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To think the carer of this girl with learning disabilities needs telling!

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mummy2stan · 31/01/2012 10:27

I take my son to a activity centre a couple of times a week and there is a young woman in there all the time who is clearly mentally handicapped, whilst I have no problem at all with this I do have one with the so called carers that are with her. Two weeks ago whilst my 18 month old son was sat in a high chair having his lunch, the girl came over started pinching his cheek and saying BOO really loudly and in his face, my son is a shy boy and isn't good with strangers anyway so at first he just stared and then after about 5 BOOS started to cry, I smiled politely at the carer who was stood with the girl saying ......gently.... Gently now.... And she did nothing to stop her until he was crying his heart out at which she then pulled the girl away. And then yesterday I watched as the girl followed a 2 year old around saying ... You've been naughty .... You've been naughty... Till the 2 year old got to her mother clearly upset, then the girl proceeded to try to pick her up, pulling her away from her mother, and all the while the carer is stood beside her saying nothing!!!! Now. Whilst I understand this girl may well have the mental age of 5 she is intact at least 20 yrs old and I don't think she should be allowed to behave this way towards other children. If she knows no wrong in it, then the carers should stop it before it makes other children cry! Why should we accept it because she's disabled? I feel I may have to speak to the manager if she approaches my son again because I take him there so he can interact with other children, not be pestered and scared by another adult. Once again my problem is not with the girl as such, more the people who are supposed to be watching her. Am I wrong to complain if she upsets him?

RowanMumsnet · 31/01/2012 13:25

Hello,

Thanks to those who've reported this thread. This is just to let you know that we've edited the title to take out the offensive term.

Thanks
MNHQ

HelenMumsnet · 31/01/2012 14:56

@ValarMorghulis

MNHQ - you have altered the thread title thus displaying that you too agree that the terminology is offensive. Will this mean an increased awareness from you in the current fashion for disablist posts?

There seem to be a great many. I was called a "mong" recently on the boards.

Had one of the great many other "ist" names been thrown at me I am pretty sure the poster would have, at the very least, been waned about such language. Can we expect similar for those who use deliberately offensive terms for the disabled? I am not talking about the OP of this thread as i really do believe it was a case of naivety rather than rudeness. But there does seem to be a high number of posts that are deeply offensive in relation to disabilities

Hello. Posts that are disablist are already against our Talk Guidelines, ValarMorghulis. But, obviously, people do need to report them to us or we won't necessarily see them.

Incidentally, when we believe posters have posted something disablist in honest ignorance/naivety, we do drop them a line to let them know that the term they have used is regarded as disablist.

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