Ableism Against People With Disabilities

There are many places that do make things wheelchair friendly, and large businesses often have bathrooms a good size for many wheelchairs. At fast food places and such they often have the touch screen soda machines, which have the wheelchair button so that the shorter people can reach. Places like Children's Miracle Network, which helps with expenses. The Make-A-Wish Foundation that maybe doesn't help with ableism, but helps the kids have a happier life. There are ways to help stop ableism as well, such as being sure the disabled are able to get places, and if there's a way to help them out, even if it's something simple, to do those things helps them feel less segregated, and more like the human beings they are. Be careful not to speak to them in a childish voice and to not look at one and say “i can't believe you're out here doing this! If I was you I would be at home sulking.” They are stuck the way they are, not to be an inspiration or depressing, sometimes they just are. There needs to be people standing for those who cannot. To speak for the silent, and listen like the deaf to understand the misunderstood. Then, someday soon, we will not have to worry about

Individuals with disability have had a long history of maltreatment in America. From being thought of as possessed individuals in need of exorcism, targeted for heinous experiments, unknowingly sterilized, being labeled imbecile, feeble minded, and retarded, to being shipped off to state schools or mental asylums, those with disabilities were given no consideration as a valuable and able to contribute member of society. In a speech to congress, Frank Bowe, a highly educated deaf-man highlighted this claim by stating, “we are not even second-class citizens, we are third-class citizens” (Bowe, F. 1977--need citation), and Jim Cherry (2001) furthered the ideal in his words, that prior to “1970 we [disabled citizens] had no right to education, to employment, to transportation, to housing, or to voting. There were no civil rights laws for us, no federal advocacy grants. Few people looked beyond our medical needs” (Cherry, J.L, 2001 http://www.raggededgemagazine.com/0701/0701cov.htm). Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 attempted to fundamentally change how disabled people were reguarded.

Society’s ideological constructs and attitudes towards minority groups are created and reinforced through media imagery. Although negative associations that maintain inequities with regard to race, gender and homophobia (Conner & Bejoian, 2006) have been somewhat relieved, disability is still immersed in harmful connotations that restrict and inhibit the life of people with disabilities in our society.

In 1973 the section 504 rehabilitation act banned discrimination on people with disabilities. “For the first time, the exclusion and segregation of people with disabilities was viewed as discrimination” (Mayerson). People thought that people with disabilities that were unemployed and uneducated was “inevitable” (Mayerson). People fighting for the disabled proved that this was wrong and needed to be changed. The Americans with Disabilities act changed nothing for the employment for them, and by 2018 people with disabilities were still getting wages 40 percent below a “healthy person’s” (Picker). But, despite some unchanged discrimination the fixing of the equality between the disabled and nondisabled, right now, is that the Americans

Despite this overall attitude of how individuals with disabilities need medical and educational interventions, there are also many other beliefs that some Americans have regarding disabilities. Americans’ attitudes toward disabilities are similar to Pacific Islanders, Philippines, Chamorro, and many other cultures due to Americas cultural diversity. America is likely to have Americans with the exact same views as these cultures due to the nations

Ableism, is when an able bodied person has discrimatory feelings against a person who isn't able bodied. An example of ableism, Mary,who has worked at her job for thirty years has been diagnosed with Stage 3 Thyroid cancer and has to get one of her legs amputated. When Mary's boss found out about Mary's disease he immedatley fired her.

Ableism has been a part of American history since the 1800’s. During the 1800’s Americans with disabilities were discriminated against and people thought that they were bad omens or a punishment because of the sins that their parents have committed. Ever since laws were passed, some were against disabled people, but as time flew by laws

People who had ableism had to face challenges, such as a learning disability, being derogatory, or having a hearing disorder. In the classroom many students may struggle with a learning disability. It can affect how an individual learns and being able to understand information. When people think of a disability they may believe it is known as a derogatory rather than a learning or hearing disorder. Some things that derogatory individuals struggle with can be in ways like not being able to walk, or being in a wheelchair, which can make life difficult and a lot easier to give up on life.

How does this social construction of disabilities impact institutional policies, and societal and individual behaviors regarding disabilities? In other words, how have people with disabilities been marginalized in the past and present at those three levels? Please be specific and provide examples to support your answers.

Did you know that about 1 in 5 people around the world today have a diagnosed disability? (“Amazing Ableism Statistics”) This statistic proves how ableism is vastly present throughout the world. This is significant because those who are disabled today unfortunately witness and experience discrimination as a result of their disability. Ableism is present throughout Elie Wiesel’s “Night”. Elie’s doctor prevents ableism by exhibiting respect and compassion towards those in need, and not replicating the attitude the officers have towards the disabled. Unfortunately, ableism is still present today in society and the workforce. Although ableism still currently remains, job opportunities for the disabled could counteract the discrimination by demonstrating the rights, respect, and responsibilities a disabled person deserves to possess. It is essential this issue is discussed because to mistreat and remove one’s rights due to disability is morally wrong, and is a work in progress to come to an end because the disabled are worthy of receiving the equivalent rights and respect that others possess/receive.

Ableism is defined as, “the all-encompassing discrimination and exclusion of people living with disabilities” (Adams et al, 461). However, in order to determine if ableism is occurring, then one must first know what constitutes a disability. According to the Americans with Disabilities Act, someone has a disability if they have a considerable handicap that hinders the actions that are important for life, such as “walking, seeing, hearing, learning, speaking, breathing, standing, lifting, or caring for one’s self” (Adams et al, 461). Disabled people make up the largest minority in the world with their estimated population at 650 million people (Adams et al, 461). Of this 650 million people, 360 million people have some sort of disabling

Everyone is going through a battle that we may not be able to see; however, “American society [is often] unaware or indifferent to the plight of people with disabilities” (Davis, 2013, p. 486). Ableism is one of the most ignored areas of social justice in America. Through my own experiences, I learned that the educational system in particular is not a very knowledgeable, or flexible environment in giving accommodations for students with disabilities. Those who are able-bodied, and do not have invisible disabilities, easily fit the paradigm of an able student in society, i.e., being able to walk to every building, climb stairs to get to class, complete assignments in the allotted time, etc. Our society has socially constructed disability

American cultural policy needs to be understood through the framework of public-private sector policies, the diversity of culture and race, and the high value and desire placed on freedom. This is because such perceptions have been applied to cultural welfare policy for individuals with disabilities and affect the direct operation of various public institutions. Originally, the American perception toward individuals with disabilities started from the definition provided by medical models. However, with the enactment of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act, the 1975 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (originally known as the Education of Handicapped Children Act), and the 1990 Americans with Disability Act (ADA), areas such as

When discussed what, it means to be a discriminated or oppressed as an individual, especially a person with an intellectual disability, we must first look at the terminology and how it will be relatable for their circumstances. For discrimination, it is described as people or groups of people, which include race, class, gender, age, sexual orientation, who are and continued to be defined as “other,” when they are perceived through “dominant” group values. These groups are treated in exclusionary ways, and subjected to all kinds of social injustice and economic inequality, (Anderson & Collins, 2013). In other words, persons with intellectual disabilities tend to be treated less favorable, or not given

“The offspring of the inferior, or of the better when they chance to be deformed, will be put away in some mysterious, unknown place as they should be.” This is one of the many things that were told to those with disabilities back in the day. It is horrible to hear of how badly they were treated just because they “stood in the way of a perfect world.”