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Anon109
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Yesterday, 2:28 pm

You don’t think they are a burden to society and why do some people think they are? What is their future like? Why do they call them a burden and always protected sexual wise? Like making sexual decisions too. Why do their parents worry more than typical people when it comes to that? And shuns them from casual sex?



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Yesterday, 5:34 pm

I do not have an Intellectual Disability. I have Autism Spectrum Disorder, Level 1 (Mild), plus I satisfy the criteria formerly associated with Asperger's Syndrome. I'm sure some folk would consider that to be an intellectual disability but I disagree. I'm in Mensa, that is, my intelligence is just fine elevated. My "disability" is dealing with other people.


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Yesterday, 5:54 pm

I can't really answer that. I don't have an intellectual disability.


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Yesterday, 7:16 pm

Parents worry about the decisions their kids make, especially if they have a history of poor decision making, a history of disagreeable decision making or issues that might undermine their ability to make sound choices.

In this context poor decisions are ones that lead to negative outcomes, whereas disagreeable decisions are ones the parents ideologically oppose regardless of outcomes.

Since at least two of those are relevant to you, there's at least two reasons why your parents might worry more than the average parent.


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Yesterday, 9:15 pm

funeralxempire wrote:
Parents worry about the decisions their kids make, especially if they have a history of poor decision making, a history of disagreeable decision making or issues that might undermine their ability to make sound choices.

In this context poor decisions are ones that lead to negative outcomes, whereas disagreeable decisions are ones the parents ideologically oppose regardless of outcomes.

Since at least two of those are relevant to you, there's at least two reasons why your parents might worry more than the average parent.

The ability to make sound choices? How can that affect someone with an intellectual disability?



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Yesterday, 10:15 pm

Anon109 wrote:
The ability to make sound choices? How can that affect someone with an intellectual disability?


Intellectual disability can reduce one's ability to understand things, no?

It's hard to make sound and informed decisions when one's understanding is impaired, and this is true whether the impairment is due to an extreme emotional state, the person being uninformed/disinformed/misinformed or due to differences in mental function.


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