How People’s Misconceptions Of Disability Lead To Toxic Microaggressions

URL: https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahkim/2019/02/27/disability-microaggressions/#6b302019417d

Feb 2019
In general, society and the media have two extremely polarizing views on people with disabilities. They are viewed as either remarkable and heroic or victims and pitiful. Since disability falls on a wide range of a spectrum, these stereotypes are very limiting and can lead to severe repercussions for the disabled community and their views of themselves. For the outside, able-bodied population, these biases cause them to set forth unconscious microaggression toward their peers with disabilities.