"What's Wrong With You?"
What if somebody asked you, "what's wrong with you?" How would that make you feel? I saw this happen to a student in a classroom recently and it made me sad and angry. The situation occurred when we were doing role-plays on self-advocacy. This student is extremely shy and his teacher was trying to role-play with him what he would do if a customer asked him a question when he was working at a retail store. When the teacher did the role-play, the student got uncomfortable when he had to answer the question. This is when the girl said, "what's wrong with you?" The shy student then left the classroom. I responded to the girl by saying, "don't say that." However, now I wish I would have said more. . . I should have said that nothing is wrong with him. I should have said that everybody has strengths and areas that may need improvement. I should have said that everybody is different. I should have said that "normal&quo