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Old Oct 14, 2014, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by MotownJohnny View Post
There are some. The professor that Russell Crowe portrayed in "A Beautiful Mind", as well as the law professor in California:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/op...upid.html?_r=0

What I wonder about is ... if the bar were set higher, people were encouraged rather than put down, would more people with serious disorders like schizophrenia lead much more "normal" lives? After all, they used to think that children with Down's syndrome were so hopeless they couldn't be educated, or ever contribute, and most of them were abandoned to rot as babies in state institutions, where they had short miserable lives. Now we know a lot better, many Down's kids go to high school, some to college, live independently or in small group settings, work, date, etc.
In my opinion the bar is quite high enough, society still looks down on people if their mental condition prevents them from working or any of those aspects of 'normal' life or at least interferes significantly...
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