenobody174]

Makes you very thankful and reminds you of just how blessed you are if you weren't born with the unfortunate mental impairments of people in this film. My heart goes out to them and anyone like them.

[@sharonjensen3016]

Feeling sorry for those with impairments doesn't help. What those with disabilities really need is understanding and good guidance. Being seen as less and treated as less by the medical profession, society and family members has made me angry at the world.

[@MsNooneinparticular]

Many causes of "retardation" are avoidable and happen post conception or post-birth. A few include: severe head trauma, lead poisoning, early childhood neglect, inbreeding, substance abuse while pregnant, malnutrition & maternal hypothyroidism during pregnancy. Also: It's pretty pathetic & depressing when you consider all this is determined in relation to how "employable" you are.

[@Sparky-ww5re]

And medicine has come a long way since 1968, a time when smoking was considered a normal part of maturity & socially acceptable, asbestos was very common as a fire retardant, sound dampening, popcorn ceilings and was used in many if not all heat producing appliances like toasters, irons, hair dryers, and hotplates. Lead based paint was common because lead added to the durability and color, until it was banned by the US consumer product safety commission in 1978. Leaded gasoline was used because tetraethyl lead acted as an octane booster to reduce engine knock and acted as an internal lubricant for the valves. Very old homes (typically Pre-WWII) may have lead water and drain pipes. As late as the 1980s, lead based solder was used for soldering copper plumbing joints until it was banned in 1986, ban taking effect in 1988. Cars until the early 1990s may contain asbestos in the brake pads and clutch linings. Leaded gasoline began phasing out in the mid 1970s as the effects of lead began to be widely understood, but was not completely banned until Jan 1st, 1996. All of this can spell danger if you have an older home or car and have not taken the proper steps.

[@shadetreader]

Capitalist society only cares how "productive" we are. 😔

[@univon4892]

@@shadetreader Yup...

[@zzzz-sf5lr]

We are all cattle

[@mplslawnguy3389]

@@shadetreader Pretty sure communism only cares about that too. At least we can move up in the world.

[@elijahvincent985]

I have high-functioning Autism, and seeing this makes me so grateful to have what I have instead of being locked away in some looney bin. Because autism was previously considered to be mentally retarded, I am so glad to say that I am able to come home from College to a loving family. I may have my personal battles, but none of them have stopped me from reaching where I need to be. As I speak, I'm about to finish my 2nd-to-last semester at Miami University before I graduate with a Bachelor's Degree. But I have had special education classes back in elementary through high school, and I have befriended many who are on the lower end of the autism spectrum, some so severe to where they can only speak one word at a time. This video reminds me of some of the people I've met and seen. I'm fortunate to say they were all very sweet people. On another relevant note, one of my closest friends also has Down Syndrome, and I don't know what it is, but every person I've met that had it, including my friend, are all very loving, kind people that never fail to make me happy or at least have a smile on my face. I thank God for having some living angels walking among us, that way we can have some people to actually be worth protecting and grateful for in this otherwise awful world. Also, 15:23 is one of the sweetest moments in filmed history with a boy excited to see his friend.

[@TheRandomINFJ]

Who are you? Right. So why comment a novel? ❤

[@Shanzha23]

one thing interesting is that Autism and Down Syndrome are comorbid. that means one person can have both conditions at the same time

[@z2finity]

i am not fucking reading all of that

[@jebsmith323]

Please ignore the idiots below. I appreciate your thoughtful comment.

[@cmmc3400]

You made me cry but the good kind. I pray my granddaughter, Summer, stays as sweet and achieves all she wants in life. The little darlin knew the word "squirrel" has two r's and I had no clue! I even raised four orphaned squirrels and didn't know! LOL...anyway, thank you for sharing. I see a bright future for you and her as well now.

[@artieriesterer8633]

The level of gratitude and appreciation I feel watching this holding my healthy daughter are unexplainable

[@jewgirl952]

My sister was mentally retarded and was the sweetest, most perfect person I ever knew. Sadly, she died in 2016. I miss her every single day and look forward to being with her soon.

[@Emily-cw7tj]

May I ask how old she was when she died if that's alright?

[@jessicahacker6888]

Thank you for loving her regardless not all of us are that lucky 🍀

[@susanbobo5098]

It must be heart wrenching for a parent to realize their sweet precious baby is suffering

[@legallyblonde930]

The only upside is... they know no different ❤ How much joy they bring though ❤

[@rickpool324]

It is very heat breaking as a parent it hurts when my son and I go outside and people make fun of him but I don't respond to those ignorant people bec my son gets upset

[@RONPEE-STINGER]

I would cry forever if my son was a retard😢

[@Jendromeda]

@@rickpool324 we have the same, a 4 yr old grandchild. My stupid family doesn't know how to act about this situation, relatives. I could scream. It's really tough when the family "talk" behind his back and mine. Plus, he has a single mother who gets criticized. Her life is hell right now. I hope you surround yourself with nice people who want to help. He has found a nice program for his problems right now. But the family and his neighborhood is not so nice. Sad to think the family can't deal with this...they are pathetic.

[@rickpool324]

I know all about it my son is 24 he hated going out in public bec people are not so nice to him but I learned not to worry so much any more bec worry dose no one any good l wish you all the luck with your grandchild it dose get a bit easier god bless you and your family my family doesn't understand either they just ignore him

[@jimkuz27]

Growing up i knew a family who lived near us, they had a son older then me i remember at age 9 i went there to see about earning some money doing chores, i mowed their lawn, their son who was at the time was sitting in a larger stroller, and he was just wearing diapers and rubber pants and he acted like a one year old. Years later i saw him again and he made a lot of inprovements and come a long way, they were the nicist people and i felt sorry for their son!

[@annamariehewitt3173]

I was child in the 50's with 5 siblings. I was given up by my parents because I had a speech impediment and was an embarrassment to my family..I was considered mentally retarded as well and taken to a Psych Hospital for assessment. There they found I had an IQ of 150. They gave up on me anyway....."Their loss, not mine."

[@Sarah88423]

😞💔

[@annamariehewitt3173]

@@Sarah88423 How kind of you... I am now an Artist ,a Musician and am writing my second book of Poetry. All the best to you in the future.........

[@Sarah88423]

@@annamariehewitt3173 You're welcome!!! It just kind of made me sad when I read your comment about what happened to you when you were little and with your parents. But, I'm glad you ended up having a good, happy life anyway. And I agree, it's your parents' loss, not yours. You seem like a very strong person. All the best. 😊❤

[@MochaMoonpie]

@@annamariehewitt3173 hey, is your work available online? Would absolutely LOVE to check that out. Continued success to you!! 🙂💕

[@annamariehewitt3173]

@@MochaMoonpie Hi there Mocha, If you're talking about my Poetry, no it is not... I write what is called Nonsense Poetry. Edward Lear was a great Nonsense Poet in the late 1800's I will send you one if you want to read it......

[@JohnMartin-cd1qm]

When I feel my life is stressful or something is unfair or simply sucks, I see a video of those with real difficulties, whether afflicted with some sort of disability or an emotionally invested caretaker of someone with constant needs, and it puts everything in perspective of how lucky most of us really are.

[@PolarBearFromNY]

Good for you

[@Forever.and.a.day.singing]

​@@PolarBearFromNY How many cases exist for the case 3 function sentiment?

[@adammwalch]

Thank you for posting. This helps dispel the myth that specialists in this field in the past were egregiously ignorant and lacked compassion

[@simonmaverick9201]

I am dyslexic and always had problems at school. Thanks to my amazing teachers I was OK.

[@saileebniss1782]

People are judgmental with dyslexia I Kno I have it

[@KissofDeath63]

I'm happy for you,you got lucky to had that teachers

[@zzzz-sf5lr]

Same auto correct has saved my life lol

[@gaiagruel]

This is not the same. But im glad u had teacherz to help you!!

[@mplslawnguy3389]

Too I amazing teachers had in school was hard reading.

[@DerangedMallard]

It's somewhat comforting to know that at least in some places, the less fortunate of us were treated like humans even in these olden times.

[@electropocalypse5877]

I have Asperger's and I actually found this short documentary to be very accurate to our era, albeit some of the language was altered and made obsolete. My dad took prevocational school which in itself reflects the idea of _stage 1_ cases in which high position employment isn't likely and thus trades was made a focal point. In current times there still are special ed programs for higher-functioning students joint with moderate-functioning students who receive two different curriculums, the highest being about grade 7 to 8. It also included Workers Composition, a basic version of CALM centred only on employment with an entry level job audit once a week. There are also no credits and no way of achieving anything greater than a certificate of completion. I had a rough start as a kid and felt unchallenged around high school, though Art, Com. Tech, etc was the only true muse to me in those days. Moving me into another program according to the principal was not possible due to A.) diagnosis, B.) funding and C.) a conflict of interest. Regardless, after -graduating- completing school I got a GED, ELA 30-1 (got an 86%) and finished a couple years of college while working full time. I don't believe our flaws define us, rather I think people and life in general is adaptable, ever-changing and growing. It's like how deaf, blind, etc people have their other senses heightened. In Deaf culture, people cherish their deafness as a unique life experience. Sometimes it just takes exploring and entertaining our many strengths in order to acknowledge them beyond what we lack. I don't believe this program is inherently "bad" as it does provide amicable and exemplary services to those who need it. I just think students who cannot graduate should have the freedom of choice to audit mainstream courses. I also came to learn that this is the case for some schools though it might not be the case for all. Anyway, sorry about the long ramble.

[@Emily-cw7tj]

I didn't mind your long ramble 😊 thank you for your thoughts 😊

[@k.c.r.5974]

​@@Emily-cw7tj Emily! Cool it...

[@Emily-cw7tj]

@@k.c.r.5974 what? Why? I was cool.

[@k.c.r.5974]

@@Emily-cw7tj Emily!!! You're out of control!

[@Emily-cw7tj]

@k.c.r.5974 what?

[@allenthramer6765]

It is heartening to see an approach that concetrates on what a person can do rather than just focusing on what a person can't do.

[@NoirL.A.]

i was born the year this was filmed i absolutely love this old footage of "common folk". far more interesting to me than celebrities and whatnot. as a kid i had both asperger's and adhd and also hated school so i never did very well which was frustrating fer all concerned because i was well above average intelligence but nobody at that time knew how to deal with my issues. i'm so glad to see general knowledge about these sorts of things is so easily available these days. plus many of these issues are now detectable and prenatal care is so much better you don't see these issues nearly as much now as you did when i was a kid. also i never get over how thin everybody was back then. nowadays most of the people in this vid would be overweight or obese.

[@Jendromeda]

fast food did the country in. Also causes other problems. Everyone was thin, i remember our junior high school had only two obese students out of 200. One girl and one boy. Everyone else skinny. My grandchild is said to have ASD and ADHD. Did you have speech problems at that time? The doctors are debating his diagnoses....so far they have put 4 on the table...won't decide till age 6. It's a real drag going thru this.

[@NoirL.A.]

@@Jendromeda i did not have speech problems as a kid with me it was mostly inability to comprehend non verbal cues and test taking anxiety so i wasn't always very socially graceful even when i meant well and i was terrible at school because i wasn't good at taking tests. and i was hyperactive which only made everything worse.

[@John-rk2bl]

Nowdays theres fast food restaurants around every corner

[@MrLookitspam]

My asberger grandson is a fireman and has met a young woman who is a single mother and he is becoming a wonderful father to her daughter.

[@CRAZYTRACY4]

My heart just absolutely broke seeing those babies. What a horrible way to live. I pray every person at that place had some sort of enjoyment in their life.

[@thebookguy210]

I hope as our technology advances it will have a significant impact on, and ease those suffering from developmental disabilities. This video makes me very grateful for the neurofeedback training I personally completed.

[@ProbablyCathy]

This was really eye-opening and pretty disturbing. I'm in my early 60's and would have been seven at the time of this production. I distinctly remember being in elementary school and having two special education classrooms in our building ... with large signs on the doors that read "Educable" and "Trainable". I was that young and remember that my gut churned at those names. "Are they talking about PEOPLE?", my seven year old self thought. In third grade I asked to be a classroom helper. The first two years, I worked with Kindergarten. When I was in 7th and 8th, I was allowed to help in the "Educable" room. I had the most fun in middle school with those kids. I remember one medical emergency that shook me - the squad came for Herbie, who was having a ketoacidosis diabetic reaction (not a medical professional and a long time ago - I'm not positive that it was precisely that). He ended up okay, thank goodness, but did fall into a coma for a few days (I think). I was most taken aback by the use of the descriptor "retardates" in this film. This took me wayyyyyy back to a really warm time. I majored in and taught music K-12, but soon found myself with an advanced degree in School Counseling and I've served the junior high and high school populations for 34 years. It is absolutely remarkable that we know so much more now than we did in 1968; medically, mental health-wise and using the wonderful, highly educated and experienced Intervention Specialists to benefit students with a multitude of different approaches, depending upon the individual's needs and desires. I guess I'm just here to appreciate in a stream-of-consciousness kind of way. :D tldr; Remembering and learning...

[@Emily-cw7tj]

Times really have changed 😮

[@ProbablyCathy]

@@Emily-cw7tj Indeed!

[@Macsrus5]

My brother has a mild form of Intellectual disability. I’ve been his care taker for 28 years. I’m thankful he can care for himself a little. God bless the workers in group homes that care for these poor souls❤️❤️❤️

[@erictuffelmire6826]

I have a brother in the exact dame situation, but you have to be honest with the use of mild. You or I having to take care of our brothers' is at least moderate mental disability. I was in denial about this for years, and now watching my toddler daughter surpass him in many ways, I want to cry sometimes.

[@Macsrus5]

@@erictuffelmire6826 he’s considered “slow”, was in Special Education classes. He can’t drive, wouldn’t understand if I showed him. Doesn’t use any devices/appliances. To look at him he looks ‘normal’. I’m thankful he can bathe himself and dress himself. He recently entered a program for citizens with disabilities. He has a caretaker that goes with him. It’s a good program ❤️

[@Shannonbarnesdr1]

@@Macsrus5 then sounds more like hes on the lower end of moderate, because most borderline, mild and a good deal of moderates can learn to do way more than your relative is doing. it takes a lot of consistent repetitive instruction and showing them,, but yeah they can learn, even some higher end severe ones can do some things, we had one who was upper end of severe who with a lot of repetition and breaking it down to small steps, learned to load and unload the dishwasher, do laundry, dress and undress himself, and bathe with minimal prompts.

[@AstraI1]

[@virgomitchell5918]

I have mild intellectual disabilities too

[@laurieberry4814]

I saw a sweet pretty high school girl with a developmental disability on the news. She explained that her grandmother must have been scared when she was lost. She must have been high functioning. There is a movie with Sean Cassidy. It’s a true story about a writer who is intellectually challenged. He was a famous poet. He had a girlfriend too. The movie was upsetting.

[@snittyz]

Some of these poor kids are heartbreaking.

[@TheInvshika]

Holy shit that first baby made me want to cry… I’m so glad medicine has advanced as far as it has

[@-CloClo-]

My uncle used to have learning issues when he was a kid and he was put in a special needs program full of kids with cerebral palsy and he absolutely hated it, just like me having ASD and then being in a special needs room with kids that obviously needed more help than I did. We both just felt out of place.

[@kylewood4852]

I can relate. I too felt out of place when I was placed in that program ha ha.

[@nadiastar6264]

Schools do that because they see what’s on paper and they don’t care about the functioning levels of the person.

[@levi_octavian]

I have ASD too and relate to this. I was always integrated into normal classes while still in school however due to my IEP I was able to take an extra year to complete trade school (I am now graduated and a childcare teacher). I was put in the special needs room for vocational assistance and life skills but many of the things taught were very basic and very easy to understand tasks. Out of the 14 there I was the only one with a normal IQ and able to properly function with the least assistance. Although life with autism is hard I feel very lucky that I can navigate neurotypical society. I see so many other autistic people struggle because their needs are higher and it puts things into perspective. Can’t help but feel bad as well too it’s not fair.

[@Sevrgpro]

I see you absolutely everywhere, every other comment section you’re there.

[@levi_octavian]

@@Sevrgpro I watch pretty much everything lol. KZbin is normally just background noise while I draw or I'll watch something before heading to work. We may have similar algorithms because sometimes the same thing happens to me when I see the same commenters on certain videos.

[@denisesiddon7241]

I have an iq of 86 but memory/executive processing on the borderline 75 and 78. I can only function normally without much change to routine, writing everything down or using calculator I forget words when talking sometimes My heart goes out to these people as i know what its like to struggle daily but these to much larger extent. I'm glad that things especially the terminology and methods of care , have moved on from this

[@jamestuck90]

My iq is 130 and I forget alot too

[@vudusid8717]

An 86 iq is average isn't it?

[@jamestuck90]

@@vudusid8717 100 is average

[@vudusid8717]

@@jamestuck90 I just googled it and It said that average is between 85 and 115.

[@jamestuck90]

@vudusid8717 your right I was going on usa iq

[@capturedmoments365]

It hurts to watch... So heartbreaking...

[@christas2863]

With the type of toxic metals such as lead in paint, lead pipes, gasoline, etc it probably took a long time for them to link lead and developmental delays, and just figured they should be put in an institution. :( Also low iron in childhood can cause learning issues.

[@tonycerino1736]

I'm glad my daughter and grandsons were born healthy. Bless all these people

[@melvayaredaguilar]

Let’s pray and hope for love, nutrición, and safety, and mental health awareness

[@PhantomOSX]

Maybe after we go on a date. 😋

[@jimmyjennings4089]

I feel so sorry for them, it seems like they don't have a fair shake at life of no fault of their own, I just hope and pray they can have as best a life as possible for them and I hope no one ever mistreats them God forbid anyone that doesn't have a heart and mistreats anyone born or ends up like these people.

[@carrie5244]

Truth

[@forgottenpixel]

I am only 1:00 in but OT rant time...did anyone else hate when teachers made you solve a math problem a certain way? Because I would have *hated* trying to solve that beginning math problem the way that boy did. I pretty much rebelled and just solved things in the way I was most comfortable on tests because I wasn't about to waste 3 minutes on a 1 minute problem when I had 49 other questions to finish as well. It's great to teach (and practice to a certain point) each and every style of solving a problem, don't get me wrong. But as long as a kid can show their work and it leads them to the correct answer...let them use the best method that works for them. There are plenty of other subjects they'll really *need* to struggle to figure out.

[@Jabreezylife]

,absolutely agree

[@HeadNtheClouds]

I would have to take off my shoes to count on my toes.... 950? Poor kids, but they look happy, so take care of them, find a way to teach them, try marijuana maybe! Or maybe their already on drugs. It is sad there’s people like that.

[@anitaboneshow]

Schools are made to teach obedience, not independent thought to produce good workers for the ruling class. Economic leaders emphasized that intellectualism was to be discouraged in public schools for the common man.

[@BlackPantherFTW]

For a second I thought it was 994..... Maybe I am retarded

[@MikkiBrayboy]

Yes my teachers gave up

[@User-435ggrest]

God bless you and your family! My brother is on the spectrum. He is functioning in a home setting, but struggles with fitting into todays standards of society. He needs his routines. I have problems in social settings. But I can hold a job for a few months before I break down. I wish we could figure this out.

[@123followtheleader]

what if the problem was the social setting and not you?

[@tea5284]

Growing up I always thought all babies came out healthy. Now that I’m older I realize how much of a blessing it is to have a healthy baby. And it makes sense why people always say “may you have a healthy and beautiful baby”

[@ericpass9749]

I believe there is so much about the human brain that we don't know and haven't even begun to figure out yet. It's fascinating to think where we'll be 200 years from now

[@forgottendreamteam]

It's meat with electricity in it. Do you understand electricity? I sure don't. Don't think anyone does.... Good luck figuring out everything about an electric meat ball.

[@KittySkeed]

This is so depressing yet so interesting, I can't stop watching it.

[@jackg2630]

It’s amazing how far our understanding has come since this

[@charliewazniak2905]

We can barely understand cheese whiz!!!! What are you taking about 😂😂😂

[@BuckcherryBootleg]

how? This is so matter of fact, it's all of the information we still have today. it teaches you all you need to know about mentally retarded humans. half of people today are just too woke to somehow not be offended by this video. Would claim it 'dehumanizes' mentally handicapped people. This video should still be watching by everyone at school levels. High school. Teaches the realities of human kind.

[@rwparker1968]

It's a relative concept. We understand more now than we did in the '60s, sure, but we still have a lot to learn.

[@Devoted_Catholic777]

@@rwparker1968we have learned some and have forgotten much! I think we have gotten very confused on the mental disorder front especially with retardation.

[@dagtheking5739]

@@Devoted_Catholic777 Ye, retardation’s a better name for it to be honest.

[@sahalaura8391]

My granddaughter is 7 and she has Down Syndrome. She doing really well. She is in regular 1st grade. I think she has a promising future. Above all, I want her to be happy. I want her to do something in life that is worth her time.

[@Thomas5792]

So sad to see those childeren like that. Makes my heart cry..

[@Emily-cw7tj]

Makes me wonder where they are now though and how long they lived

[@loveeveryone8057]

I am so impressed that we have come so far in understanding and helping these handicapped individuals. Last week for example I went to a Ballet where a wonderful mentally handicapped girl who was deaf, dumb and blind, was performing Swan Lake. She was doing an amazing job before she fell off the stage and broke her leg.

[@blablablabla4236]

When I saw the poor soul with abnormal head. I cannot put in words for my sadness. Special place in heaven for these poor souls. I’m sorry this life did not dealt you a normal life. I’ll pray for you now since in heaven there is no such thing as time. I pray to god almighty you suffer no more. I’m a father . And I am truly blessed as is my family. For ever grateful. Please god bless these souls.

[@AlexanderSchmidt-jz5uf]

Theirs no such thing as heaven clinical braindeath is imminent failure to thrive in existence & consciousness

[@user-mx3th9fj4e]

You said it man.

[@jackiekidwell5004]

I loved this documentary !! The issue was treated in a very compassionate and enlightening way, especially for 1968 !! I wonder if the care of the mentally handicapped has improved since then or regressed ???? I also wonder if a child can be so overprotected and sheltered that they SEEM mentally handicapped to outsiders ?????

[@alexschmidt2895]

Well I have a mild intellectual disability so even though I live in a group home never have I thought I was being hovered over or sheltered. I'm free to go and roam as I please. I still wouldn't say group homes are the greatest but its not completely terrible either.

[@DinahAO]

as an autistic person, i’d say for the most part the care for people who need it has improved a lot! we’re not as limited as this doc makes us seem at the time and science has a better understanding of why disabilities exist and how best to support people although funds have been cut significantly since this doc and you often have to wait years to be treated- with these rehabilitation houses virtually non existent. obviously i wasn’t there at the time so i have no idea what these houses were really like, but i’m sure many people thrived in a small community like that

[@ido9988]

@@DinahAO Around the 80's, two significant movements coincided in the west: disability rights, and neoliberalism. The disability rights movement demanded that disabled people are given a chance and assistance to participate in broader society, while neoliberalism was concerned with slashing funding to costly institutions and moving care to more localized or private settings, in order to achieve smaller government and lower taxes. The result was that the disability rights movement demanded that the institutions be closed, and the neoliberal governments that popped up around the world were more than happy to oblige. For many, generally people with more mild disabilities, this improved their lives. They were moved to group homes, where they could get assistance but also participate in the community, freely move around, and achieve a greater level of independence. However, this kind of localized care schemes frequently cannot adequately deal with people with severe disabilities. In the case of severely mentally ill people, many of them simply end up on the streets, and are frequently addicted to drugs. In the case of people with severe or profound intellectual disability, the standard and scope of the care they receive went down. The taxing and expensive care of these people frequently falls upon their parents nowadays. Group homes are also frequently ran by private companies and organizations, which also lowers the accountability they have. So it's a bit of a mixed bag. Some people call for a return of greater state involvement with the care of severely disabled people. Of course, the improvements in the care of people with milder disabilities should not be reversed.

[@sarcasticallyrearranged]

I can tell you that if my sister hadn't coddled my niece and actually had her make an effort to learn and not just sit in front of her tablet, she certainly would be much more functional.

[@jr8260]

I've met plenty of homeschooled people who seems like they're socially handicapped.

[@MyMProductions3]

Why do I make myself feel bad by watching this?

[@janierios1194]

Because it makes u see how grateful u should be for your current life that we sometimes take for granted

[@robertmartinez81]

Trapped in the body, i can only imagine what the mind is going through

[@patalinghugjosephmarkkent6082]

Unused brain power/potential.

[@is8465]

Terrifyed

[@brendadimedio2069]

Not much try cannabis on them then see what they come up with

[@pwr_gunr8977]

Not necessarily. Malfunctioning brains means the thought processes do not necessarily work altogether and therefore the thought “man, only if i could live a normal life” is not formulated because their brains cannot apply logic and reasoning. This is not valid for all patients though, so some of them do get these thoughts. The worse cases barely have any clue what is going on.

[@ericbooth3393]

PWR_GuNr I was thinking the same thing. Most of these people are not even capable of formulating even the most basic of thoughts that we, as average people, are capable of formulating. Their brains either did not develop properly or were damaged somehow. It makes me wonder if perhaps one day there will be a way to generate and perhaps even regenerate brain tissue to essentially cure retardation. Would be fascinating but probably not within our lifetime.

[@Chicharrera.]

When my son was born he was a very irritable baby, always grizzling, didn't sleep much. As he got a little older I took him everywhere to be tested because he was constantly having meltdowns, ending up red faced, sweating profusely. When he started school I had him tested for ADHD and it was confirmed. We started him on Ritalin, had behaviour management plans drawn up each year. By the end of primary school I had grown tired of the school, who never wanted to implement any of the strategies suggested by the early intervention team and only ever cared about wanting to know if he took his medication that morning whenever he had a bad day. One day, I woke up and realised there was NOTHING wrong with him at all. This was really just his personality and temperament. I stopped the medication, stopped all interventions. He started high school and initially enjoyed it then after a year and a half I decided to homeschool him. Ever since the end of primary school he never again showed any ADHD "behaviours". Since he has been homeschooling he has been doing great. He is 15 now. I told him that it was wrong of me to medicalised him when all he had was a strong personality and I was sorry I pit him through all that crap. That the doctors were wrong, he never had ADHD. He replied "Finally, can I get that in writing?" He then admitted to me why he was so difficult all throughout primary school. He said he was bored. He didn't like school, or not the teachers anyway, who would mistreat him and call him a troublemaker. So he would act out in sheer boredom to get through the long school day. He never fussed up to any teacher who would ask him what was wrong or how could they help him because he disliked them since he distrusted them due to the way they spoke go him and treated him as a "problem". So, he gave them what they expected, they didn't deserve his honesty or vulnerability. He also refused to tell me as well, even when I repeatedly would ask him what he needed and if I could do anything go make his school life easier. It was nothing more than sheer stubbornness on his part and a desire to keep personal things to himself. He is still like this today, but therevis zero ADHD behaviour. Nothing. He is a kind, affectionate, generous, friendly and positive young man.

[@wayneturner7176]

I have a friend I would consider close to level 1 "giving this class structure" and I have to say much of what this video has to say is accurate. I'm glad this video is trying to guide people to be compassionate to people who no fault of there on have a handicap.

[@cmmc3400]

I have bad genes and suffer physically with pain and have had seven organs removed. I used to say, "I wonder if ignorance really is bliss." I don't wonder now, we all feel but some of us just know why. God bless all souls in their own personal hell and those who love, and/or leave them for others to care for. I really hope medical science can find cures and preventative measures that will make it possible for people who suffer can be alieved of their suffering and improve their lives. I can only hold a tiny bit of hope for myself.

[@unknown-ev5je]

5 organs removed, Which ones if you don't mind me asking? That must cause a lot of health issues

[@cmmc3400]

@@unknown-ev5je Thyroid, twice. First Graves then Hashimotos. (Yeah, its a thing and trust me, my body is weird), Appendix, Gall Bladder, Parathyroid, Ovaries, Uterus, Several Lymph nodes and the predictable tonsils. My immune system is missing IgG and some subsets. I had over two years of infusions to kick start it and it worked..sort of. I now have a very rare condition called Erythromelalgia. Very painful and enough to drive most victims to suicide. It took two and a half years to get diagnosed. There is no cure and symptom control is like running east to west, from your own shadow. Currently, my liver has a mass of tangled veins, most likely caused by that condition. It will be a race to see if the pancreas fails before my liver explodes. If those don't get me, my damaged gene MTHFR66T7 will. That is for balanced clotting. Last year I had two veins from hip to heel in my left leg which clotted...the entire length! My doctor came to check on me the next day. He is brilliant and has saved my life twice and my husbands life once. I was at deaths door and he showed me the clots...I am totally serious! He had them in a Tupperware container and they looked like two Amazonian Worms. There is more but you know what they say, leave 'em guessing. LOL. I hope you find the bright things in life ever shiney and the dull stuff puts you to sleep. I can only hope you have joy in your life and you have the feathers of a duck so the slime in life just slides right off.

[@sl9hter36]

Blame ur parents

[@cmmc3400]

@@sl9hter36 Dad died when I was 13 months old, mom blames herself enough. It is just one of those things you need to say the keys to the Serenity Prayer. I know what I can change and what I can't and that in itself is the blessing.

[@andrewmorton395]

Same here

[@thomasplouffe1363]

11:01 GOOD SWEET MIKE!! that is the WORST case of Hydrocephalus i have ever seen in a still living baby! oh my god the baby after is just as bad! oh those poor little babies

[@Emily-cw7tj]

Of what?

[@LyraReid]

Can that baby be surgically saved? What do they do for people like that?

[@somosgenel]

The saddest thing for these individuals is the harassment they oftentimes receive from the community at large.

[@MsPiinkFllamingo]

Who harasses them and where does this happen at large? I never see anyone with special needs in public or even really at or around schools. They are still very much pushed aside sand hidden.

[@somosgenel]

@@MsPiinkFllamingo I see that you probably are not a handicapable person. Harassment occurs in schools. society at large.

[@univon4892]

@@somosgenel As an crippled person, never I have once witnessed discrimination towards the handicap in my school.

[@callosamiusprometheus7350]

​@univon And being autistic, I have. To the degree where the bullying and harassment from both peers and teachers was traumatic. My only friend in 5th grade left the next year to be homeschooled, because just associating with the "weird rarted kid we don't like" was enough to get her bullied out the school. With all due respect, people are a lot less likely to go after the visibly physically handicapped kid (easier to get in trouble w the adults) than the "yeah, we know that one's got some kinda issues but we haven't quite figured it out yet" kid that the adults also don't like for being too annoying and weird.

[@univon4892]

@@callosamiusprometheus7350 Woah...

[@Blalack77]

My mom's sister had a son who was kind of like the most severe examples here. If I remember right, he was blind, deaf, mute and severely mentally handicapped. But I think her sister caught like meningitis or measles or one of those older severe illnesses (I can't remember - one of those hardcore illnesses you hear of) while she was pregnant with him.

[@Jendromeda]

my mother caught measles first trimester and had a mentally impaired daughter. 1950's.

[@mildred714]

That’s your cousin

[@Blalack77]

@@abelievingchristian Well she was my mom's half sister, she was like 25+ years older than my mom - my mom's niece is even older than her - I've only met her a handful of times in 37 years, I think they live(d) a couple of states over and I never met my cousin. I'm not sure why or anything. I think he died a long time ago when I was a kid and the fact that he was so severely disabled, the fact that he was like that because of his mom having an illness and the fact that I only ever heard people speak of him and never actually saw him, he _was_ kind of mythological to me.. My mom had cousin who was born without an arm - I was always kind of curious about her. She had another cousin who married a pretty dark complected Israeli guy and they had biracial kids - and I only met them all once and as a kid, they were always sort of mythological too and I was curious about them - before you cry racism over the skin tone thing, I was literally like 5 or 6, hadn't met very many people from the Middle East/Levant and _really_ didn't know I had Israeli like 3rd cousins but we played like normal. My mom comes from a huge family and all of her siblings have big families and almost all of them are the hermit types and they don't see each other. My mom said when _her_ mom/my grandma died, they all just kind of drifted apart. But I have a lot of ancestors and family members who I've either only met once or a few times, or ancestors who died before I was born and I only heard stories about them and/or saw pictures and that made them pretty mythological

[@andrewmorton395]

This is heart breaking god bless them all.

[@greenblue6935]

You think a loving caring god would let this suffering happen to children, I think not.

[@andrewmorton395]

@@greenblue6935 No I think not too, I have Autism its living hell

[@realtoken]

​@@greenblue6935thats cause there is no god... people just believe in fiction for some reason, and are stuck in medieval times.

[@hmshood9212]

This is very sad to watch.

[@mariorossi9944]

But if we undertand the video we can be Happy for our Life, apreciating what we have, respecting each othet

[@hallowsalways4584]

mario rossi you’re saying we shouldn’t feel sorry and respect people like this born unlikely with these conditions

[@mariorossi9944]

@@hallowsalways4584 you can be Sorry and that's good but if you want to super respect them you should Be Happy for what you have and for your health, your life

[@hallowsalways4584]

mario rossi i am greatful for what I have conspired to these unfortunate people :) :) but I also feel sorry for what they are missing out on aswell, as should you. Have an opened mind. Im getting the feeling you don’t have an opened mind because you aren’t very educated

[@mariorossi9944]

@@hallowsalways4584 i am educated, i have an opened mind (not sure about yours) and i feel Sorry for Those people

[@NereSaah_]

11:20-12:45-14:50-16:30-17:20 18:05-18:55-20:35 | Those made me remember a person that I've loved.. 🥺

[@snugglebug83]

This is so hard to watch. It's so sad but at leat the kids was taken care of and not mistreated and harmed like other mental heath hospitals did back in those days. They was just dumped and left uncared for. Many died in the most inhumane. You can tell these kids are clean and healthy and some seems to be happy.

[@ThatgirlnamedJodie]

I’m a 31 year old gal. I was diagnosed with Asperger’s and Inattentive ADHD at 26 years old. I have heavily masked my entire life. School was hard most days, but I flew under the radar because I got excellent grades, and wouldn’t say boo to a goose. The diagnoses were validation. I got lucky because many autistics don’t have it so easy.

[@aracioppa1]

It’s comforting to know that these are some of the happiest people on earth.

[@fistingthecomp]

15:22 this is the most wholesome thing iv ever seen

[@josanishere1384]

Yup

[@mosin98k93]

Doctor yes

[@ah8129]

Please view this video in entirety. It may be exactly what you need to hear, regardless of your beliefs. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJqoYp2AZ990atk

[@jamarmillo9708]

All these cave ppl... Should of never mixed 🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️

[@nebula3911]

@@jamarmillo9708 your mom

[@jackparker8686]

the mystery of the autistic children quite often burgeon with great genius attributes

[@DonnellOkafor-r2d]

Not true. Most aren't even bright

[@barneyronnie]

My IQ of 88 allowed me to earn a PhD in mathematical physics from an Ivy League University. In fact, I had full scholarships to graduate school. Despite an IQ of 88, I was a mathematical prodigy😮 Are you smarter than me? I teach advanced calculus, and lately have been researching alternate solutions to Einstein's Field Equations that result from choosing different initial conditions. Oh, I almost forgot to mention that I am also a virtuoso pianist and give lessons. Blessings, Reinhold Von Treffencaunbowz, MBBS, PhD

[@cessnacitation-x]

Do you actually expect anyone to believe you? Not only are you an idiot but you also claimed to have a lobotomy. Grow up, nobody is believing you.

[@ANT18621]

I doubt your IQ is 88 bro, maybe add a 1 in front of the 88.

[@BlackKittyCat99]

I highly doubt that your IQ is really 88.

[@chop2093]

It’s a little strange to put your degrees after your name in a non academic/business setting such as in writing a comment on KZbin…probably one of those people who insist others address you by the title “Doctor”.

[@jobdylan5782]

okay rainman

[@kellyford8832]

AMAZING thank you for putting this out their... i went to many schools here in CANADA and their were many of the SPECIAL NEEDS people their and they were WONDERFULL PEOPLE and miss them still today? 🙏🏽👼🏽🙏🏽.. i love how they literally have zero capacity to HATE others. the whole WORLD needs to take a lesson from these unfortunate loving family members here in our society. GOD BLESS everyone and i truly hope ALL these wonderful people here in the video, had an AMAZING life and had lotts of love and were very comfortable 💚💚💚

[@ericeidsness2210]

I have mental disabilities myself. . and I wish that these hospitals / prisons were still available for people to get help... There was bad sides to these hospitals but there was so much good that was done there too that people never talk about...

[@jeremya1018]

This reminds me of most of my co workers. These people could probably get a job at my company. They would thrive. I'm miserable.

[@The_Conspiracy_Analyst]

And then, a few years after this film was made, Robert McNamara came up with the idea to solve recruiting shortfalls for the Army with fellows such as those seen in this film.

[@jennifreakthompson8888]

This comment made Bubba from the movie Forest Gump come to mind. Edit: Maybe even Forest, himself.

[@smogity]

McNamara's Morons

[@気にしない-o8q]

i read that book on McNamaras program. crazy stuff

[@bebespeaks7827]

I have that book. It was depressing to read.

[@robertmontague1216]

McNamara was a sick puppy as well as Kissinger

[@darren1299]

10:55 that poor child I couldn't watch much more after that

[@chongqiu323]

Mew Two BIG BRAINNN

[@ricarleite]

Hilarious...

[@icongamer1603]

Air heads

[@shelley6473]

If it makes you feel any better they’re definitely all dead now 😬

[@pigtosheep6205]

i know truly terrible

[@IM024]

I think this video should become mandatory shown in schools so people wont use the word retard in an improper manner, i did not know about all these kinds of retardedness as shown in the video. Thank you for the upload, it was highly educational.

[@alexschmidt2895]

I just stamped Retardness into the urban dictionary for you.

[@Humble-iq5ue]

@Deadfish King like what? Dumb Fucks? Fuck Nuts?

[@ido9988]

@Deadfish King Nowadays there is better classification, especially when it comes to low-functioning Autism. Back then people with low-functioning autism were generally treated the same rehabilitation and treatment as mentally retarded people. Nowadays we know they have different needs. However, the classification given here that distinguishes mild, moderate, severe and profound is still used. To this day, people in the severe and especially in the profound categories need lifelong care and cannot participate in broader society. Some things did change in the standards of care. Around the 80's, two significant movements coincided in the west: disability rights, and neoliberalism. The disability rights movement demanded that disabled people are given a chance and assistance to participate in broader society, while neoliberalism was concerned with slashing funding to costly institutions and moving care to more localized or private settings, in order to achieve smaller government and lower taxes. The result was that the disability rights movement demanded that the institutions be closed, and the neoliberal governments that popped up in around the world were more than happy to oblige. For many, generally people with more mild disabilities, this improved their lives. They were moved to group homes, where they could get assistance but also participate in the community and achieve a greater level of independence. However, this kind of localized care schemes (like group homes) frequently cannot adequately deal with people with severe disabilities. In the case of severely mentally ill people, many of them simply end up on the streets, frequently addicted to drugs. In the case of people with severe or profound mental retardation (or intellectual disability, the more polite term nowadays), the standard and scope of care in these schemes went down. The taxing care of these people nowadays frequently falls upon their parents. Group homes are also frequently ran by private companies and organizations, which lowers the accountability they have. In short, it's been a bit of a mix bag.

[@Nevergofullretard321]

@Deadfish King You mean straight up saying someone is unintelligent? "Intellectually disabled"

[@lindathrall5133]

THANK YOU WELL SPOKEN

[@virgomitchell5918]

I have mild cerebral plasy and mild intellectual disabilities and happily independent and developing new skills and honestly I'm really smart as got little bit older and I used to think I had mild autism and cerebral plasy but I got diagnosed at age of 19 and now as 25 year old im happy that im developing new skills as of 2024 and forever greatful

[@anamokena-nicol4247]

It is lovely to hear so many stories of medicine or therapy helping people in the comments. I don't have a retardation issue and was diagnosed with a high IQ as a child which was very normal in my family. I cannot stand the way they treat people who are otherwise functioning and could be active in society with a bit of proper support. Things that are cured in other countries by herbs and people can recover from easily with appropriate diet are not even addressed here.

[@williamwinder5011]

The standards for IQ are updated every so many years and the average is always 100. An IQ of 84 today is in no way the same as it was back then.

[@rubberbandman1230]

What was 84 iq considered back then

[@wario_lava]

@@rubberbandman1230 probably a 90 but its sort if hard to tell if IQ increases or the way humanity adapts to soceity as technology becomes better in the future is diffrent

[@Reeeeeee12345]

I've tested iq 128 before, and can do rubies cubes with paper and pencil. I really liked learning and teaching calculus to myself. It took me a long time though. I just gave up. I worked through about 1000 pages og algebra, trig, and calculus, all college material, but it took me like two years. So I think I'm slightly rtarded, but at the same time. IM NOT.

[@nogreatreset8506]

@@Reeeeeee12345 your not retarded at all. Retards usually have a hard time learning basic skills. To do what you did in two years shows at least slightly above average intellectual capacity.

[@FelixTheForgotten]

​@@Reeeeeee12345 Wow, you are really smart for a 12 year old!

[@Stanley.77]

I've actually never heard the term "retardates" until this documentary. I've heard the term "retards," which today, is commonly used in a derogatory way, but I'm old enough to remember when the mentally disabled were called "mentally retarded." Some people get offended over the word "retarded," but context is everything. My niece has Down's Syndrome, and she is mentally retarded. That's not "making fun of" or using it in a derogatory way, it's just a fact. Regardless, I like that mentally disabled people are able to function in society and I think it is good for the community to encourage and look out for such individuals. There is a man in my childhood church and neighborhood, probably in his early 60s now, but for many years he worked for waste management. Everyone knew who he was and would always wave to him, which he really loved. It was nice to see the whole community have such kindness towards him.

[@KaylaMarie-ox8le]

That was used when I was kid too, they changed it to “intellectual disability” as it became used so commonly as an insult. Now they use “autistic” an insult. People are going to keep using these words as insults, so long as something is considered derogatory. It’s about the general attitude towards groups of people. Even “special” is used as an insult.

[@NostalgicJess91]

It's about respect towards people like us. We normally prefer, mentally disabled. I'm just autistic, but still.

[@NostalgicJess91]

A person with a normal brain wouldn't understand it nor us. Just on a different level.

[@univon4892]

@Kayla Marie I'm well aware that the autistic can be used as an insult because I saw someone asian boy in my high school yelling the word in an offensive matter, and still to this day, I haven't really figured it out if it directed towards me or some retarded kid named Giovanni either way I'm still impressed that the kid have the balls to yell the word offensively at the same I heavily condemn this act.

[@mplslawnguy3389]

There are mentally retarded people who contribute more to society than a lot of our so-called "normal" population.

[@CaptchaNeon]

The baby with the massive swollen head has hydrocephalus and while there are few who have it, it does have widely documented cases around the world specifically in Kazakhstan and India.

[@brera2434]

It's more widespread than you think. But usually already discovered in newborns and treated with a shunt that drains excess fluid. If caught in time, it can be treated very well.

[@brera2434]

It's more widespread than you think. But usually already discovered in newborns and treated with a shunt that drains excess fluid. If caught in time, it can be treated very well.

[@timothy-yo4nm]

May God bless everybody my heart goes out too all that are going through this.sad seeing people go through this.

[@Gdub33]

Omg "mongoloid". I always wondered why that was offensive. I thought it was talking about the Mongols of China my entire life up until this moment! My goodness. These videos are so informative about so many things!

[@univon4892]

I've heard this word before! Edit; You were right the term Mongoloid means more than just people with down syndrome!

[@emmaleary3767]

As kids we would say "mongs" not knowing what it meant

[@Gdub33]

@@univon4892 yeah I had no clue that the newer meaning is for making fun of people with retardation. Jeeze, I used to say some offensive stuff when I was a kid.

[@univon4892]

@@Gdub33 Mhm!

[@TheRunningLeopard]

I was watching an old PBS Nova documentary when the term was brought up and I was shocked when I looked up it’s meaning. The idea that was originally an excepted terms is uh…not great.

[@alexhauptmann298]

4:50 is this guy actually disabled, or is he just surrounded by condescending Experts who will jump on anything to see anything "deficient" in him? he seems less like he's "slow" and more like he Doesn't Want To Be There

[@alexhauptmann298]

Okay, later on in the video they talk about "mental retardation caused by social factors" and...yep, that's probably exactly his situation. Dude probably isn't "handicapped", he just got a shit education.

[@magicmarker737]

Remember, times were different back then

[@tufgbhw6986]

They were actually just taking a simple IQ test with the kid.... IQ tests are more designed to measure your ability to solve puzzles, grammar, critical thinking, everyday life issues, you dont really need an amazing education to have a good IQ.. The kid was obviously slow, which is why they said "typically retardation starts with ppl who score less than 84 points on an IQ test", and at the same moment the camera shows that kid, so they were trying to say with the editing "this kid is on the fence of mental retardation like we're talking about right now as you can see".. if you actually pay attention to the words and understand that you're supposed to correlate them with the images, it's not very hard to understand. So dont come on here and cry racism just because you yourself are stupid. For how fckd up things were back then, I think these ppl did a good job trying to shine light on these things and explain it in a way ppl from that generation would understand. There was basically no knowledge on mental and emotional problems of any kind back then.

[@Jc22ny]

Its also important to keep in mind that many times you cant visually identify someone with intelectual disabilities.

[@mikeboon6160]

Did you miss the part where his voice raised up and he started talking like a two year old?

[@charliesniklefritz6682]

3% of the population? Wow, that number has ballooned significantly. Yikes 😬

[@SunRabbit]

Yeah, big time. More like 30% these days, and I would attribute most of that to chemicals. Leaded gasoline, for one, then you got 49% of the population taking at least one prescription drug, and about 24% of the population taking three or more. That can't be good. Then you got 50% of the population having taken at least one illegal drug in the past 30 days. On top of that, you have mind-altering chemicals in the water, air, and food like aspartame, MSG, and outright toxins in cosmetic products like methylisothiazole and sodium lauryl sulfate. Then there's SUGAR (aka corn syrup), which is everywhere.

[@ZiggyWhiskerz]

Are we not going to talk about those poor babies??? Like the one with the growth and the one with the ginormous swollen head? 😢

[@123followtheleader]

what do you wanna talk about regarding them?

[@ZiggyWhiskerz]

@@123followtheleader the poor guy with macrocephaly looks almost like his whole little head is a tumor! 😭 I just I want to know their backstories.

[@Anon53]

Not that anyone cares, but I had 3 uncles who all have Downs syndrome. They're all of my Dad's brothers. Pop is the only one who's normal. 2 of them bless their souls are long gone. 1 is still alive, and he's now in his early 60s. Ironically enough, I feel he's the one who's always had it the worst, and so far, he's outlived his brothers and my grandpa. Though my grandma has taken such good care of everyone, which plays a major part. The thing is, with those guys by just looking at them and watching how they acted you could tell, they weren't your average person, but when you would strike up a conversation with them, it's like having a casual conversation with a regular person. It's like they learn and adapt by watching and listening to what other people do. So besides driving, they can do almost everything else.

[@traceytansley1659]

Sad especially to see the baby with encephalitis (large head), back then when modern medicine would drain with a stint today. Equally sad were the ones with giant head tumors, today they would remove them surgically. So sad. Glad we have evolved medically.

[@knusperkeks2748]

The idea that the first minute of this video does not apply to half the american population in 2020 - including adults - makes me think.

[@andreschiriff4354]

It is so nice to see that even in the late sixties there was an effort to help those with mental disabilities. I love to see humanity helping each other no matter what problems they have and my heart goes out to every family that has someone in their family with special needs

[@walterkersting9922]

The value of a human life does not consist of the level of one’s intellect.

[@Randy-rd9zb]

I am absolutely just intrigued by the intelligence, proper grammar, and overall just genuine comments here........

[@Omnihilo]

LMFAOOO the fact both the comments above and below you are retarded. 😂😭

[@eserieb8014]

Im autistic and I just graduated from college in computer I.T , and I already have a job in my field

[@fandoria09]

When I was in my 1st 1st grade year 1977 / 1978, my teacher noticed something wasn't right with me yet she singled me out and abused me. Having to repeat my 1st grade year the next year, 1978 / 1979, my new 1st grade teacher pointed out to the school board that I get tested for some kind of mental struggles. I underwent the competency test among other tests. I failed the math and comprehension. When it was brought to my parents attention my father revealed that when I was 6 years old (1977) I'd done something bad that made him so angry that he shook me so hard for 5 minutes. When he was done my head hurt so bad i was throwing up and for 2 hours I couldn't even hold my head up on my own. All that was done for me was i was given Tylenol and sent to bed. I received absolutely no medical treatment by any local hospital or doctors office whatsoever by any adult family member who witnessed this. I'm 52 years old now and I still suffer with severe unpredictable headaches "migraines". My comprehension of things still have to be explained to me in the simplest of terms or I can't understand what is being explained to me. Before the incident I was a bright 5 year old able to do math problems that a high schooler was doing (basic math up to pre-algbra). After the incident wgen it came time to study my times tabkes, I couldn't do it no matter how hard I studied. I still struggle with it. If I was ever given the test to get into college back during high school I'd likely fail. Ever since I was 3 years old I seen things with a "reality" based mind. Still do. When I was in my 1st 1st grade class I was working on a class work sheet. It told me to color the window frame one color and the glass another. Well, realistically the windo frame had a color but the glass didn't because we look out of a glass window. My teacher had the class stand behind me and each student had our hard back readers and they were to line up behind me and hit me in the back of the head then take their seat as they passed by. From that day on until my first day of my 2nd 1st grade year I was terrified to go to school. From my 3rd grade year (what should have been my 4th grade year) until my 2nd Sr. year of high school I was in LD classes. Having a teacher (a different one during my Jr. high years 7th and 8th grade and one during my 9th to both of my 12th grade years) I got one-on-one teacher/ student education and I grew to love all 3 of my LD teachers. I graduated high school in 1991 at the age of 20. I proved to many I could do it and I graduated with 19 1/2 credits, 1 1/2 credits more than required at that time. Even though I still struggle with my disability that my father caused so many years ago. I feel stupid at times. Like I'm still that little girl who was once so bright with knowledge can't remember very much but can remember things of my childhood years like they were yesterday but can't remember much about math or remembering instructions unless they are shown to me in full detail on a level I can comprehend. It's sad but I'm lucky my father didn't kill me from shaking me. I still suffer from SBS.

[@rridderbusch518]

(hug!) You sure do write well! I'm so sorry he did that to you. ❤

[@michellejohnsen912]

😢 I'm sorry and want you to know you are loved especially by Jesus of Nazareth. God bless you 🕊

[@MarleneTrujillo-uc8bj]

My father graduated HS in 1952 and I don’t understand how he did. He barely knew how to read he could barely do simple math. His writing was horrible. All his life he was a mean person up until he died

[@ooo4616]

Labels destroy lives! My father used to tell me I was stupid and would amount to nothing. Teachers stated the same, and a psychologist stated I had an average IQ. They were wrong, all of them, even as a child, I knew they were wrong! What I knew was I had abusive parents who shouldn't have had three kids. Teachers who were crap at their job and a psychologist who was paid a hell of a lot of money to down grade my IQ. ( for reasons I'll not share here) In my late 20s, I began academically educating myself on topics I myself were passionate about. I became a psychologist myself, obtaining a masters, studied Alternative Medicine attaining another masters and finally, I attained ten other separate deplomas in other subjects. They were wrong all along, and I always knew it. 😂

[@schizoid555]

It’s nice to see the doctor touch the patients on the shoulder

[@Space_Man909]

May God bless these people and give them a chance for a good life, I feel guilty, I wish I had sufficient money to donate for these people. :(

[@reign6of6e6terror]

Nobody can be guilty of this ,except by incest

[@alexschmidt2895]

There probably already all dead lmao

[@purpur7187]

Most of them have already died, look at the year.