AWARENESS AND DISABILITY ETIQUETTE
Disability Awareness
Disability awareness is empowering everyone with the knowledge required to be responsive to the broader needs of a range of people with disabilities, information about the appropriate language, and practice of proper etiquette to communicate. Many barriers still exist for people with disabilities including:
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Failure to recognize the rights of people with disabilities
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Lack of knowledge and confidence about disability
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Disability misconceptions
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Over-concern for being politically correct
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Lack of awareness of disability
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Negative attitudes
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Limited or absence of opportunity
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Failure to appreciate how to make programs, services, and activities into disability-friendly places
Disability Etiquette