Wheelchair rugby

disabled or not, people are going to talk negatively about you. If they aren’t laughing at your disability, it will be your skin color, weight or height. After he began learning to love the body he was in, the bullying stopped. He rode around in his wheelchair with pride, confident of his disability. I have taken a lot of information in from this interview with Alan. I’ve learned to appreciate what I have, because there are people who would do anything for that I have been given. Alan’s…

because she is in a wheelchair. What they do not understand is that there is a beautiful young girl sitting in that chair ready to give hugs, hellos, and kisses. We grow up so narrow minded that we are unaccepting of others, we tend to associate ourselves with people that are exactly like ourselves because that 's the only way we know how, when in reality there are all kinds of amazing people out there. Even though one boy points and laughs at the weird girl in the wheelchair, or a family…

Americans Against Prosthetics Prosthetics are devices that assist disabled people to complete tasks that may be out of reach for those people on account of their injury. Unfortunately, In trying to assist these people to be able to live their lives, Prosthetics have created an unfair advantage over people who do not require, and therefore not use, prothetics. These devices can enable cheating, bullying, racism, and general inequality amoungst non-disabled people and the amputees. These devices…

workplace, there are instances of ableism in the school setting. Just as the company buildings are required to follow ADA standards, school buildings must as well. Unfortunately, many lack the funding to be able to install elevators for students with wheelchairs or crutches, and while this inability to accommodate for students is not solely the fault of the individual school, it shows the inherent ableism in the education…

Lamar Odom condition has taken a turn for the better, according to TMZ, Oct. 16, 2015. Sources told TMZ that a vital organ in Lamar’s body, his heart, is functioning has improved. Although doctors view this as a good sign, they have asked that the visitors in his hospital room remain calm while they are there. He needs non-stimulation so his body can heal properly. The doctors have asked or as TMZ phrases it, “ordered” that no one visit Lamar so he can heal in peace and quiet, but Khloe…

In this video, Judith Butler interviewed Sunaura Taylor, who has arthrogryposis. She described how it feel as disability, the struggles she faced daily, and how people judge her. I think this is exhibit because Taylor talked about her personal experience to shows how the disabled being treated. Taylor said, “I can pick up coffee with my mouth, but that becomes more difficult because of the normalizing standards of our movements” (Youtube). Taylor said this to shows how other people can make her…

Individuals with mental health issues often experience discrimination and harassment in employment, education, and everyday settings. ARCH Disability Law Centre is a legal aid clinic that defends the rights of individuals with disabilities. ARCH (2008) defined discrimination as “being treated unfairly and differently because of your race, sex, marital status, place of origin, age or disability.” Harassment, a form discrimination, involves “actions, comments or insults that put you down or…

Disability Culture and the Need for Mentorship Programs within the Disabled Community Were you born like that? I didn’t even realize you were disabled. Can you be fixed? You don’t act disabled. These are comments that people with disabilities often encounter, I myself, as a person with a disability, has encountered some of these as well. Over one billion people in the world, or fifteen percent of the world’s population, are disabled--making people with disabilities the largest minority group…

It is easy to recognize people with handicaps as a minority group and acknowledge the ways they are discriminated against. What is not easy to recognize is our part in silently perpetuating their oppression by not recognizing our own privilege, whether it be ableism or healthyism. Disabled people want to be valued for their own individualism and contributions to their family, work places, and communities and not discriminated against because they may not be able to function as an able-bodied…

requirement that there be reserved spots for handicap accessible parking. In any public buses, they were to be made easily accessible for wheelchairs with installment of lifting ramps, handicapped reserved seats, etc. In many buildings, physically challenging complications were altered. For example, narrow doors, steep hills and stairs were fixed to be made wheelchair friendly, along with other means of assistance. For the blind, the Braille Law became very helpful. In certain public facilities,…