People with disabilities

by Pilar Rejano, Carmen Gragero, Clara Lorenzo and Javier Herráiz

1.-Society: Segregated and, often, rejected in the past.

2.- Employment: LISMI (law for the Social Integration of Handicapped People).

3.-Education: People are working on laws against discrimination and encourage inclusion.

Disability over time.Employment and education.

Breaking Down Barriers-Stereotypes

-Fear

-Backlash (negativeresponse)

Etiquette: What can we do to interact with disabled people?-Listen to the person with the disability.

-Extend common courtesies.

-If you don’t understand what that person is saying, ask him/her to repeat.

-Think the word “person” instead of “disability”.

AssociationsI. What is CERMI?

- Objectives and functions- Who forms CERMI?- Associations supported

- Procedures

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Stephen Hawking, a very clever

High-skilled people with disabilities.

Hawking, a very clever disabled person.

PERSEVERANCE.

Professional athlete disabled people. Teresa Perales, a disabled

professional woman.

Miguel Galindo, the blind coach.

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Respectful disability language.

RESPECT. -Terms which offend disabled people. -Correct terms to use with disabled people.

What’s wrong and what’s wright?

“People with disabilities”

“Blind”

“Person with learning

disability”

“Wheelchair user”

“People with a speech disability”

“Disabled”

“Invalid”

“Retarded”

“Midget”

“Insane”

“Nut”

“Deformed”“Dumb”