[Vermont Lt]

Would bring a DS young adult into your workplace?

I am not angry. I am simply frustrated when individuals insert mentally challenged folks into an environment where they are not prepared to be without assistance, yet none is provided. And then it is expected that EVERYONE else wil accommodate them.

My issue is that my clients expect me to deliver a high quality product whether I am being interrupted or prevented from performing my job.

This is the issue with mainstreaming. .

[lyby]

I am a teacher. I deal with special needs students everyday.
My life-calling is a challenge...

I hope for you: patience; compassion; empathy... The same that I pray each day for myself.

[TrexDogs]

I am not angry. I am simply frustrated when individuals insert mentally challenged folks into an environment where they are not prepared to be without assistance, yet none is provided. And then it is expected that EVERYONE else wil accommodate them.

My issue is that my clients expect me to deliver a high quality product whether I am being interrupted or prevented from performing my job.

Try changing your perspective and you may become a less frustrated, and happier, person. Have you considered that taking pictures of your client's environment, which includes all types of people, is quite simply *part of your job*?

I also hope for patience, compassion, and empathy for you. You dearly seem to need it.

[9YearLurker]

My sense is that people overwhelmingly are patient—though maybe not as patient as special ed teachers need to be.

But it also gets taken too far, where special license is presumed to impose on other people at a level that otherwise would be considered totally inappropriate.