Y r some people prejudice against disabled people?

Is it b/c they think they're better than they are, or b/c they think they can't manage to any of the tasks they can? A friend of mine told me that we all have srtengths and weaknesses, it's just that others perform or learn differently than the average person. I have ADD and some times when I would apply for a job in the past and I would tell b honest and tell the people about a slight disadvantage about myself, they would turn me down, but they wouldn't admit that it was b/c of that aspect of


myself perhaps b/c they know that discriminating somebody w/ a disabilty is illegal and They could get in trouble for denying me a job. I work now, but I just want to understand y there are bigots?

Y r some people prejudice against disabled people?
i been there!


i feel ya!
Reply:I personally believe that the reason any person is prejudice against any other person, whether it be a disability, or race or ethnicity. Is because they have a need to feel they are superior to some one else or another group. This is probably because they feel inferior in some way to their own peers, or group.


This may also be because of ignorant hatred being taught as a young person and passed down generation after generation.


All of the reasons can be summed up in one word "Ignorance"


God bless terry b
Reply:I think some people may not understand a disability a person has, and that not understanding makes them uncomfortable being around the person. Then again some people just look down on people that are the slightest bit different from themselves. I really cannot explain why people feel the way they do. All people do have weakness and straights, and should be looked at for their individual ability's not the label they may have.
Reply:Sometimes being honest, is being stupid. Don't tell anyone about a hidden disability during a job interview. You are not legally required by law to do it and it is by law illegal for them to ask you.





If you admit to this little "disadvantage" than what big "disadvantage" have you got that you didn't mention?
Reply:I too have a small disability that has caused me some problems in the work place. I have learnt that you are under NO OBLIGATION to reveal this disability during your interview. You wait until you are HIRED and then disclose it in the first week. IF they fire you after your hired and after you disclosed, then you can sue them. And they know this so they will not fire you.





DO NOT DISCLOSE your disability in your interview. Do not call it a weakness. Find something else to call a weakness.
Reply:I know how u feel
Reply:I don't think in general people are prejudiced against disabled people. I think they want little to do with a person when they see them self first and foremost as broken in some way.





I am a disability advocate and I spend nearly all of my time doing disability advocacy. And yet my disability rarely comes up. I was interviewed on TV yesterday about the work I do and my disability was never brought up. I demonstrate that my disability does not prevent me from accomplishing my goals through action.





Too many times I see people whose identity is wrapped up in their label of disability. I was once criticized online because I didn't tell people what my disability was soon enough in the conversation. Years later they still doubt my disability because it seems unnatural to them that it isn't one of the first things I tell about myself.





ADD is not a slight disadvantage. When you say that you are diminishing yourself. ADD is a disability. You can use your ADD to your advantage - ex. utilize a spell checker when others would be expected to know to spell correctly.





Your disability is essentially invisible, mine is not. But in a job interview I prove by my actions that my disability is irrelevant. Sure, it is obvious I will need job accommodations - but I unquestionably prove that I can do the job and the fact that the way I accomplish it is with job accommodation is irrelevant.





When people with disabilities stop diminishing their own self worth other will stop too.