Is it normal that i can't tolerate people with mild mental disabilities?

Then why are you on INN?......baaaazzzzziiinnnngggg!

I sort of feel the same. I'm cool when it comes to people with different disabilities that behave like "normal" people , but I do find people with greater disabilities very disturbing. I'm not proud of it, but that's the way I feel.

I have Aspergers, and cannot stand other people with the condition.

i think only a very naive sheltered individual would avoid anyone with a disability .. i'm sure these "actual human beings" that most on this post are referring to as "they" did not ask for their disability let alone to be treated or talked about as if theyr'e not even of the same species as you are

Fuck you.

Why would I have a problem with them? They're just people just like me you or anyone else. My ex is involved with the disability rights movement, his brother has CP. On a few occasions they've worked with one of the movement's big photographers and he said everyone has a disability. For the most part I agree. Everyone has problems, everyone has something preventing them from being all they can be. Some people's disabilities are just more noticeable than others.

I've had friends who are autistic, friends with low cognitive function; I used to hang out with a deaf girl in day camp. I see no difference between people like that and myself except that they have overcome challenges in their lives that I've never had to face.

Honestly the only time I've ever had a problem with someone with a disability is because she was constantly trying to have sex with me and I just wasn't feeling it. XD

One of my best friends swears up and down that he's got a mild case of Asperger's, but I'm inclined not to believe him! He doesn't seem to be socially awkward at all.

I was friends with a guy in college who was autistic, and I actually felt like I connected better with him, than I have with any other person who doesn't have any mental disabilities.

Some of these people, especially Autistic individuals and people suffering from Asperger's, can be quite fascinating. Their minds work in such a different way, that they see things, or think things that sometimes I would never realize!

I find it kind of interesting. I had a colleague with severe Asperger's and I had very interesting conversations with him. You just have to realise that you need to adapt, rather than them.

Normally I'm very understanding. I have friends with depression, ADHD, anxiety, OCD, etc. My exception is this one girl with bi-polar disorder. Sometimes she acts like mature adult and sometimes she just acts so annoying. The 180 really pisses me off. I tell myself it's not her fault and I should be understanding. But, I can't help getting REALLY frustrated whenever she does the 180. So yeah, you're not alone. But I don't believe in hell so HA!

I do think people like us should go on avoiding. If we interact we might say something bad and do some damage. I'd feel pretty guilty about that.

Why are you hanging around so many of them? Do they ride your bus? I can go 6 months without seeing one of them.

What do you do around those you have serious mental disabilities?

I wouldn't be very suprised if some of the posters of these disrespectful comments were within the autistic spectrum .. One indicator of aspergers after all is a clear lack of empathy !