Stereotypes Of A Disabled Person

People with disabilities have not been treated fairly in the past. I believe that that those with disabilities have been treated worse than the elderly. They were not allowed to go to school with the normal kids; they were not allowed to work at most jobs. They were teased and made fun of, sometimes there were rejected by their own families. When they were in the mental hospitals they were treated very harsh, they sometimes had to go through shock therapy. Even though they are different types of disabilities, if was something that was noticeable you were treated different, as if you did not belong.

There are many stereotypes regarding those with intellectual disabilities. This may be because these individuals range in cognitive ability, receptive and expressive language, and physical need. While it may be assumed that those with disabilities are not able to process the world around them, they are not immune to mental health disorders and the, sometimes tragic, events that take place throughout a lifetime. Someone without an intellectual disability may find solace in a friend, partner, or family member. If the event is impactful enough, they may even turn to a mental health professional that is trained to help those going through a tough time. Unfortunately, individuals with disabilities do not always have that same network of support.

Cultural stereotypes used to consider deafness to be a great misfortune, but being deaf does not limit the abilities of a person. Members of the Deaf community consider deafness to be normal rather than a disability. A deaf people can do anything a hearing person can do, such as, drive, participate in group activities, communicate, and have normal lives. Deaf In the film “Through Deaf Eyes”, an HDTV documentary including interviews, personal stories, and historic accounts, the prejudice and affirmation of Deaf culture is revealed to show hearing people the reality of deaf life. Through this film, I have learned about education for deaf people, the Deaf President Now Movement, and about cochlear implants.

They are no longer locked in basements or hospitals, they are supported and given opportunities just as those who have no disabilities are. They also do not face such derogatory terms and labels as they have in the past. When talking about terminology used there is still no consensus on which words are used to refer to them. People from different countries and cultures use both different concepts as well as different terms to refer to those with disabilities. Examples can be seen of the evolvement of terms as in the United States as we have went from refereeing to those with disabilities as mentally retarded to intellectually disabled.

Although he had difficulty speaking clearly, he laughed so hard when I squirted some of his

By having an amazing autistic family member, I am able to see both worlds, what an autistic life is like, and what an autistic life may seem to someone on the outside. The textbook defines the word schemata as a “database of stored, related information” (Jones Jr., 2012), information that we have “developed over time” (Jones Jr., 2012). Schemata allows us to interpret the things we see around us, how we behave, and act in certain situations. People tend to place stereotypes on autistic people, you see autism is very broad, and each person is different and incredible. For years people have misunderstood autism based on previous experiences, thinking that just because “their minds don’t fit into society’s version on normal” (Faith Jegede, 2012)

Stereotyping is when one a person uses a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing to affect how they act towards said person or thing. I stereotyped the woman when I saw she was wearing nice looking clothing, I assumed that she would have a decent sum of money. However, this was untrue because when she went to order a salad, she only had roughly a dollar in pocket change to pay for it with. Another time I stereotyped a character was when I saw the homeless looking man walking around the train station walking around to people saying “Hey! I know you!” because I thought he was just trying to be buddy buddy with people to get their money. In reality, he knew it was the holiday season and starting

People with disabilities are individuals that I consider as those that have a different culture of their own. How they deal with their disability, how they relate to other people, and how united they become as a strong unit of people that understand each other made me appreciate the various aspects that people need to take subtle when dealing with others who differ from them. It made me even more intrigued by finding ways to better improve their lives by choosing to pursue a profession in speech-language

Still to this day, there is a negative stigma and sense of rejection projected towards individuals with intellectual disabilities. If an individual is seen as unresponsive to help, in the past they were considered to be a burden upon society (Reynolds, & Dombeck, 2016). Until recently, the typical form of “treatment” that most individuals received consisted of seclusion from mainstream society, thus labeling them as a “patient” which leads to a sense of disempowerment (2016). Furthermore, this label resulted in implications that individuals with an intellectual disability were limited, helpless, and sick- thus imposing thoughts of pity (2016). Until medical causes became known, mental retardation, the original name for intellectual disability,

Many people with disability shortage consciousness and understanding of the rights they have or where they would go to if they did recognise that their rights have been rejected. For people with awareness damage like developmental disability, granted and essential brain damage, psychosocial disability, dementia, neurological damage such as ‘Autism Spectrum Disorder’, this is an appropriate problem.

Person with a disability are often viewed as less than human. While few people would be comfortable coming right out and saying this, the dehumanization of disabled people is a constant thread throughout the tapestry of our society. It’s even evident in the way people speak about people with a disability. I hope one day everyone can see them as

Race is a category of people who have certain biologically transmitted traits in common, like skin color, that is seen as important by a society. Ethnicity refers to groups of people who share cultural traits, like religion and language. A minority is a group of people that, because of a certain trait or cultural difference, are set apart from others by the society. A stereotype is a simplified description or belief that is applied to every single person in a category.

Disability is a blessing. Disorder is a blessing. Since I was a young girl, there is one famous person who has inspired me throughout my life. She was an amazing woman who had fought throughout her life to fulfill her dreams despite being blind and deaf. She is known as Helen Keller. I have always read books about her. I have watched the movie about her. It is pretty incredible. She has shown me that people with disabilities can do great things in life too. Helen Keller had never given up and continued to learn under her great teacher named Anne Sullivan. There are few incidents which I really liked from the book, “The Story of My Life”. Anne Sullivan reminisced a memory of her student “She helped me unpack my trunk when it came, and was delighted

Limitations can occur in an experiment that effect the outcome and the results (Raasch et al, 2013). These factors in my experiment include a time constraint in which the experiment was conducted, which can have an effect on the results. The sample size available, if too small can provide unreliable evidence that provides an inadequate result in representing other captive groups or populations (Bailey, 2007). Inability to view the wolf’s behaviours surrounding food, and feeding time, inhibited the number of food dominance behaviours observed.

Changes have been made over the years to the way people with a disability are treated and perceived within society. People who had