Disability Etiquette Opener

[RoseMs3]

Hey, what program did you use for this?

[dave2806]

i just want an even playing field, nothing more.its not a lot to ask, i don't want anything special i just want what every other human has a right to. this seems to be way to much of an ask.

[failur2communicate]

The picture that appears at about 2:14 is of course the signing of the Americans With Disabilities Act ("ADA") on July 26 1990. Pictured are Evan Kemp, Reverend Harold Wilke(standing), President Bush, Sandra Parrino, and Justin Dart. It was another great day in Civil Rights history.

[BeyoncesGal]

I wish everybody is helpful and thoughtful.

[thegigm]

"treat all people, as you'd like to be treated!

remember you`re transporting someone`s mom or dad" bull, not all disabled ppl are old anouth to have kids.

[97925509]

I work with disabled people and I I find "Commandment 8 - Place yourself at eye level when speaking to someone in a wheelchair" (among others) very condescending

Shall we start patting people in chairs on the head too?

I'm sorry, but many of the people I have met with a disability want to be treated no differently than others, and therefore do not need their own set of rules describing how to treat them.

Do you have your own commandments? I certainly dont.

[rnb8220]

some good points but what is so wrong in pointing out that there is a disability. I'm saying this as a person with a physical disability. I am what I am. That's it. Some good points all around but some of it is the language of disabled as disadvantaged, charity cases but overall pretty good work. Was all that tail end music from "Wicked"?

I should see that play someday.

[RodolfoManfredi]

Right!Respect and dignity for all!!!!!

[getmobilized]

As mentioned, "Handicap" comes from a British bartering game called "Hand-in-Cap" which was shortened to "Handicap", because it involved people taking things out of a mutual pot, which was often a hat. This game was all about trade disadvantages, so it was later adopted by horse racing, where a "handicap" meant putting extra weight upon a particularly strong horse to "even the odds".

Regardless of what origin you use, it is still pretty condescending and horrible.

[lantusappreciation]

I don't like person first language. I'm an autistic diabetic, like I'm a Jewish student. I'm not a person with autism and diabetes unless I'm a person who is Jewish and studies.

Otherwise, I like this video.

[silentmiaow]

That's not the origin of handicapped.

[cguhr]

As you will note, the video is an opener to a training session that is followed by a facilitated discussion wrapping around our need to label and find reasons to justify labeling "people". In this subsequent training we do mention the myth(s) associated with the term Handicap and even Oxford's word origin involving gambling and carrying an "undo burden" ...

[Gamersvikes]

The game handicap came after hand in cap practices of old England. The first handicap permits were given to people with disabilities in order to allow them to beg on the streets. They were then called handicaps.

The use of handicap for games and sports came later.