I love it because we ought to let people know you feel, respect you and treat you right. That's right we ought to "Stop being victim Do something about it cause God gave us the power and authority control in our lives and what's going on around us. This video had touch my heart and I am glad they speak up for themselves cause we are the stronghold and believer.
One of the first ways to evolve is through the power of education and light, which invokes the displacement of ignorance and darkness. #moreofthislessofthat
HAHAHAHAH! "The last thing the world needs is another Jerry Lewis!" Classic. I work as an instructor for developmentally disabled adults and you have really shown these wonderful people very well. Excellent work.
Thank you for this. I may watch this every day. I work with people with "developmental disabilities." The most powerful part of this, for me, is "Do not try to be my friend. I deserve more then that. Get to know me. We may become friends." And - "Do not admire me. A desire to live a full life does not warrant adoration. Respect me for respect presumes equity." Makes me cry - not because it's "inspirational," but because it rings so true.
I own the first version of this video when it was on VHS. I have to buy this version. Love it. As a mom of three wonderful individuals who have DD/ID it touches my very soul. I know in my heart that Behavior is Communication and have seen for myself the torture many individuals have to endure in the name of Behavior Management. I wonder when the day will come when we will understand.
100 stars if I could! I adore this! I have worked with DDA's in the past an theye isn't better people to be around. I have a mentally challenged sister but she isn't MC to me like most I have met. Thank you sooo much for this video. I just loved it! *kisses* Therese
I agree fully. The only problem I have is that it's difficult to know how to treat them. Everybody wants to be treated. Some people can barely communicate, and it's hard to know what they want.
There has to be strategies with dealing with behavior. These individuals are humans and deserve respect but at the same time their disabilities are a deficiency and the entire reason they need so much support. The video literally has them reading off a script.
thanks a lot .. i like this the man at the end looked like a friend of mine after too much gonje...kinda funny..we all have respect and are dealing with it!
@whosoever I agree with you 100%. Some of the comments I seen are making me sick. I do not have a disability, but work with those who do - and they are all individuals who would never,ever think of hurting anyone. Yes, youtube at it's finest!
They wouldn't be in People First if they didn't have enough intelligence to make the decision to be involved in a political movement--why make assumptions about what words they know? They may have been involved in coming up with the lines, or at the very least had conversations with the people who did. Some of the people slightly change the wording from the captions, so you can tell they're not just repeating without understanding.
I'm not sure I understand what you mean. What do you think this video should be like? Are you saying it doesn't matter who wrote it because most people don't listen to disabled people's opinions anyway?
mihanich, do you know anyone with physical or mental challenges? If you did, I doubt you would have laughed. I'm glad you are not proud of your behavior--you do have much to learn about others. I am a wife & mother of a family who all have mental challenges. If you lived the life we and others like us do, you wouldn't be laughing. I sincerely hope you find a way to learn more about & spend time around people with physical/mental challenges so you might not be so ignorant of our struggles.
Sometimes it's really hard to visually portray someone with a mental disability. I do like the comments that say "work with me, not on me". I would like to see something that would indicate how to react when someone is in an altered mental state that would be helpful. In our local news, police failed miserably and shot and killed someone that was acting differently. I would be very afraid to call the police if my son was being beligerent as part of a manic episode. I do feel strongly that people have a right to be treated with respect and that they should be in control of their own lives. Yet It's easier to understand a person with proper supportive equipment, eg wheelchairs and devices that allow a person to talk, than to see an unmedicated person in a psychotic episode. A person in this state is still treated as a pariah and with all the incidents publicized in the news.. it's getting worse. I don't think a person with a mental illness that came to work smelling of bo and talking about Aliens in the sky would get a of support. Like the video but just go a little further.
this is one of the most powerful videos i ever see1n, tears stream down my face as i just understand why i do what i do as a disability consultant and as a very independent and extremely lucky person with cerebral palsy. google simon stevens disability and make contact
this video speaks the truth...I fight for my brother....no, my brother fights for himself, because he can.
I love it because we ought to let people know you feel, respect you and treat you right. That's right we ought to "Stop being victim Do something about it cause God gave us the power and authority control in our lives and what's going on around us. This video had touch my heart and I am glad they speak up for themselves cause we are the stronghold and believer.
One of the first ways to evolve is through the power of education and light, which invokes the displacement of ignorance and darkness. #moreofthislessofthat
HAHAHAHAH! "The last thing the world needs is another Jerry Lewis!" Classic. I work as an instructor for developmentally disabled adults and you have really shown these wonderful people very well. Excellent work.
Thank you for this. I may watch this every day. I work with people with "developmental disabilities." The most powerful part of this, for me, is "Do not try to be my friend. I deserve more then that. Get to know me. We may become friends." And - "Do not admire me. A desire to live a full life does not warrant adoration. Respect me for respect presumes equity." Makes me cry - not because it's "inspirational," but because it rings so true.
I own the first version of this video when it was on VHS. I have to buy this version. Love it. As a mom of three wonderful individuals who have DD/ID it touches my very soul. I know in my heart that Behavior is Communication and have seen for myself the torture many individuals have to endure in the name of Behavior Management. I wonder when the day will come when we will understand.
This is an excellent video. Thank you.
Applied Behavior Analysis must not be confused with Behavior Management. PERIOD.
100 stars if I could! I adore this! I have worked with DDA's in the past an theye isn't better people to be around. I have a mentally challenged sister but she isn't MC to me like most I have met. Thank you sooo much for this video. I just loved it!
*kisses*
Therese
yes that sounds good and perfect
I agree fully. The only problem I have is that it's difficult to know how to treat them. Everybody wants to be treated. Some people can barely communicate, and it's hard to know what they want.
I want that voice box for my car. "Door open" "Doooooor cloooosed" would be awesome!.
5-star all the way!
The soundtrack is so much better for this one! Thank goodness.
I think this is a wonderful idea and video
Excellent video!
There has to be strategies with dealing with behavior. These individuals are humans and deserve respect but at the same time their disabilities are a deficiency and the entire reason they need so much support. The video literally has them reading off a script.
So do politicians. So does Stephen Colbert. Everyone has strengths and weaknesses, but that doesn't define us.
thanks a lot .. i like this the man at the end looked like a friend of mine after too much gonje...kinda funny..we all have respect and are dealing with it!
Just because they're not speaking spontaneously doesn't mean they don't believe what they're saying.
The background music is really distracting for someone with learning challenges.
@whosoever I agree with you 100%. Some of the comments I seen are making me sick. I do not have a disability, but work with those who do - and they are all individuals who would never,ever think of hurting anyone.
Yes, youtube at it's finest!
Hello
They wouldn't be in People First if they didn't have enough intelligence to make the decision to be involved in a political movement--why make assumptions about what words they know? They may have been involved in coming up with the lines, or at the very least had conversations with the people who did. Some of the people slightly change the wording from the captions, so you can tell they're not just repeating without understanding.
I'm not sure I understand what you mean. What do you think this video should be like? Are you saying it doesn't matter who wrote it because most people don't listen to disabled people's opinions anyway?
mihanich, do you know anyone with physical or mental challenges? If you did, I doubt you would have laughed. I'm glad you are not proud of your behavior--you do have much to learn about others. I am a wife & mother of a family who all have mental challenges. If you lived the life we and others like us do, you wouldn't be laughing. I sincerely hope you find a way to learn more about & spend time around people with physical/mental challenges so you might not be so ignorant of our struggles.
Sometimes it's really hard to visually portray someone with a mental disability. I do like the comments that say "work with me, not on me". I would like to see something that would indicate how to react when someone is in an altered mental state that would be helpful. In our local news, police failed miserably and shot and killed someone that was acting differently. I would be very afraid to call the police if my son was being beligerent as part of a manic episode. I do feel strongly that people have a right to be treated with respect and that they should be in control of their own lives. Yet It's easier to understand a person with proper supportive equipment, eg wheelchairs and devices that allow a person to talk, than to see an unmedicated person in a psychotic episode. A person in this state is still treated as a pariah and with all the incidents publicized in the news.. it's getting worse. I don't think a person with a mental illness that came to work smelling of bo and talking about Aliens in the sky would get a of support. Like the video but just go a little further.
@kjv0805 inspiring video eh? I am changing career. Looking to becoming a support worker to start with then who knows!
this is one of the most powerful videos i ever see1n, tears stream down my face as i just understand why i do what i do as a disability consultant and as a very independent and extremely lucky person with cerebral palsy. google simon stevens disability and make contact