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Motivating Special Needs Children
Don’t patronise or talk down to people with disability. Treat people with respect and dignity. Be patient and give your undivided attention, especially with someone who speaks slowly or with great effort. Never pretend to understand what a person is saying if you don’t.
Here are some tips on how we will appreciate the talents of PWD’s:
The legal definition of disability They have a physical or mental impairment, and. the impairment has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on the person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.
A physical disability is a physical condition that affects a person’s mobility, physical capacity, stamina, or dexterity. This can include brain or spinal cord injuries, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, respiratory disorders, epilepsy, hearing and visual impairments and more.
The World’s Most Famous Disabled People
21 Types of Disabilities
Stephen Hawking
In order to properly represent disabled people, Mattel worked with them to create Barbie’s wheelchair — which any of the Barbies in the “Made to Move” collection will fit in — and the Barbie with a prosthetic limb.
Term Now Used: wheelchair user. Term no longer in use: cripple, spastic, victim. Term Now Used: disabled person, person with a disability. Term no longer in use: the handicapped.
Actors with Disabilities [& other Entertainment Professionals]
Some of the typical issues that wheelchair users have include small corridors in older buildings, parking lots that are challenging to get around, even just shopping or going to visit loved ones. Don’t forget uneven surfaces or steep slopes that are impossible to self-propel a manual wheelchair.
In referring to people with disabilities, it is preferable to use language that focuses on their abilities rather than their disabilities. Therefore, the use of the terms “handicapped,” “able-bodied,” “physically challenged,” and “differently abled” is discouraged.
What is another word for disabled?
incapacitated | paralysedUK |
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paralyzedUS | crippled |
infirm | handicapped |
impaired | wounded |
lame | hurt |
In general, refer to the person first and the disability second. People with disabilities are, first and foremost, people. Labeling a person equates the person with a condition and can be disrespectful and dehumanizing.
Mentally retarded: Always try to specify the type of disability being referenced. Otherwise, the terms mental disability, intellectual disability and developmental disability are acceptable. See entry on mentally retarded/mentally disabled, intellectually disabled, developmentally disabled .
It is okay to use words or phrases such as “disabled,” “disability,” or “people with disabilities” when talking about disability issues. Ask the people you are with which term they prefer if they have a disability. When in doubt, call a person with a disability by his/her name.
See mental health entry . Mentally retarded: Always try to specify the type of disability being referenced. Otherwise, the terms mental disability, intellectual disability and developmental disability are acceptable. See entry on mentally retarded/mentally disabled, intellectually disabled, developmentally disabled .
Mental illness is a disability when it disrupts performance and negatively influences a person’s day-to-day activities. The degree and extent that a person’s functioning is impaired is another important factor in defining mental health disability.
Common Disabilities
Functional disability has been defined as acquired difficulty in performing basic everyday tasks or more complex tasks needed for independent living.
As traditionally used, impairment refers to a problem with a structure or organ of the body; disability is a functional limitation with regard to a particular activity; and handicap refers to a disadvantage in filling a role in life relative to a peer group.