The History Of How People Treated Those With Disabilities

The history of how people treated those with disabilities provides the foundation for the attitudes and behaviors of today. In 2017, disable people continue to face challenges in many areas of their lives and many of these challenges involve people’s attitudes. For example, a person’s attitudes towards one disabled person might be shaped by their personal experience of knowing another disabled person. How the history of treating people with disabilities leads to attitudes changes today. This is an issue that some people feel very strongly about. The disable is not respected or treated with disparagement. The definition of disability has been associated with sin and shame, when in fact it is someone, who is impaired or limited by a physical, mental, cognitive, or developmental condition. People with disabilities use to experience ridicule, shame, disgrace, isolation, and rejection but not so much no more. Attitudes are transient and change from person to person, from group to group, and even within groups over time. Time has changed the way people with disabilities are view by the public. The Public-School System is a good example of negative attitudes

Nearly everyone faces hardships and difficulties at one time or another. But for people with disabilities, barriers can be more frequent and have greater impact. Often there are multiple barriers that can make it extremely difficult or even impossible for people with disabilities to function. Here are the seven most common barriers, attitudinal, communication, physical, policy, programmatic, social, transportation. One fact is employers lack of awareness and understanding of the process and support available for finding, hiring, and managing employees who have a disability is a key barrier to hiring them. Persons with disabilities are one of the last minority equal rights to be