Answer the following questions. Please record your voice.
1. Do you know anyone who is disabled? If so what was it like to work/talk/play
with them?
2. What problems do people with disabilities face?
3. Do you think it would be harder to live with a physical disability or an
intellectual disability?
4. How would you feel to find out your best friend was ……..? (going blind,
going deaf, losing their legs, etc)
5. What kinds of discrimination do people with disabilities face?
Persons with disabilities lack access to employment opportunities and even if
they are able to get employment they face problems such as reasonable
accommodation at work, accessible public transportation to get them to work
and back and discrimination and ignorance about their potential at work.
Individuals with disabilities are faced with stigma and discrimination from the
society where they live. Most people look down on them and treat them as
special. Disabled people may find it hard to socialize with members of the
society. This can lead to depression as well as self pity, if not checked.
Individuals with disabilities are faced with stigma and discrimination from the
society where they live. Most people look down on them and treat them as
special. Disabled people may find it hard to socialize with members of the
society. This can lead to depression as well as self pity, if not checked.
According to the Government of Ontario, there are five identified barriers to
accessibility for persons with disabilities. These barriers are attitudinal,
organizational or systemic, architectural or physical, information or
communications, and technology.