Ableism

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Introduction The chosen topic related to cultural pluralism is Ableism. Hence, the paper will explain the historical and contemporary aspects of Ableism that will discuss the existing public policy debates related to Ableism. Moreover, the paper will also give some solutions and recommendations to deal with Ableism that could be in favor or against. At last, the paper will come up with the personal opinion related to the proposed solutions and arguments of Ableism. Discussion Ableism can be defined as the positive evaluation given physical capacities and the negative rating other. The researchers believe that the disability live in an ableist culture that values certain physical abilities over others; it is a culture that evaluates some …show more content…

Try to make handicapped restrooms, special area in subways so that they don’t feel inferior among normal travellers. Maximising the access of schools, institutions, communities, and specific area that recognise the right of people with abelism is essential in this society for their rights as they have right to live their life according to their own way (Goodley et al., 2012). Since U.S. education has taken different actions for improving the education opportunities for disabled students. Considering that aspect, the number of admissions in such schools and institutions has increased since now educators have recognised the challenges that ableist still pervade the culture (Biklen et al., 2013). Another solution is to encourage the students in order to develop the use of skills and modes of expression to get remain effective for them (Biklen et al., …show more content…

They are exactly like the normal people and I believe that they have more potential than us or like normal people. But the problem is the unusual attitude of people and society related to abelism as they are the “Aliens” from other universe. I have experienced in different subways that some of the subways doesn’t offer specific area of climbing stairs for them and also doesn’t offer seat belts for them when they enter in a subway. Moreover, not all public restrooms have a separate space for handicapped people. There are some people who feel proud that they are able-bodied people and for that reason, they think they are superior over disabled. According to my perspective, disabled people are actually “Different abled people” as they have more potential than able-bodied. If we can see beyond the judgmental examples, there are some people in different societies and companies who are working hard and are known because of their potential like Rick Allen Def Leppard who is drummer with left arm amputated in car accident; Will Smith is with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

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