“There is no greater disability in society than the inability to see a person as more” said by Robert M. Hasel
He means when you see someone who has a disability you feel bad right away. You look at them differently, you may not notice it but you do. You think when you see them that they can’t do what others can do.
There’s so many differences on the way they’ve been treated,There’s so many different disabilities that fall into two categories, and they have ways to do things on their own.
Throughout history the treatment of years we have treated people with disabilities differently.
In the 1800’s, They were abuse and had to go to a special school.
According to https://www.newstatesman.com/society/2010/12/disabled-children-british …show more content…
Beginning in the late 1800’s, there was sometimes hardly any attempt to meet the children's emotional needs or realizing their individual identities.
On https://www.newstatesman.com/society/2010/12/disabled-children-british It says “ Staff often made little attempt to empathise with disabled people's experiences, denying them autonomy, choice and dignity and at times deliberately causing them pain and discomfort.”
People didn’t treat disabled kids respectfully like how they would want to be treated if they were them.
Later views started to change when transportation changed cause they realized they can do stuff for themselves.
“Before the American Disabilities Act was signed:
People using wheelchairs who wanted to ride a bus or train would need to abandon their wheelchairs.” Now the make ramps to get in and out of buses or stores or …show more content…
Attitudinal barriers/Stereotypes meaning people don’t think they can do anything like a certain job, having opinions. Communication barriers, some people don’t want to talk to them or they can’t speak. Transportation barriers, sometimes they can’t always get around. Policy barriers meaning lack of awareness.
“Attitudinal barriers are behaviors or perceptions that prevent employees from communicating properly. These barriers to communication are specific items that can distort or prevent communication within an organization. Policy barriers are frequently related to a lack of awareness or enforcement of existing laws and regulations that require programs and activities be accessible to people with disabilities”
https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/disability-barriers.html#ref
There’s a lot of meaning behind their barriers.
Barriers are life’s difficulties everyone has them but some not as bad as others.
I think this because I’ve read the websites for the disabled and I thought about what everyone goes