State of Mind

State of Mind

Carol Kilpatrick

October 27, 2011

I will argue that society see people with disabilities as slow and stupid. But this is not the case, people with disabilities can function in society the same as a person without a disability.

Society has often considered a person with a disability as an inconvenient or useless person. “Society associates disability with physiological, anatomical, or mental defects.”(Russell, n.d.) People with disabilities comprise at least 10% of the global population (International Foundation of Electoral System, n.d.). The assumption of societies feel that people are slow and stupid is very far from the truth. People with disabilities hold countless job positions, seven percent of the federal civilian workforce, work for the federal government (Federal Jobs Network, n.d.). Disabled people hold jobs from running mom and pops stores to management in top stores and popular restaurants. When a person says they are disabled when filling out a job application the person they are speaking with can get an implication that he/she is unable to hold down the position because he/she could not do the work required. This is an assumption that the person has taken on because the one taking the application assumes because that person has a disability they cannot perform the duties required which is a form of discrimination towards the person which is against the law in the United States. The Federal Discrimination Laws makes it illegal to discriminate against people based on race, creed, disability, religion, age, genetics, or sex (gender) (EmployeeIssues.com, n.d.).

Another fallacy that society assumes about people with disability is that they are slackers and are only out to get a government check. This is also not true those whom are able to work do with the assistance of state implemented programs such as programs for the blind which helps blind people to work in positions that allow them to independently work (with the aid of...