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My friend has the same learning disability I have---slow, limited comprehension. It takes us twice as long to learn a new task than someone else. I was sick of people belittling me because of my brain *_seemingly_* matching Patrick Star or Homer Simpson's---i.e., 😯"Uh...I don't get it.🤔 Society really pissed me off with its concept of slow-learning equaling stupidity and people thinking we're less(er), so I formed this new philosophy: "fight prejudice with prejudice." Every time someone acts like or hints I'm intellectually lesser, I counter with the implication that they are superficial bigots. I began at my friend's job at a smoothie shop. She had a totally different interpretation of her boss's order, so when they realized together her mistake, he was all, "I don't see how you misunderstood the task. It was pretty straightforward." That's when I jumped in there. "Excuse me, sir. I'm sorry to but in, but I couldn't help noticing your lack of understanding. Do you have context to how she made a mistake? Do you know the full story to her point of view?" He was like "Well, no, but you can't just--" And I interrupted: "Then why are you questioning her? Sir. if you want to be a _deep_ thinker, you have to ask all the questions to learn more about what you _clearly_ don't know. Context is very important, because without it, you're just assuming. You think something is very simple, but since you don't know why it isn't for her, that proves you're the one who's thinking too simply. Do you ask a dyslexic why they can't read a short 'simple' note? Or a person with dyscalculia how they thought the 23 was a 32? No. Because they're brains work differently. You may not understand that because you prefer the simpler oute, but I can assure you there is often more than what you see and know...well, whatever left of what you know." Then he got all defensive, asking me if I was indicating he was superficial and simple-minded. I was all, "Whoa, whoa, I'm not trying to judge you. I'm trying to help you, so you can be a greater, more skillful thinker. You know, so your mind doesn't depend on _seeming_ simplicity. Now, I understand why you think the way you do...simple is the easier and more believable way to go, cognitively, but it's not the safest. You have to think harder, not only to get more answers, but to learn how to avoid the mistakes you have made. A simple interpretation and point of view isn't gonna help with that, e.g., when you saw no logical explanation why your employee didn't understand the task. I'm sure she had a very logical perspective that just misled her, but you can't see that because again, you're thinking too simply." Now he was very annoyed; snapped that he was not a bigot or superficial thinker. I replied that he shouldn't say that, because first stage is always denial and you have to start off with admitting your bad habit, to break it. I even added , "I have helped other people of your type...uh, I mean...in your position...so they can be wiser and always seek context and logic." So as you guys can see, I was condescending him and his brain, to knock the bigotry out of him. People without learning disabilities need to be ridiculed and insulted so that they can see how prejudice hurts and they shouldn't shove in a disabled learner's face. I'm glad I patronized the boss. Now maybe he'll learn not to question the struggles of a person with a learning disability. I told him doing that is another symptom of simple thinking and interpreting.

thanks for this video its really great to have videos like this to make people understand and realise whar is a disabily i have bag ful of confidence to give to people we are human beings getting on with independent lifes

i have moderate learning difficulties since the age of 10 i stuggled to communicate and understand things i want things explained in a way i understand if things are not explained it goes over my head

Thank you so much for that video I have a learning disability and I understand I had a job and people treat you different when you have a learning disability you can't read things that sometimes the things you think you should say don't come out the right way

Great video very helpful thanks

Simply treat them as you would treat anyone else

Thanks for this video! raises awareness.

Nice video

this makes me happy :-)