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People With Disabilities Talk About How to Talk to Them in Vice Video
Check out this video on Vice, in which three people with disabilities talk about disability stereotypes and how people can better treat them: https://video.vice.com/en_us/video/how-to-treat-a-person-with-disabilities-according-to-people-with-disabilities/5beb1ad4be4077713b4ce7dd?utm_source=vicetwitterus
I think most of us can relate to at least something here. For me it’s getting asked “what happened?”, the inspiration stereotype and being helped when I don’t actually need it. With the last one, I’m always grateful when people offer to help me with something, but I prefer to be asked first. Like they talk about in the video, it’s the assumptions people make that are annoying.
What do you all think of this video? Any takeaways?
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Good video. Might be a good one to share in the Media forum. One of my upcoming vlogs is going to be on how I explain SMA. That correlates with how people inquire about it. I think it really depends on the situation, but I try to be open. I really related to the part about having people ask how they can help. I’ve had the entire spectrum from being totally ignored when I did need assistance to people jumping in when I don’t.
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