On Abc's What Would You Do?

How would you define what is and isn’t normal in your world? Is it the way someone looks? Is it the way someone walks? Or maybe they can’t walk; how would your perception change? Having a disability means that our senses or activities are mentally or physically impaired. These disabilities can affect your ability to do simple tasks such as: walking, speaking, dressing, washing, eating or writing. There are individuals, who are either born with a disability or became disabled due to circumstances beyond their control, that are ridiculed and looked down upon because their actions or thoughts process differently than ours. Individuals who are faced with both these kinds of disabilities, learn to adapt to our surroundings and find ways in which

In 2010, they did a situational episode about a grocery clerk, with down syndrome, being verbally harassed by a rude customer in a grocery checkout line. Josh Eber, an intellectually disabled actor, played the part of the grocery clerk facing profound ignorance. The ordinary people in the grocery store were unaware that the scenario they were witnessing was staged. The premise of the episode is to see what they would do to intervene, if they were to witness someone being harassed or discriminated against. All were met with mixed positive and negative reactions. Unfortunately, Eber witnesses that kind of reactions from people all the time, stating in the episode that, “It’s not right to treat people with down syndrome like that. No one puts us down. No one.” (Eber 2010) The episode garnered a lot of attention because it pushed the issue that the disabled community are not valued or respected equally compared to non-disabled

These talented professionals bring unique experiences that foster innovation and new ideas while contributing to a culture of warmth and true inclusion” (Blahovek 2016).

Equal opportunities for disabled workers help diverse the workforce, change society’s misconceptions of their capabilities and present social change through their influence.

Disabled people have been marginalized in the media for years. They entice the audience to feel empathy towards the underrated lifestyles of the disabled community. The media’s intentions appear to primarily focus on the impairment of the individual, rather than who they are as human beings. Hollywood has a knack for its ability to show visual presentations of disability through storytelling. In Brian Hurst’s 1951 film adaptation of Charles Dickens, “A Christmas Carol,” the story indicated how Tiny Tim’s disability, as a cripple, was a burden on his family. During this time in the 19th century, the social structure was divided between upper and lower-class citizens. Disabled people were known to be categorized as lower-class citizens, that they often were sent away to institutions and didn’t co-inhabit with non-disabled people. Ebenezer Scrooge was underpaying Tiny Tim’s father, Bob Cratchit, which not only made it hard for him to support his family, but also made it difficult to afford the medical care that Tiny Tim needed. Scrooge eventually changed his