Disability And Society Journals DeRigo
January 12, 2015
During High School, I had a desire to want to work with the students at school who needed assistance. I signed up for the Special Olympics club and was able to interact with them on a daily basis. I would continuously stop by their classroom in between my classes and just talk to several of them, developing relationships that they will remember forever. This is something that they made known to me that they really appreciated. Their disabilities separate them from the rest of the school, isolating them from regular school activities social interactions. After talking to some of the students, time and time again, they would tell me that they just want to be treated like everyone else. Sometimes the word “normal” was used, which is such an arbitrary term. “Normal” is today’s society is based on perspective and what our modern-day world has created it to be. It is so common for others to have this fear of possibly offending someone with a disability. All that these students want is for people to not be afraid to talk to them. They want for people to treat them as if they didn’t have any kind of impairment. Nobody likes to be defined by something that is associated with being “abnormal” or “strange.” Learning these things first-hand through these students has really helped me to think from a different perspective. My interactions with people who are disabled will always reflect my mindset of how I would want to be treated if I was them.
January 15, 2015
As I walk around campus, I notice many different accommodations for people with disabilities. These include: wheelchair ramps, automatic doors, wider doorways, bigger bathroom stalls, etc. However today, I also noticed that there were many accommodations that still need to be added in order to make it easier for people with disabilities. First of all, most of the accommodations are for people with a disability that requires them to use a wheelchair. There are people who are blind or deaf that also
During High School, I had a desire to want to work with the students at school who needed assistance. I signed up for the Special Olympics club and was able to interact with them on a daily basis. I would continuously stop by their classroom in between my classes and just talk to several of them, developing relationships that they will remember forever. This is something that they made known to me that they really appreciated. Their disabilities separate them from the rest of the school, isolating them from regular school activities social interactions. After talking to some of the students, time and time again, they would tell me that they just want to be treated like everyone else. Sometimes the word “normal” was used, which is such an arbitrary term. “Normal” is today’s society is based on perspective and what our modern-day world has created it to be. It is so common for others to have this fear of possibly offending someone with a disability. All that these students want is for people to not be afraid to talk to them. They want for people to treat them as if they didn’t have any kind of impairment. Nobody likes to be defined by something that is associated with being “abnormal” or “strange.” Learning these things first-hand through these students has really helped me to think from a different perspective. My interactions with people who are disabled will always reflect my mindset of how I would want to be treated if I was them.
January 15, 2015
As I walk around campus, I notice many different accommodations for people with disabilities. These include: wheelchair ramps, automatic doors, wider doorways, bigger bathroom stalls, etc. However today, I also noticed that there were many accommodations that still need to be added in order to make it easier for people with disabilities. First of all, most of the accommodations are for people with a disability that requires them to use a wheelchair. There are people who are blind or deaf that also