Why such Disrespect in Public Places?

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Hello Everyone, I have given this question much thought and now I really need to ask my peers for some insight on how they might handle this kind of uncomfortable situation. Let me please start out by saying I do not usually become offended easily nor do I get angry or upset easily. This is a true situation and it happened to me. Please allow me to explain. I was born with spastic Cerebral Palsy and I have muscle spasms that I have no control over. My head and body shake with jerks that are involuntary and these jerks or shaking happens wherever there sre muscles and we humans have muscles all over our bodies. My faamily and I had decided to go for dinner on Saturday. We go out to a family restruant and I am eating and across from me are two boys, one was about 14 years old and his brother seemed to be about 11 years old. Their parents were with them and they were talking and kissing and totally ablivious to what their sons were doing. These two boys had cell phones with a camera in them. I was eating and talking with my family and when I glanced at there table, I noticed the boys looking at me and laughing. I didn't think much about it at first and then soon the youngest boy kept laughing and soon he started to make jerky movements and look at me and laughed. Next I saw their cell phones and aimed straight at me. They were taking my picture and laughing and imatating my movements. I was not going to give them the benefit of them knowing I saw them and knew what they were doing. So I just kept eating and soon I stared back at them and at the father who finally saw the one son quickly close his cell phone and put it in his pocket. The father, saw I had a disabilty and aske the son for the cell phone. Now my question to everyone is "What would you have done if this was you? How would you have handled yourself in this situation? What if anything can a restruant owner do to deal with these kind of situations? I am personally not bothered by such things as this but what really bothered me is that anyone can take our picture and without our permission. Also, no one who is disabled or different in any way, should be made fun of or to feel uncomfortable because of some one elses rudeness or disrespectful conduct. We all enjoy nice times with our family and I feel that no other person has the right to make anyone feel uncomfortable when they are in public. I am not angry nor do I wish to retailiate in any way. I just wish there was something that could be done so that people like myself could go in public and not be looked down on or as some kind of freak. Adults can also be just a rude and disrespectful as those two young boys mentioned above. But to be able to take a picture of another in public is wrong and especially if they are taking that picture for their entertainment. Please give your input here and be honest like I said I am a reasonable person and usually this does not bother me, but if they are doing this to me, then other disabled people must suffer the same insults and disrespectand it needs to stop. What is your opinion? Comments? Take care, Jadona2006