Ableism Research Paper
Did you know that “about 1 in 5 people around the world today have a diagnosed disability?” (Wpadmin 1) Some people fail to notice, recognize, or even care about this statistic because it does not pertain to them. This type of attitude is what is called ableism. Ableism is the “practice of a society that puts less of a value on human life when someone has a disability” (Wpadmin 1). In many situations, people do not realize that their words or actions can be offending to other people. Which is a big problem that we all need to work on if we want to put an end to ableism.
Ableism is something that has been around for a while and is seen everywhere. I am an able-bodied person and sometimes I fail to recognize that I am offending people with disabilities. For instance, I tended to say the word retarded a lot. I used to say it as another word for something that is awful or does not make sense. One day, someone pointed it out to me and that is when I finally realized that what I was saying should not be said. I felt like such a horrible person and I did not mean to upset anyone so I stopped using that word for good. Just like me, many people do not notice ableist language and action when they do it. It has been around for so long that it has become invisible.
By being able-bodied you have access to privileges that disabled people do not have, or are …show more content…
Even though it is obvious that the man who got beat for no reason should get justice, and yet the boys barely paid any punishment. Is it because of race, or because of his disability? Whatever it was it was very unfair, and I think that the ruling did not look at the case and what happened but instead they looked at the people and who they were. This makes me very upset that people are not able to just see people as people and not judge them for how they look because most of us look nothing
Ableism is something that has been around for a while and is seen everywhere. I am an able-bodied person and sometimes I fail to recognize that I am offending people with disabilities. For instance, I tended to say the word retarded a lot. I used to say it as another word for something that is awful or does not make sense. One day, someone pointed it out to me and that is when I finally realized that what I was saying should not be said. I felt like such a horrible person and I did not mean to upset anyone so I stopped using that word for good. Just like me, many people do not notice ableist language and action when they do it. It has been around for so long that it has become invisible.
By being able-bodied you have access to privileges that disabled people do not have, or are …show more content…
Even though it is obvious that the man who got beat for no reason should get justice, and yet the boys barely paid any punishment. Is it because of race, or because of his disability? Whatever it was it was very unfair, and I think that the ruling did not look at the case and what happened but instead they looked at the people and who they were. This makes me very upset that people are not able to just see people as people and not judge them for how they look because most of us look nothing