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Disability Equity Management

Introduction Session 7


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Disability Sensitization

An Overview of Myths and Facts


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People with disabilities are braveand courageous.

A. Myth

B. Fact

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All persons who use wheelchairs arechronically ill or sickly

A. Strongly Agree

B. Agree

C. Disagree

D. Strongly Disagree

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`Fact: The association betweenwheelchair use and illness may have

evolved through hospitals usingwheelchairs to transport sick people. Aperson may use a wheelchair for avariety of reasons, none of which may

have anything to do with lingeringillness.

Myth : All persons who use wheelchairsare chronically ill or sickly

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Fact: Although most people who

are blind develop their remainingsenses more fully, they do nothave a "sixth sense."

Myth : People who are blind acquire a"sixth sense."

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People with disabilities are morecomfortable with "their own kind."

A. Yes

B. No

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`Fact: In the past, grouping peoplewith disabilities in separate schoolsand institutions reinforced thismisconception. Today, many peoplewith disabilities take advantage of

new opportunities to joinmainstream society.

Myth : People with disabilities are morecomfortable with "their own kind."

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Fact: Anyone may offer assistance,

but most people with disabilitiesprefer to be responsible forthemselves.

Myth : Non-disabled people are obligated to"take care of" people with disabilities.

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`Fact: People with disabilities go to

school, get married, work, have families,do laundry, grocery shop, laugh, cry, paytaxes, get angry, have prejudices, vote,plan and dream like everyone else

Myth : The lives of people with disabilities aretotally different than the lives of people withoutdisabilities.

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People with disabilities alwaysneed help.

A. Strongly Agree

B. Agree

C. Disagree

D. Strongly Disagree

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`Fact: Many people with disabilities are

independent and capable of giving help. Ifyou would like to help someone with adisability, ask if he or she needs it beforeyou act.

Myth: People with disabilities always need help.

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Some Aspects Related To Etiquette


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Wheelchairs are an extensionof personal space.

A. True

B. False

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If you don't make a habit of leaning or

hanging on people, don't lean or hang onsomeone's wheelchair. Wheelchairs are anextension of personal space.

Personal Space

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`When you offer to assist someone with a

vision impairment, allow the person totake your arm. This will help you to guide,rather than propel or lead, the person.

Vision Impairment

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` Treat adults as adults. Call a person by his or

her first name only when you extend thisfamiliarity to everyone present. Don'tpatronize people who use wheelchairs bypatting them on the head. Reserve this signof affection for children.

Patronizing Behavior

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`When speaking to a person with a disability

ensure that you do not put physical strain onthem example standing in front of a personin a wheelchair however asking is again agood general rule.

Eye level

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When talking with someone who has a

disability, speak directly to him or her,rather than through a companion whomay be along.

Addressing a person with a disability

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` If you would like to help someone with a

disability, ask if he or she needs it beforeyou act, and listen to any instructions theperson may want to give.

Assistance

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`When giving directions to a person in a

wheelchair, consider distance, weatherconditions and physical obstacles such asstairs, curbs and steep hills.

Directions

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When directing a person with a visualimpairment, use specifics such as "left ahundred feet" or "right two yards".

Directions

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`When planning events involving persons with

disabilities, consider their needs ahead oftime. If an insurmountable barrier exists, letthem know about it prior to the event.

Forward planning

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Be careful not to complete sentences itis patronizing

Speech impediments

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"Sticks and stones may break my bones,

but words can never hurt me." It dependson who you talk to.

Really true?

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Mark Twain once said the difference betweenthe right word and the almost right word is thedifference between lightning and a lightningbug.

How true this is.

Words are very powerful. They can lift yourspirits or crush them, put you in a good moodfor the rest of the day or make you want to lock

yourself in your room and hide away from therest of the world.

Really true?

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The term "handicapped" has become so outdated andderogatory that it is no longer used in any kind of

government paperwork. The H-word, as Kathie Snowrefers it to, has its origins in Old English, where itreferred to the loser of a lottery-like game who was leftwith his cap in hand. The term eventually reversed itselfto become hand in cap, hand i cap and finally, handicap.

Article by Megan Drummond (People First)

Handicap

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Affirmative

Derogatory

person with an

intellectual,cognitive,developmentaldisability

retarded;mentallydefective

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Affirmative

Derogatory

person who isblind, person whois visually impaired

the blind

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Affirmative

Derogatory

person who is deaf the deaf; deafand dumb

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Affirmative

Derogatory

person with

epilepsy, personwithseizure disorder

epileptic

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Affirmative

Derogatory

person with aphysical disability,physically disabled

crippled;lame;deformed

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Affirmative

Derogatory

People who are

integrated,productive andsuccessful citizens

Overcame

theirdisability/courage

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People with Disabilities


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A mood disorder is a

condition whereby the

prevailing emotional moodis distorted or inappropriate

to the circumstances.

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Richard Dreyfuss -

Richard Stephen Dreyfuss(born October 29, 1947) isan Academy Award-

winning American actor suffers from manicdepressive disorder

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Harrison Ford - (bornJuly 13, 1942) Ford is bestknown for hisperformances in the StarWars film series and theadventurous archaeologistand action hero depression in his youth

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Abraham Lincoln -

(February 12, 1809 April15, 1865) was the sixteenth

President of the United

States, serving from March

4, 1861 until hisassassination chronic

form of depression

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Tourette syndrome (also called Tourette's

syndrome, Tourette's disorder, Gilles de la Tourette

syndrome, GTS or, more commonly, simply

Tourette's orTS) is an inherited neurological

disorder with onset in childhood, characterized by

the presence of multiple physical (motor) tics and

at least one vocal (phonic) tic; these tics

characteristically wax and wane.

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David Beckham -

David suffers from OCDand it manifests itselfthrough constant

cleanliness andperfection of all that isaround him

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Wolfgang AmadeusMozart - (1756-1791) In

late 1992, the British

Medical Journal publishedan article by

endocrinologist Benjamin

Simkin, M.D. speculatingthat Mozart had Tourette

Syndrome

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Epilepsy is a common chronic neurological

disorder that is characterized by recurrent

unprovoked seizures. These seizures are

transient signs and/or symptoms due to abnormal,excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the

brain.

Epilepsy is usually controlled, but not cured, with

medication, although surgery may be considered

in difficult cases.

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Sir Isaac Newton (4January 1643 31 March

1727) A very important

scientist who isresponsible for founding

the three laws of motion

along with studiesconcerning Universal

Gravitation

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Julius Caesar- (July 13, 100BC March 15, 44 BC), One

of the most influential men in

world history, Caesarparticipated in the army with

distinction constantly excelling

in leadership skills. He had a

ruthless personality andthought of himself as far

superior

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Obsessive compulsive disorder(OCD) is apsychiatric disorder, specifically, an anxiety

disorder. OCD is manifested in a variety of

forms, but is most commonly characterized

by a subject's obsessive drive to perform aparticular task or set of tasks, compulsions

commonly termed rituals.

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1809-1882

Naturalist,author; OCD

and stutter.

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Schizophrenia is a psychiatric diagnosis

that describes a mental illness

characterized by impairments in the

perception or expression of reality, mostcommonly manifesting as auditory

hallucinations, paranoid or bizarre delusions

or disorganized speech and thinking in the

context of significant social or occupationaldysfunction.

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John Nash - (born June

13, 1928) John Nash is anAmerican mathematician

working in differential

geometry, game theory and

partial differentialequations.

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South Africans With Disabilities


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Technology


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