Why is a disabled person often referred to by their disability in a bad way eg Heather McCartney?

Answer 1

unfortunately there are some in society that believe they have a right to 'attack' others, whether that be regarding disability, race, or sexual orientation, to highlight further their distaste for that particular person.

This is where I think racism, homophobia and prejudice comes in - this is where those people displaying these thoughts show their true colours and highlights not only their distaste for someone but just where their minds are set!

Answer 2

With Heather the press likes to demonise her and often they will reinforce negative stereotypes in order to achieve that. Also they like to describe people in a pretty 'general way' for example they will say heather, 50, disabled from Hartlepool which has nothing to do with the article they are writing about. It is a standard and outdated way of writing about people and trying to use identifiers to get the reader to connect at some level with the person being written about!

Answer 3

Heather Mills McCartney uses her disability to better herself!! She is a bad ambassador for disability and those with disabilities.

Answer 4

heather is being treated differently because of who she is and what she is doing. not because of her disability. as to real people I have not seen them referred to in a bad way.

Answer 5

First off Heather McCartney (Mills) is really famous and regardless she'll be criticized. Otherwise people can't get over someone's disability, especially when it's obvious.

Answer 6

There are good and bad people in the world.
Being physically disabled should not be a big deal.
However some make a big story out of it.
Some of us turn being disabled into a plus and move on!

Answer 7

I thought she was disliked because she is screwing Paul McCartney over their divorce. By the way, she is known as Heather Mills.

Answer 8

In happier circumstances, Paul become taking Heather to the wellness practitioner for a checkup. He got here to the nurse at reception and stated "this is my spouse with a prosthetic leg named Heather", to which the nurse replied "what's the call of her different leg?"

Answer 9

I'm not acquainted with your Heather McCartney.
But Physically Handicapped people are often shunned because lots of people love to hate. We are put into a lower class.
The limitations of the Handicapped is that of what others put against them.

Answer 10

People refer to people in the media with a hook - Heather's hook is her disability. Right now she is a persona non grata- so it - so her disability is too.