Invisible Disabilities

In my life, I have never really met or talk to anyone with a disability, especially someone with a hearing disability. It was a great opportunity for me to have these mentor visits to learn more about the challenges and lifestyle of the people with disability. I found that I agreed with Dr. Ruth Warick when she commented that most, if not all, people do not consider those invisible disabilities as an actual disability. We often need to see some form of evidence before we accept it as truth, therefore, we view people with invisible disabilities as normal human beings. We do not really think much about the challenges they might face or situations that they might feel uncomfortable in.
Having this experience of listening to Dr. Ruth made me realize that what we say and what we do are extremely different. We always say that we are inclusive of others and we embrace and are compassionate towards others but in reality, we do not have this heart for those with disabilities. We tend to stereotype others and even discriminate them which …show more content…
From today’s talk, I learned that just because someone has a hearing disability does not mean that their speech is also impaired. They are still able to perform well when it comes to speaking, but because people have this misguided information that hearing disability impairs speech, they have a negative attitude towards people with hearing disability. This plays a huge role when those people with disabilities are interviewing for a future job because they have this added stress of not only having to hear well but also prove that their speech is fine. Due to the stress, they will perform worse than usual which restricts them from gaining the job or position that they wanted. This stereotype created stress is an ongoing cycle that they have to constantly battle with which should not have been there to begin