2007-02-05 14:59:50 · 7 answers · asked by xplozno8 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
I'm disabled, and I really can't say that I've run into much discrimination. We've made a lot of progress thanks to the Americans with Disabilities Act, and most places are accessible now. Not all are well-designed, as you'll see in a moment, but the threat of lawsuits has forced a lot of people to comply that might not have done so otherwise.
There *are* a few architects that I'd love to strangle: specifically those who design "handicapped accessible" bathrooms and clearly have no idea of what that means. Wal-mart is the worst offender in that regard: you can barely get a chair or scooter into the bathroom, and when you do, you can't get into the stall with it.
My blind friend, on the other hand, routinely gets treated as if she doesn't exist. Waitresses ask me what she wants to eat, and salespeople talk to me about what she wants as if she's not there. I'm not sure if that's true discrimination or just not knowing how to help someone who's visually impaired.
2007-02-05 15:09:23 · answer #1 · answered by Wolfeblayde 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Many places are inaccessible to people with a physical handicap. I took a class where we actually went into a building and tried to maneuver using a wheelchair, crutches, etc. The bathroom didn't meet most of the standards and a wheelchair wouldn't even fit in a handicap stall. Building constructors not following the ADA standards is a major discrimination.
2007-02-05 15:05:39 · answer #2 · answered by KS 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
For a person with autism (even though you didn't bother to state the severity of it or if they happen to have a moderate form of Asperger's Syndrome which is strong enough to require medication) is able to have a fairly simple conversation calling somebody in the wheelchair spastic is not discrimination, if anything the austistic person could just be having a flare so there would be no reason to report it and if there is somebody there that didn't have a disability they would be there to either help the the person with autism (once again depending on the severity of it) or the person in the wheelchair. And also austiscs have do have certain characteristics that lets others know that they do have a disability and if they are in the mental health care field then they would not be reporting it as discrimination if anything they would step in and correct the behavior. It is also apparent that you have no knowledge of what you are talking about or you wouldn't have made such a disjointed query. Even if somebody that was "normal" told the individual that they were spastic that still not be discrimination that would be just down right rudeness and pitiness on the part of the part of the supposedly normal person.
2016-05-23 22:20:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have A disabilitie, and wanted to go to A catholic school
but they had know classes for us slow learning kids
so I could'nt go, I thought that was really infair, because
I wanted to get out of public schooling, there were fights,
stabbing,guns it was to much for me, but I was stuck
with know way out, and I'am here to tell you that it has
made A bad impacted on my future.
2007-02-05 15:06:22 · answer #4 · answered by koko 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not giving them a job,
i think its totally not fair
ive seen some people protest against that
2007-02-05 15:04:34 · answer #5 · answered by ♥ 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Not enough ramps or doors with a button on the outside to open it.
2007-02-05 15:03:19 · answer #6 · answered by coutterhill 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
stairs but no elevators.
2007-02-05 15:13:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋