Stereotypes Of A Successful Person With Disabilities

Work is very important element of our life. Our job is a huge part of who we are. Life without work is not what people typically strive for these days. Our work expresses where we are heading and where we are now. Work for some people can be just means of earning money, but for others it is a means work be a way of making a difference. A job is a place where we continuously discover ourselves, our potential & our limits of responsibilities. As a college student my ideal goal is to get a job after my education. I cannot imagine being denied a job because of a part of me I have minimal or no control of. As part of my Rehabilitation Strategies and Intervention class this semester, I was able to learn a lot about people with disabilities in the

Stereotypes negative generalizations people form about disabilities. Stereotypes is the image or the attitude, naive, the by-product of ignorance or unfamiliarity. One stereotype is they People with disabilities are partial or limited people, in an "other" and lesser category. Another stereotype the successful person with disabilities is superhuman, triumphing over adversity .Lastly a common stereotype is a disability is a sickness, something to be fixed, an abnormality to be corrected or cured. These pictures of disability are not mistaken in any simple way; in fact each of them contains kernels of experiential truth about encounters between the able-bodied and those with disabilities. But when tacit theories and assumptions such as these underlie public policy and social relations, they tend to limit the full humanity of those who are affected by

Employers need to make sure their facilities are accessible to people with mobility impairments. Such as providing clear signage in large print applications. Another thing we can do is when working with a person who has a disability, we need keep in mind that we are all more alike than different. Each person comes to a new job with unique skills we need to avoid labels for groups of people with disabilities such as "the blind" or "the deaf." Instead, say "people who are blind" or "people who are deaf." Never use the terms "deaf and dumb. “Avoid emotionally-charged descriptors such as "bedridden," "homebound," "crippled," "unfortunate," "pitiful," "stricken with," "wheelchair-bound," or "confined to a wheelchair." Instead, simply be descriptive such as "he uses a wheelchair. “Directly to a person and focus on her abilities rather than her disability. People who have disabilities have the same range of likes and dislikes as those who do not. Not all blind people are musical; not all people who use wheelchairs play wheelchair basketball; and not all deaf people read lips. Talk about things you talk about with other employee’s weather, sports, politics, what you did