In this past week’s readings, I have learned many things about the oppressions people with disabilities go through. The more I read about the way people with disabilities feel about the way people treat them, the worse I feel about how I react to disabled people. I have begun to realize that I should not treat them any differently than I would someone without a disability. People seem to think that disabled people cannot do simple, daily tasks. I always want to help a disabled person when I see them, however, in reality, me trying to help them is just making the situation worse.
One thing I found very interesting was when King wrote about how people think that she would get along with a lady just because she was also disabled. She said
One thing I found very interesting was when King wrote about how people think that she would get along with a lady just because she was also disabled. She said