Individuals with disabilities

maybe you could tell us what kind of disabilities are you looking for? there are lots of different kinds after all....

I've known a man disabled for over 8 years. We have been friends since then. He used to be my neighbour. He is very special, unlike other disabled person. your discussion is too general and vague. I'd like to mention him to you if you specify your topic.

I have a sister wit MMC (spina bifida) and I personaly don't think much about wether a person has a disability or not. Here in Sweden there are fairly good halp to get - both as child and adult, sadly many "new" disorders takes a lot of money from other things. Many students with physical disabilities can't choose all schools since it's not ajusted to their needs - it's easier to focus on the students with ADHD and make it better for them - I would say that physical disabled studens had a better life 10 years ago than they have in some ways now. The biggest focus now is ADHD.

I'd be happy to tell you anything you want to know. I am legally blind but I have some vision and my fiance is totally blind. Number one first thing I MUST say! A lot of people with "disabilities" including myself do not like the word disability. Everyone is taught that the prefix dis- means not, and so by saying disability it sounds as if you are saying not able or lacking ability. This is by far not true and although not ment as such, that term is often considered derogatory. People have different views on what should be an acceptable term. I don't really like any of the currently existing terms people use. Well personally, I prefer to think of my blindness as a challenge or an obstacle, something that can be gotten around. There are 99.9% of times ways for blind people to do everything sighted people do, even if they do it a different way. In school, if a sighted person made fun of me because I couldn't read, which technically I could but I use a machine called a CCTV to enlarge the print, but without that machine I couldn't read anything but very large print. If they made fun of me for it, I would simply produce a piece of braille paper and ask them to make heads or tails of that. Lmao Well, my experiences as a blind individual are far too much to write here, but if you like I will friend you and we can chat via PM or if you have Windows Live Messenger or Skype, we can talk via them. I will give you my names on there via PM. One thing to remember is that some people, like me, are open about talking about their so-called disabilities, while others take offense. Sometimes I think some people take offense too easily. My philosophy however is that discrimination, whether intended or accidental, most of the time occurs from lack of understanding, and very little from actual hatefulness or intentionally trying to be nasty. People don't understand and so don't know what to do. I really wish more people would be open about their blindness, deafness, or whatever other challenges they have. Unfortunately, if a sighted person for example does try and talk to a blind person about it and they take offense, that sighted person is often afraid to ask another person for fear of offending them. Well guess what? I can probably connect you to other people who are open about their disabilities, most of them blind, but some of them with multiple disabilities. The blind community at least is extremely tight knit, with blind people from all around the world being connected. A lot of this is because of the persecution we've faced from others. However, we are like a family and the internet has made it even easier for us to network. The cool thing is that the people I know also in turn know other people so you can talk to a wide variety. I'll friend you. If you like just accept and PM me. Oh, and one more thing. I wrote two articles on AC that you might be interested in entitled "First Hand Perspective Of What It's Like To Be Blind" and "US Versus UK Accessibility For The Blind And Visually Impaired" one of which was my first ever article and was performance only, but myLotters thought it should've been Upfront, and the other which I did submit for upfront pay. Those may be good resources as well. I will now post the links to those articles as well as to my website, which you can also find on my profile. I hope all that helps and I look forward to talking to you more if you'd like. http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/468251/first_hand_perspective_of_what_its.html?cat=43 http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/494049/us_versus_uk_accessibility_for_the.html?cat=7 http://www.zhuuraan.info

I have schizophernia -disorganized type-Many times after telling someone that I have this condition,I've felt they immediately placed judgements about me.

I do not have a disability but my boyfriend that i enjoy being around has one. He means the world to me but he has been led down on job interviews and cant get into the service because he has seizures, there not sure what type of seizures he has but just a week ago but him on seizure medicine for the first time at the age of 25. Its hard to live with something like this and i am always worrying. He had a doctors apointment today and the doctor told him that he should not be driving for a while and to have others do it till he can get control of his Dilatin level. I hope this helps you out with your school work. Its a great idea to get homework done i should do the same thing.

Nowadays, the disable population are receiving better attention from the society. They are receiving special education to obtain the basic knowledge and skills. They are taught to be mentally strong instead of confining to themselves, and they really present their unique abilities using their advantages, in professions like massage, piano regulating, artcrasts, even in recreational activities. They are also teaching us healthy people great lessons. Helen Keller, who was dedicated to the deaf-blind, is an outstanding example. The Olympic Games of the Disabled People is another example. We really need to learn from them and do our best to provide them with better study, living and working opportunities. For your project, why not go directly to associations and professions related with them. There you will find more touching stories.

My husband is a disabled Vet and is given a difficult time. He's told all of the time even by his doctors that "Well, you're a young man". Yet, that doesn't help on the days he has to use crutches to make it across the room to pick up his daughter. We also get looks when we go out, which is just down right rude. I finally bought him a leather ARMY DISABELED VET cap just so people would stop starring. Now they just stare more lol. I do think that people with disabilities, regardless of what they are, have been discriminated against in the past and even in the current day. Even as a special education teacher with my own learning disability, I don't know a good way around it other then education. Namaste-Anora