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Originally Posted by alanbjames
Just because a person has learning difficulties doesnt mean they dont know right from wrong.
I have a nephew who was let down majorly by the education system and has a lot of learning difficulties which should have been caught while in primary school but he wasnt diagnosed until second year of comprehensive and he got specially tutored. At the age of 18 he landed a dream job working in Swansea on a basic wage of 40hrs earning more than his own father does. He threw it all away by making an outburst of racial comments towards a person also working there.
He will tell u himself he knows he did wrong but because his mum and dad use those terms he found it funny to do so himself.
Part of the reason i dont bother with a lot of my close family.
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People with learning difficulties may or may not know that what they say is wrong depending on the individual and the actual situation- which is why I said that I think that the individual who made the racist remark needs to be assessed by a professional to ascertain this.
People with lifelong learning difficulties, such as ADHD, Aspergers Syndrome, Autism etc often get things wrong because they perceive things differently, have social boundary issues etc etc. They may behave in an immature, unusual or inappropriate way or make inappropriate jokes without even realising it.
In the example that you quoted about your relative, he may have actually known it was wrong, but if he did not have learning difficulties, he may have had the capacity to weigh up the consequences of saying what he did and decide to keep quiet.
It's not as straightforward as it first appears.