How to communicate with individuals with special needs
1. University of Puerto Rico at Cayey English Department Cayey, Puerto Rico How to communicate with and about people with special needs Liomarys Reyes Santos 2010
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7. person who is deaf the deaf; deaf and dumb person who is hard of hearing suffers a hearing loss person who has multiple sclerosis afflicted by MS person with cerebral palsy CP victim
8. person with epilepsy, person with seizure disorder epileptic person who uses a wheelchair confined or restricted to a wheelchair person who has muscular dystrophy stricken by MD person with a physical disability, physically disabled crippled; lame; deformed unable to speak, uses synthetic speech dumb; mute person with psychiatric disability crazy; nuts person who is successful, productive has overcome his/her disability; is courageous (when it implies the person has courage because of having a disability)
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15. Conclusions: Relevance Did you know that... 40% of employed people with disabilities report said that they have encountered job discrimination? 33% of employed people with disabilities report that they have encountered "unfavorable attitudes" toward their disabilities on the job? 22% of employers cite supervisor/co-worker attitudes and stereotypes as a major barrier to employment & advancement of employees with disabilities? 15% of non-disabled people report not feel comfortable working for, or nearby, a person with a disability? I t is no wonder that most places of employment are not effective at hiring/retaining employees with disabilities! Source: The Ten Commandments of Communicating with People With Disabilities
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