Common Ways People with a Disability are viewed and treated
Unfortunately, and inaccurately, people with disabilities are often viewed as:
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victims, or objects of pity
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horrible or grotesque
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burdens, either on society or on their families and carers
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evil, or some threat to the comfort and safety of others
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unable, or assumed to be unable, to do things
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having multiple disabilities (such as assuming that a person who uses a wheelchair also has an intellectual disability)
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childlike
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“special”
Such misconceptions are based on insufficient or inaccurate information about people with disabilities and can perpetuate inappropriate interactions.