With kids being educated, and the mentally challenged finding their place in the economy, we need to first draw on their strengths, before we advance their learning, yes? This is rather easy to d with the autistic, as they have a problem learning, yet producing comes naturally to them. Their nervous system is wired to 'calculate', and, therefore they excel at maths, like me! This is their strength.
The retarded people, their strength, lacking a chromosome, well, what else lacks a chromosome? A monkey! What are monkeys good at? Well, they seem to be good at working things out logically, yes? Now, when I say logically, I mean things like politics, word problems... they do understand, but, they are always told they do not.
This is why they are always asking obvious questions over and over. Do you honestly think they cannot remember the answer? Their whole life, they have been told they must take a back seat, that they are reduced to working with beads, hell, they are dyslexic, and, find difficulty with their hands. Failing this,t hey take is as if if they cannot do something simple, they cannot do something advanced, yes? Have you seen a monkey fiddling with nuts? Okay, they are rather clumsy too, so no sport. Play Station might also be out, but, have you tried problem solving? i remember a study where there was a mentally challenged researched child that was super man at solving problems that they understood, so, please explain it to them, clearly.