събота, 2 април 2016 г.

Learn More About Building Group Homes For Developmentally Disabled Adults

By Scott Cooper


Mentally disabled people are those people whose minds are not normal resulting to some kind of impairment. They do things that normal people cannot do and this makes them abnormal in a way. The society does not recognize these people as a part of it hence many of them are neglected and abandoned on the streets where they survive from hand to mouth instead of putting them up in group homes for developmentally disabled adults.

Tough emotional times are some of the challenges the family members of these people go through in their bid to raise them and cater for their needs. It is tasking to monitor their movements and activities since when not monitored the violent people can pose a threat to the society members and so do other family members. The relatives have a lot of stress which can grow to a depression that kills at a faster rate than any other disease.

There are handful challenges that these mentally disabled people do go through in their lifetime and if not monitored the challenges cease when they face west. The challenges include scarcity of means of certain needs since they have no money to meet the needs, being not healthy, low hygiene and being denied jobs in different workplaces. With these challenges they face the reality of life in a hard way and they struggle to survive.

Having a wider look into these problems the mentally challenged do face, scarcity of different commodities very few mentally challenged people do find jobs that can earn them a living. When the scarcity of different basic commodities pushes them to the corner they start begging for food and money in streets. Others do find a way to survive by eating from the dustbin which contains food leftovers and expired drinks left by the normal people who throw away food while others go hungry.

Those people that provide employment the so-called employers have a way of hiring employees; they choose those who are of sound mind since they require minimal supervision. For the mentally challenged they are not given a chance to work since they are believed to bring more shortcomings in the business. High supervision is required when working to this people and the environment is not fit since they can be a security threat to other employees.

There is need to come up with group homes for these people whose minds are impaired, these helps the people who are around them happy since those who were violent are able to be swept up from the streets. They deserve special care and attention just like any other ordinary person. These also require the basic commodities including food, air and water in order to survive.

In these homes the mentally challenged are taught life skills that helps them earn a living when they utilize these skills. Sewing, making tables, farming and so on are some of the skills that they do learn at these homes. The products of their skills are later sold and the homes do get funds for smooth running.

In conclusion we ought to be good members of the society by doing giving a helping hand to those who are in need. When we help the mentally disabled we shape their destiny in a way that is considered good by God. We should help without having in mind that the person you help will give a thanks in other way, the axe forgets but the tree recalls so goes the African idiom.




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