My first job was at a corner store and Loretta would come in at least 3 times a week and stay for a few hours and just chat to us and the guests coming in. She is one of the smartest most beautiful and straight forward souls you would ever have the pleasure of learning from.
For all these people say she is not mild Intellectual Disabled she had probably rehearse the speech over and over again for many days and she would had more IQ test for special Olympics. She is a great and inspiration and advocate for people with disability. I have a mild intellectual disability.
Some days I tell my husband "don't even bother talking to me, I won't make sense and I won't understand". Then somedays I can do my advocating and even do a video. I might have to delete it when I speak gibberish and not realize it or have a sezure, but typically, if it's a good day, then I can do my talking.. Kindness has flown out the window on Social Media. We still are affected by what is said about us and I highly doubt anyone would appreciate something being said about them - they are embarrassed about.
Loretta moved me. Right now I am going through this with my son. My son has a learning disability and behavioural issues. In America, they treated my son like he couldn't learn and they put him on a IEP that made no sense. Now he is 9 in the Caribbean functioning great. He achieved an 83 in school. I always tell him he can do it. And I tell him that nobody will feel sorry for him. And he has to get up and go.
This is awesome. I have cerebral palsy with dysarthria which is a speech impediment and that's my real disability. I was born in 1973 and I was one of the first people to participate in inclusionary learning in my school district. All my high school classes were college track and today I have a Master's from Dartmouth College. It's incredible how your mom really advocated for you like my mom advocated for me. I wish every parent could do what your mom did. I've worked with people who have intellectual disabilities for 15 years. The job is a good match. My needs are their needs and their needs are my needs. I agree that if we don't have healthcare, we don't have Anything.
I've had a mid intellectual Disability since I was little. Basically I understand some things but, some other stuff is hard. But at least I have my family and friends. Just be who you are. And don't give up on your own dreams. Because God made everyone special, don't be afraid of who you are. Have a great night guys. Also I'm 22 years.
I have a Mild intellectual disability aswell! I’ll be 22 in September. I also am leagally blind in my left eye do to a rare disorder called Congenital Nystagmus which till this day can’t be cured. I do however have a highshool diploma & I work as a sales associate at a retail store.
@@alexanderburton6256 twin zees your amazing my friend stay safe and well. I’m almost done with my first book and I’m very excited about it. Just believe in yourself and you’ll go far.
I'm in the same boat. My kid tested right above at the end of 7th grade. At the end of 7th grade he tested intellectual disabled. I was hurt! Because I felt I pushed him too hard .
Well said Loretta! I have been bullied all my life for being slow,unable to comprehend,and gullible! And when bullies see that I am slow and have the physical attraction that beats thier'? They are able to beat me out of the friends and jobs I long for! It must stop! Love is the key! I just hope others can see that before resorting to the violent way of the bully.
+marie19872 I am autistic too but I don't have intellectual disability. I watched this video because I want to learn more about people with intellectual disabilities
I have high functioning autism, and I have symptoms of being slow at learning motor skills, I don't even know how to ride a bike lol, don't know if that counts though.
God Bless You !! My daughter was just diagnosed with a Mild Intellectual Disability .I was afraid what [people will say or think or do .You have put my mind at ease .Bless you and thank you so very much !
I have the same thing, at first I thought it was a curse and wouldn't tell no one, because of shame and embarrassment. However now I try to embrace it. Blessing to you and your daughter 💜😊
I cry every time I watch this video!!! 😭. Thank you so much, Miss. Claiborne!!! You have truly inspired me!!! I also have a mild intellectual disability. You are my inspiration and my hero!!! God bless you!!! 🙏🏽❤️😊😊
I'm so proud of you Loretta for being fearless. I work with students with intellectual disabilities & I hope to instill in them to be fearless & never give up.
Honestly what this woman is saying this is the truth was going on all my life I was denied for everything well at least she try harder that shows you that no one care about disabled people not even to school
mwhpaluch You’re confused actually. Borderline personality disorder and borderline intellectual disability are not the same thing. BPD is a disorder categorized by having multiple personalities regardless of IQ. Borderline Intellectual Disability is defined as ones IQ being around 70-85 range.
@@alexschmidt2895 borderline personality disorder doesn't mean you have multiple personalities, that's dissociative identity disorder. bpd involves unstable emotions, relationships, and sense of self, which sounds similar to "multiple personalities" but isn't exactly the same
She came to my school 2 years ago so now I'm really inspired by her. She also let me watch her movie and it was really sad. I even got to give her a high five so I feel special now lol.
wow, you speak like you have a presence fluidity is your natural ability whatever you do fear less beautiful I am fear full sometimes for that I don't know what the future may hold but whatever it may hold I have to take a hold of it and just do it. I have a learning disability I don't know what you have but its hard for me to get along in this world people just don't understand really don't but I try
Yes that is very true. Autonomy, responsibility and expectations is the Tribeca of barrier to support. You pretty much have to sell your soul to the government.
awesome story and having a learning difference myself I herd that I would never go to college but I am in college studying to become an early childhood teacher I want to work with children who have autism and other special need
Shes a Great Woman an you know you all judge a great woman as you know I have disability's too but you know I can relate to her an you know my mom was best friends with her in high school as well as was her friend in special Olympics bless her heat an you know what miss Loretta keep doing you let hatters hate cause that's all they know how to do bless your heart mam keep doing you telling it how it is
This is so inspirational! My son has intelectual disability and auditory processing disability and add! They’re telling me next year he should be in special school next year for high school.instead of being at a regular high school with special edd classes! Idk what to do
Best of luck to your son. And depending on where he's at on the intellectual disability spectrum, make sure he will get a high school diploma from that school, and not a certificate of completion. Colleges don't accept those. I had an intellectual diagnosis during school too. I had to make sure I kept up with all the regents and my classes in order to get a regents diploma, and not a IEP diploma (what they used to give in NYC back in 2008 ) They wanted me to get the IEP diploma. They made it their business to only sign me up for RCTs. In NYC back then passing RCTs was enough to get an IEP diploma, but taking regents and scoring a certain percentage you would get a regular diploma, and a higher percentage on five regents you'll get a regents diploma.
This video is very good and inspirtional. I may not have intellectual disability but I do have learning disability so I know the struggle of not believing you not the best and you try so hard nut fail.
I applaud this woman and her courageousness to speak up for the intellectual disability community. However, I am also skeptical about Special Olympics, which has done a poor job of integrating individuals with intellectual disabilities into mainstream society and also that it has created negative stereotypes of individuals with disabilities---often infantilizing them or pitying them.
I have a friend who was in special olympics and he loves it. They treated him well. Now he works as a bar back. People need exercise and sometimes intellectually disabled people can’t handle the strict rules of mainstream competitive sports.
I have Adhd Discecsa discacula and other so thank god I don’t have to deal with the stuff that the older population of people with genetic problems. Sure I had to deal with a repetitive use of the R word once but that’s penunts compared to what people of special needs who are African, Asian, Hispanic or others but were all people and I think we need Unity in this
i was not a lond in some school because of M.I.D i hand to go to a spashole school because of my desabilty.i got tease many years from people because of my desabilty it not are fult we were born this way.
A developmental delay or a tick is responsible for being a great inspiration for what a story is in disabled terms that is the special olympics that is a basic way to change our own behavior in the past 25 years or so when the term means to correct people for how to be disabled is an IA of 30 or an IQ of 35 to be an intellectual disability of my own type.
I see so many Nigerian American female who have Learning Dis-ability and because they have Disability people believe they can't do anything or achieve I never seen Nigerians talk .
i agree with Saili Kulkarni , the concept of special olympics is great but it is poorly done it does, in many programs pity and it is does infantlize many of our people.... and while integration is goodwe need BOTH we need uor peers AND we need thecommunity we need BOTH weare a culture of people and we need to bewith our peers AND be welcome in the community too
And now 2019 there are some in our Country who want to take this away from other Americans. I don’t understand what people with money are so scared of other people, special olympics?
You can't blame people with ID, they do not choose to be that way. In my case I am just plain stupid, friends and coworkers would never let me off the hook with a claim of ID.
She speaks better than some college graduates. I don't think that she got the proper diagnosis. I think she was just warehoused and not taught very much.
See above on Shay Jefferson. You would say the same about me, but I keep death away by good doctors, and have so many internal issues from an accident that I would prefer to just go. Some are misdiagnosed, but "warehoused"? Thanks for the compliment.... I'm sure we all appreciate it. Enjoy your good health.
My first job was at a corner store and Loretta would come in at least 3 times a week and stay for a few hours and just chat to us and the guests coming in. She is one of the smartest most beautiful and straight forward souls you would ever have the pleasure of learning from.
For all these people say she is not mild Intellectual Disabled she had probably rehearse the speech over and over again for many days and she would had more IQ test for special Olympics. She is a great and inspiration and advocate for people with disability. I have a mild intellectual disability.
belinda slatter OMG, me too. I was diagnose in my junior year in HS.
Sometimes, I still feel awkward socially.
Some days I tell my husband "don't even bother talking to me, I won't make sense and I won't understand". Then somedays I can do my advocating and even do a video. I might have to delete it when I speak gibberish and not realize it or have a sezure, but typically, if it's a good day, then I can do my talking.. Kindness has flown out the window on Social Media. We still are affected by what is said about us and I highly doubt anyone would appreciate something being said about them - they are embarrassed about.
I suffered this same thing for so long myself. Amen to that. This sister is way smarter than those who made fun of her
Me to I was deprived of oxygen during birth now I have a mindset of a 9 yr old and an IQ of 68
That I true of most actors, musicians and speakers. THe best way to learn something from someone who has a disability is to listen, NOT to define.
Loretta moved me. Right now I am going through this with my son. My son has a learning disability and behavioural issues. In America, they treated my son like he couldn't learn and they put him on a IEP that made no sense. Now he is 9 in the Caribbean functioning great. He achieved an 83 in school. I always tell him he can do it. And I tell him that nobody will feel sorry for him. And he has to get up and go.
Loretta is a regular at my store. Never knew her story till today! Amazing
This is awesome. I have cerebral palsy with dysarthria which is a speech impediment and that's my real disability. I was born in 1973 and I was one of the first people to participate in inclusionary learning in my school district. All my high school classes were college track and today I have a Master's from Dartmouth College.
It's incredible how your mom really advocated for you like my mom advocated for me. I wish every parent could do what your mom did. I've worked with people who have intellectual disabilities for 15 years. The job is a good match. My needs are their needs and their needs are my needs. I agree that if we don't have healthcare, we don't have Anything.
I've had a mid intellectual Disability since I was little. Basically I understand some things but, some other stuff is hard. But at least I have my family and friends. Just be who you are. And don't give up on your own dreams. Because God made everyone special, don't be afraid of who you are. Have a great night guys. Also I'm 22 years.
I have a Mild intellectual disability aswell! I’ll be 22 in September. I also am leagally blind in my left eye do to a rare disorder called Congenital Nystagmus which till this day can’t be cured. I do however have a highshool diploma & I work as a sales associate at a retail store.
well said
I have a mild intellectual disability too and I’m 31 years old.
I Have A Mild Intellectual Disability Too And I'm 23 Years Old. :)
@@alexanderburton6256 twin zees your amazing my friend stay safe and well. I’m almost done with my first book and I’m very excited about it. Just believe in yourself and you’ll go far.
So many people that don't believe her story..my son is delayed and people don't believe it because he doesn't look "special"..it's sad.
Same with me just sad
I'm in the same boat. My kid tested right above at the end of 7th grade. At the end of 7th grade he tested intellectual disabled. I was hurt! Because I felt I pushed him too hard .
Same with me
I can relate it's so sad
Same. Even her teachers 😞
Very inspiring young lady. She’s so articulate and a fantastic role model for those with intellectual disability and without.
She isn't a young lady. 🙄
She a grown woman. 🙄
Loretta gives me hope to be fearless.
This is an amazing "fearless" woman. What a testimony. God Bless her.
I have such admiration for Loretta Claiborne.
Much respect to this woman!!!!
Well said Loretta! I have been bullied all my life for being slow,unable to comprehend,and gullible! And when bullies see that I am slow and have the physical attraction that beats thier'? They are able to beat me out of the friends and jobs I long for! It must stop! Love is the key! I just hope others can see that before resorting to the violent way of the bully.
+marie19872 I am autistic too but I don't have intellectual disability. I watched this video because I want to learn more about people with intellectual disabilities
I have high functioning autism, and I have symptoms of being slow at learning motor skills, I don't even know how to ride a bike lol, don't know if that counts though.
God Bless You !! My daughter was just diagnosed with a Mild Intellectual Disability .I was afraid what [people will say or think or do .You have put my mind at ease .Bless you and thank you so very much !
I have the same thing, at first I thought it was a curse and wouldn't tell no one, because of shame and embarrassment. However now I try to embrace it.
Blessing to you and your daughter 💜😊
Theresa Forrester continue to love and support your child and she will go very far in love. God bless you🤗
God bless you and ur family !!!!!!
You are amazing Lorretta Claiborne remarkable
I cry every time I watch this video!!! 😭. Thank you so much, Miss. Claiborne!!! You have truly inspired me!!! I also have a mild intellectual disability. You are my inspiration and my hero!!! God bless you!!! 🙏🏽❤️😊😊
I have the same also love looking back on this video when I feel down
This is so relevant still today. Inspiring and giving hope to others with a disability.
Disability is a yoke of bondage and its also a spirit
I don’t have an intellectual disability but I do have learning disabilities and asd. You can’t always tell but sometimes you can.
I'm so proud of you Loretta for being fearless. I work with students with intellectual disabilities & I hope to instill in them to be fearless & never give up.
I am helping my nephew with ID but don't know or understand. Do you have a website?
Loretta is an incredible person.
I remember meeting this lady at my school. She was a very nice person, and even signed my friends cast when he broke his arm.
Fearless and fierce!
This video gives me hope.
Honestly what this woman is saying this is the truth was going on all my life I was denied for everything well at least she try harder that shows you that no one care about disabled people not even to school
Thank you Loretta, and TED Talks for having her. :) I hope to build up my confidence so I can become fearless.
Powerful talk, thank you Ms. Claiborne; I appreciate this so much.
I love Loretta! You give me hope for so many little ones! Keep Inspiring!
This lady went to my school a few years ago. Had a talk with us, it was honestly cool. My friend got his cast signed.
God bless you! I am so happy you built a beautiful life.
My daughter is diagnosed with borderline intellectual disability and I make sure she don't let her disability hold her back from achieving her dreams
borderline personality disorder isn't an intellectual disability
mwhpaluch You’re confused actually. Borderline personality disorder and borderline intellectual disability are not the same thing. BPD is a disorder categorized by having multiple personalities regardless of IQ. Borderline Intellectual Disability is defined as ones IQ being around 70-85 range.
@@alexschmidt2895 borderline personality disorder doesn't mean you have multiple personalities, that's dissociative identity disorder. bpd involves unstable emotions, relationships, and sense of self, which sounds similar to "multiple personalities" but isn't exactly the same
How do you try not to let her disability hold her back from achieving her dreams how ? Please tell me I need to learn that thank you
I want to know how do you try not let her disabilities hold her back ?
She came to my school 2 years ago so now I'm really inspired by her. She also let me watch her movie and it was really sad. I even got to give her a high five so I feel special now lol.
Thank you so much, Loretta & to Special Olympics for bringing you to us!
God bless you loretta claiborne.
THE MOVIE WAS GREAT MOVIE I CAN RELATE TO HER STORY SHES A HERO AMEN AMEN
wow, you speak like you have a presence fluidity is your natural ability whatever you do fear less beautiful I am fear full sometimes for that I don't know what the future may hold but whatever it may hold I have to take a hold of it and just do it. I have a learning disability I don't know what you have but its hard for me to get along in this world people just don't understand really don't but I try
Yes that is very true. Autonomy, responsibility and expectations is the Tribeca of barrier to support.
You pretty much have to sell your soul to the government.
no one knows what it’s like to be living with a different ability to learn differently :/ (talking about myself, and many others)
I do trust me I do .
Girl, you are amazing! I was so immersed into your story. You are a wonderful story teller and an amazing athlete!
This video is so amazing. Thank you Loretta for giving back to our society with your actions and your words. God Bless!
awesome story and having a learning difference myself I herd that I would never go to college but I am in college studying to become an early childhood teacher I want to work with children who have autism and other special need
that's what I am going to College too
........
xena jones we’re living the same life. Keep going.👍
Awesome I have autism and low vision and I want to be a special education teacher
this is amaizing there should be more of this stuff on social media!
I loved her movie.
Shes a Great Woman an you know you all judge a great woman as you know I have disability's too but you know I can relate to her an you know my mom was best friends with her in high school as well as was her friend in special Olympics bless her heat an you know what miss Loretta keep doing you let hatters hate cause that's all they know how to do bless your heart mam keep doing you telling it how it is
I read the book flowers for Algernon showed me a whole world I knew existed but never talked about
God Bless you. Thank-you
This is so inspirational! My son has intelectual disability and auditory processing disability and add! They’re telling me next year he should be in special school next year for high school.instead of being at a regular high school with special edd classes! Idk what to do
Best of luck to your son. And depending on where he's at on the intellectual disability spectrum, make sure he will get a high school diploma from that school, and not a certificate of completion. Colleges don't accept those.
I had an intellectual diagnosis during school too.
I had to make sure I kept up with all the regents and my classes in order to get a regents diploma, and not a IEP diploma (what they used to give in NYC back in 2008 ) They wanted me to get the IEP diploma. They made it their business to only sign me up for RCTs. In NYC back then passing RCTs was enough to get an IEP diploma, but taking regents and scoring a certain percentage you would get a regular diploma, and a higher percentage on five regents you'll get a regents diploma.
Brilliant story 👑❤️
Beautiful Speech
This video is very good and inspirtional. I may not have intellectual disability but I do have learning disability so I know the struggle of not believing you not the best and you try so hard nut fail.
Thank you 🙏
I'm inspired.
I applaud this woman and her courageousness to speak up for the intellectual disability community. However, I am also skeptical about Special Olympics, which has done a poor job of integrating individuals with intellectual disabilities into mainstream society and also that it has created negative stereotypes of individuals with disabilities---often infantilizing them or pitying them.
I have a friend who was in special olympics and he loves it. They treated him well. Now he works as a bar back.
People need exercise and sometimes intellectually disabled people can’t handle the strict rules of mainstream competitive sports.
'Health is wealth'
amazing person ,
I have Adhd Discecsa discacula and other so thank god I don’t have to deal with the stuff that the older population of people with genetic problems. Sure I had to deal with a repetitive use of the R word once but that’s penunts compared to what people of special needs who are African, Asian, Hispanic or others but were all people and I think we need Unity in this
i was not a lond in some school because of M.I.D i hand to go to a spashole school because of my desabilty.i got tease many years from people because of my desabilty it not are fult we were born this way.
I completely agree with you.
Im going to be like your mama my baby will be fearless too.
A developmental delay or a tick is responsible for being a great inspiration for what a story is in disabled terms that is the special olympics that is a basic way to change our own behavior in the past 25 years or so when the term means to correct people for how to be disabled is an IA of 30 or an IQ of 35 to be an intellectual disability of my own type.
If you had an IQ of 30 you wouldn't even be able to write this paragraph.
What an inspiring, amazing, speech!
I see so many Nigerian American female who have Learning Dis-ability and because they have Disability people believe they can't do anything or achieve I never seen Nigerians talk .
True
Great Job!!!
9:00 bullying went down 60%
Glade you support your family not how mean and hrash are about on those trolls you as amazing gifted talented what other says on what society says.
"the job GOD made be to do" 💓💗💓
I have ID and I was bullied!
i agree with Saili Kulkarni , the concept of special olympics is great but it is poorly done it does, in many programs pity and it is does infantlize many of our people.... and while integration is goodwe need BOTH we need uor peers AND we need thecommunity we need BOTH weare a culture of people and we need to bewith our peers AND be welcome in the community too
wow good video Loretta
And now 2019 there are some in our Country who want to take this away from other Americans. I don’t understand what people with money are so scared of other people, special olympics?
Sometimes disabled people are kinder than non-disabled people!
Because they have to be lol. They have nothing else 😂😂
That was great
I have it, IDK if it's mild or moderate. My intellectual is good or bad. I haven't brush my hair and tie my shoes
You can't blame people with ID, they do not choose to be that way. In my case I am just plain stupid, friends and coworkers would never let me off the hook with a claim of ID.
Lol
i can relate i have a child that have special need it really need patience but how long does it take till now no changes about his character
I have this too And no have life Thougth i had Autism but i do’nt understand .
Was you always a fearless ?
❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰
Does anyone have the APA citation for this?
Unbelievable.
The close captioning is HORRIBLE. Some one should go in and FIX IT!!!
Hi
Its not life long people dont live with this for the rest of there life because god has a plan and purpose for all of us.
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She speaks better than some college graduates. I don't think that she got the proper diagnosis. I think she was just warehoused and not taught very much.
See above on Shay Jefferson. You would say the same about me, but I keep death away by good doctors, and have so many internal issues from an accident that I would prefer to just go. Some are misdiagnosed, but "warehoused"? Thanks for the compliment.... I'm sure we all appreciate it. Enjoy your good health.
What do you do besides talk alo
Alot
Then don't listen.