Originally Posted By SpokkerJones "I just wish di-tard4life could pay more attention to spelling and grammar. Her posts are painful to read." You write almost perfectly and your posts are somehow more painful to read than hers. Slam! The best treatment of the mentally challenge and the disabled I've seen happens on the Howard Stern Show. Here the disabled and mentally challenged are welcomed to the show and treated like a regular cast member. They are goofed on and praised like a regular cast member. On Stern's last day on terrestrial radio there was a public event in the streets hosted and organized by Yahoo. Yahoo's people were told to treat the "whack pack" (people like Gary the Retard) like VIPs, as if they were Brad Pitt or George Clooney. It seems like a lot of these daytime talk shows have had on mentally challenged people and "weirdos" and exploited them for ratings. But on the Stern Show these people are family and treated just like everyone else. I think that's how "retards" want to be treated. That's the philosophy I live by. You don't ignore the affliction. You don't talk down to someone with an affliction. You talk about it, even joke about it. What a re-tahd-ed conversation!
Originally Posted By TheRedhead Wow. Fellow Stern fans are rare on this site, but yeah, you are spot on SJ. I spent years 'protecting' my autistic brother from being made fun of by others, and all I was really doing was making him have less fun and drawing more attention to his weirdness. Oh well. For the record, "mentally retarded" is the MEDICAL term for their condition. If someone is offended by this, then they might want to take an iq test themselves. And remember, this is from the New York Post. A paper for entertainment purposes only.
Originally Posted By di-tard4life ok ya'll yes i cant spell very good.. i am autistic--asbergers to eb exact, i can add subtract etc, i use a calculator at the store to keep tract of my grocery shoppign i get hlpe in balancing my check bok ,i talked late when i was a kid i didnt start talking till i was 2..anythng else all of you like to know?! and yeah if u see a spelling error--just know i cant spell..otherwise i wil leave LP and not every come back and withdraw my membership, and i love it here..an yes i am a girl and i picked my name ditard becuae i am disney lover for life--they call us "ditards"..research it.,
Originally Posted By di-tard4life but its cool everyone was talking about me even though i havnt been here to defend myself..lol lol..but it hought this post was about alchohol at disneyland..
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub I am glad you are back because I have noticed your absence. I was hoping you were just having fun at DL! I consider you to be a good LP Family Member. Hope you feel that way too.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub Back to alcohol subject...How do they control legal purchases and underage if it can be purchased and then walked around with? I have been at the Osborne Family SPectacle of Lights during the Holidays and the beer vendors just walk around. I know I have seen some questionably young adults walking ariund and drinking. I guess that is what I worry about. So how does Disney or Universal control underage drinking?
Originally Posted By di-tard4life Well I do know that they check every i.d. and if it looks loosy goosy or questionable..then they don’t sell that person anything…but I have too seen some youngins sipping beer And also have seen them try and walk OUT of the park with it…and one person did succeeded in that..
Originally Posted By di-tard4life and yeah i was at disneyland..got to keep the 18 times a month qouta going!! and its been super NOT busy.. either
Originally Posted By di-tard4life ..and i hope the rest of them or the rest of you feel sorry for what u said about me.. i can make in fun of my self all i want..i am a grown person and have learnd to deal with my affliction
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub I am truly sorry. I think some people are avoiding this topic now. Why is it so hard to admit I made a mistake and I am sorry I know that was hurtful online?
Originally Posted By di-tard4life umm yeah all 7 messages and posts from different people..people only see in black and white..and not color...and u know the chick that started this alchi post--i havent seen her post anymore messages..maybe she went to her bible camp.. but yeah it was kinda hurtfull.i dont comment about other peoples mistakes..im just a 29 year old girl with a few life problems...
Originally Posted By Princessjenn5795 di-tard, I think it is wonderful that you are able and willing to discuss your condition with all of us and to stay light hearted about your mistakes. I know plenty of people without autism that need help balancing your checkbook. Please keep posting, I enjoy reading your thoughts. Back to the actual thread..I know for a fact they are very vigilant about the ID thing. I am 28 but most people think I look like a teenager. I get ID'd every single time I have ordered a drink. SOmetimes if there is a staff change in the middle of a meal, the new waiter will ask for my ID a second time.
Originally Posted By Socrates Wouldn't the world be a dull place if we were all the same? Socrates "The unexamined life is not worth living."
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Hey ditard, glad to see you back, I really like reading your posts. we went to DL for our wedding aniversary in 2003. Sarah was 27 at the time, and was really flattered when they carded her both at the Golden Vine Winery and at the Napa Rose. Lol, I haven't been carded since I was 14, it's not fair.
Originally Posted By u k fan A few years back at Busch Gardens I was carded for a non-alcoholic beer! How does that work?!!!
Originally Posted By danyoung I know in the Florida parks they not only ask for ID, but they will only sell 2 drinks to any one person. And the bartender has to physically see the other person who will be drinking. So a person can't come in, flash an ID, and buy half a dozen drinks for people of all ages.
