My younger brother is ret*d .

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......" mildly so " , likewise autistic , mildly .
My whole life I had the " identity " of being " the smart one "...Now , in my 40s ( Homeless , no college graduation - my parents money , much of it , went to making sure my brother was safe ) , I'm AS , a " ret*d " too .
Now I feel I , perhaps , should " lobotomize " myself , perhaps , people would " love me mpre " . Being " clever " didn't get me much .

How's your brother doing?

...Adequate . I haven't (siiigh) seen him , physically , for 11 years .

the term has fallen out of favor with a lot of people. You know enough to be able to logon, and post here. Granted, right now isn't a good time to think about changing things economically, but you can finish college; many places have more adults than young adults. Professors actually value them because they know the nature of hard work, ask questions, and challenge ideas.

There's intellectual intelligence, and emotional intelligence. Society values the first, but takes the 2nd for granted. That's the hard part.

...Okay , I see I did write about this before here , and expressed my college ambitions Yeah right

OP, how long has he been ret*d?

...His whole life . I guess .
Actually , it's story within ou family that his condition was caused by , sadly , being cut off from oxygen for a few minutes by being caught in my mother's umblical cord , as he was born .

That's actually a very common cause of intellectual disabilities.

I don't think you're supposed to use the term "ret*d" anymore.

I believe the politically correct term is something like "intellectually disabled" or "mentally challenged".

Deja vu, ASaPartofme Said the exact same thing. Thought here is a chance that i might be confusing you with him, but I doubt it Now that I think about it it's not the same thing this is quite the coincidince, Weird.

...Okay , I meant to speak of this again , finding this old thread I will be EVER! so virtuous and practice thread conservation...........

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Renal kidney failure, congestive heart failure, COPD. Can't really get up from a floor position unhelped anymore:-(.
One of the walking wounded ~ SMASHED DOWN by life and age, now prevented from even expressing myself! SOB.
" Oh, no! First you have to PROVE you deserve to go away to college! " ~ My mother, 1978 (the heyday of Andy Gibb and Player). I would still like to go.
My life destroyed by Thorazine and Mellaril - and rape - and the Psychiatric/Industrial Complex. SOB:-(! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

...He lives in the East Coast group home my parents set up for him , as I said above?? - I have not bought him his July birthday present yet still , due to that stolen ATM card . I haven't physically seen him since 1997 or so . Maybe I'm " trying to sound nice " .

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Renal kidney failure, congestive heart failure, COPD. Can't really get up from a floor position unhelped anymore:-(.
One of the walking wounded ~ SMASHED DOWN by life and age, now prevented from even expressing myself! SOB.
" Oh, no! First you have to PROVE you deserve to go away to college! " ~ My mother, 1978 (the heyday of Andy Gibb and Player). I would still like to go.
My life destroyed by Thorazine and Mellaril - and rape - and the Psychiatric/Industrial Complex. SOB:-(! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

If you lobotomize yourself then you'd be more ret*d.

That would be a pity, because it takes a considerable amount intelligence and flexibility to be able to lobotomize one's self.

A total waste, if you ask me.