Do people with disabilities tend be left out of the popular groups?

Answer 1

It can be very hard to be accepted by kids who have not been taught the value of everyone. I have seen some kids who have been tormented by the popular kids. Where my child goes to school they have maintstreamed them enough that the children naturally include them

Answer 2

Unfortunately, yes. That's not always the case--people who are open-minded usually need no more than a chance to get acquainted with a person with an impairment to recognize tha tmost can hold their own--and have a unique experience that adds to a group.

Exclusion comes from a lack of awareness, in most cases. Many people don't realize how easy it is to learn basic ASL (sign language)--or that a blind or has a mobility impairment person can take care of themselves, but may need a ride
somewhere.

The group that suffers most are those who are elderly. We still end to think of loss of vision, or hearing, or mobility as "just natural." It is--but with a bit of "reasonable acccomodation, there are millions of our senior citizens who can still participate fully in social life.

The only active exclusion comes from the small minority of bigots we have in our society. You can spot them easily, however. Such trash are never bigoted against just one group. I've never seen a racist who didn't also deride persons with disabilitys--or faced real discrimination from someone who wasn't also prejudiced against other minorities as well.

Answer 3

Actually, when I was in high school, most of the popular people were in Resource. That's a class you take that is for people with Learning Disabilities. Most of the popular people who were also in Resource had ADHD. Some disabilities, like Autism/Asperger's do impair social skills and make it hard for them to be popular.

Answer 4

Unfortunately, yes. Many times it is because people with disabilities often lack social skills, or misunderstand social cues regarding proper group behavior. As a result, many people with disabilities are left out of social interactions and groups.

Answer 5

Yes, but ppl with certain disabilities can overcome that, especially if you have an out-going personality. A friend of mine, who had Downs' syndrome was often teased in primary/middle school, but he never let that get to him. He was fairly known to popular groups in high school. It just depends on the person.

Answer 6

Not at all. They tend to get left out of lame groups like cheerleaders and the football team. They do tend to get included in neat groups like Nobel Prize Winners and Rhodes Scholarship Recipients.

Answer 7

Well most of the time the students with disabilities are left out of the "Popular" groups. I teach the MIMD classroom at my school and I have had a couple of students who I would classify as being part of the IN group. I have also seen many of the SLD students also me a big part of the "popular" group. I thinl for the most part these students are left out of the loop...many times they are accpeted as being part of the school. :)

Answer 8

Yes they do, whether you are at a "normal school" or not. (There are no "normal" schools and "unnormal schools". ) Unfortunately, they do, because they are often visibly different from other students and others do not know how to integrate with them, so they exclude them, not knowing that they are missing out!

Answer 9

of course they are because they are really not cool people.Even the nerds laugh at them as well.They are sub-human.That's a real dumb question U think!?

Answer 10

umm idk i guess if you go to a normal school but if you are in a speciaal ed school no