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The Negative Connotation Of Students With Special Needs Children

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Today in our society, the word "special" has a negative connotation because people automatically look down on a person with special needs and treat them like a child. From personal experience in being around students with disabilities, I have learned that you have to act in a slightly different way only for their understanding. I had an opportunity to help throw a party for the students with disabilities, and all the details that went into the planning were the same as any other party. The students with disabilities seemed to appreciate what we had done for them more than anyone else, and in return my class and I respected the fact that some of the students had to leave the room because they were upset or did not understand what was happening. …show more content…

A customer at Laurenzo's Prime Rib asked to be moved away from a family who had a child with special needs, which is a story found in the article "A Child With Down Syndrome Keeps His Place at the Table." The customer who called out the child with special needs saw the family as inferior right away because they made it clear they did not want to be near them. The connotation that the customer delivered was very negative because he was basing his dislike for the seating he was given only because it was near a child with "special needs;" he even said, "special needs children to be special somewhere else." The customer who asked to move was very "[blatant]" about asking to be moved without a real reason. They only wanted to be moved because they saw the child had special needs, not because the family had done something to them. This is not an acceptable thing to say out in society because it creates a social hierarchy with "normal" and "special" people. People refuse to associate with others who have special needs out in public, so some in response people chose to stand up for those who are discriminated against. Therefore, if "special" was not referred to as being a negative word, then people would be more open to the idea of learning more about people who have disabilities and "special"

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