Stereotypes: Adults With Disabilities

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Stereotypes -Adults With Disabilities When others see a disabled adult most people are assuming the worst and think they cannot do anything for themselves. Misconceptions is really bigger on this topic, because a lot of adults that are disabled are judged by the way they are. You can look at someone who is disabled and think the worst when in reality it is not that bad. People for years now think that if you are disabled in any way that you are not capable to do things on your own or do anything a nondisabled person can do which in some cases some cannot but most can. People who are disabled are a major stereotype just because of the way they are, one stereotype can be that they are weak. Like if you saw someone who could not walk most …show more content…

Generations of people being disabled have changed over time most people are willing to give them a chance and are not so quick to assume things or judges them on the way they are. but there are still a few that judge them on the way they are. When I see an adult or anyone who has a disability I am very intrigued to know their story, because each adult has a story on the way how they found out what kind of disability, they have and how they learned to adjust their lifestyle to it if they had to grow up and as an adult it may get easier to learn how to do things with it and sometimes it just gets harder depending on what kind of disability they have. There are over 1,000 different types of disabilities in the world and people usually get them as a child and grow up with it and in other cases, some get them as adults and have to learn to readjust their living styles because of their disability. Adults that grow up with a disability have a less higher chance trying to learn about what their limits are, where if they were diagnosed as an adult they may have a much harder time trying to accept what has happened, because as an adult whether young or middle aged or even elderly, there lives are at such different …show more content…

I also think that they disabled adults are very wise and have been through a lot growing up and trying to feel comfortable with people where they do not feel left out on things. They are also the most interesting people anyone can meet, because their past of their struggle of adjusting to things can be very difficult, especially if they are in their early 20’s since they are trying to figure out who they and what they want in life. In my interview with Meredith Raymond, she states how she had to find a job she could do with her disability, but also enjoy doing what she does for work. She was doing her dream job for a couple of months, but came to realize it was a little too much to do with the kind of disability she had. So instead of giving up and not working at all, she found another career path that she enjoys doing, but is also not so tough on her body due to her disability. She wanted to show people she could do anything that she put her mind to, even if it meant she had to find a different job. People like her are changing people’s perspective on disabled people and showing them that they are not delicate people who need help with things, but to show them that they are more than capable of doing things on their

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