Common Ways People with a Disability are viewed and treated
Unfortunately, and inaccurately, people with disabilities are often viewed as:
victims, or objects of pity
horrible or grotesque
burdens, either on society or on their families and carers
evil, or some threat to the comfort and safety of others
unable, or assumed to be unable, to do things
having multiple disabilities (such as assuming that a person who uses a wheelchair also has an intellectual disability)
childlike
“special”
Such misconceptions are based on insufficient or inaccurate information about people with disabilities and can perpetuate inappropriate interactions.