The Appeal: https://theappeal.org/coronavirus-disabilities/. The Coronavirus Pandemic Has Brought out Society’s Alarming Disregard for People with Disabilities. Ableism isn’t a rarity either, Scope has found that one in five Brits feel awkward about disability. Speaking Out: Gifts of Ministering Undeterred by Disabilities, p. 116. Ableism stems from many factors and backgrounds. I’m a 55-year old Latina, first generation college student, and a Social Psychologist who graduated from the University of Kansas where Dr. Beatrice Wright taught the… While society has come a long way toward being more inclusive, we still have a lot of work to do. [10] Campbell, Jonathan, A Journey to Wholeness, In Walker, Robert (Ed.) Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Ableism: The Causes and Consequences of Disability Prejudice (Contemporary Social Issues). Disability Studies is an academic discipline which is also beneficial when non-disabled people pursue it in order to gain a better understanding of ableism. See also: https://adata.org/factsheet/religious-entities-under-americans-disabilities-act. Rev. It feels as though ableism lurks around every corner, waiting for the opportune moment to rain on my sunshiny parade. Teachers would ignore me; the other children would tease me or completely ignore me.15Campbell, Jonathan, Ibid, p. 179. The Coronavirus Pandemic Has Brought out Society’s Alarming Disregard for People with Disabilities. Accessible housing is hard to find because not enough is being built, creating lengthy waiting lists for places that are both affordable and accessible. Even the United Methodist Social Principles 6Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church (2016), Paragraph 162.I. If some of us are uncomfortable around persons with specific types of disabilities, we can learn and practice appropriate disability etiquette.12Disability etiquette: See https://umcdmc.org/resources/ways-to-welcome-all/etiquette-and-communication/, Listen! *2 However, it’s probably true, and important. “I want to be able to see again.” Since Bartimaeus appears to be quite independent, his request was likely due to the isolating effects of being blind in that era. [4] Keller, Richard M. & Galway, Corrine E. (2010). The modern concept of ableism emerged in the 1960s and ’70s, when disability activists placed disability in a political context. Speaking Out: Gifts of Ministering Undeterred by Disabilities, p. 180. and some disability theologians tend to categorize persons with disabilities as the “other,” or outsider. Jesus offers healing and a return to community. Bartimaeus is so touched that he leaves his cloak behind and follows Jesus into Jerusalem and the passion week drama that was to unfold.1Black, Kathy (1996). Tell me a little about yourself! Some countries have refused to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,16United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities.html which outlines minimum standards needed to integrate persons with disabilities into society. I want them to understand: In other words, even if you feed and shelter someone while treating them with contempt, you’re still hurting them. Events are planned without consulting people with disabilities, checking the accessibility of the venue, or arranging for accommodations that would enable equal participation. We can observe this leakage in situations having nothing to do with ableism. Popular media reinforces intolerance when people with disabilities are seldom portrayed as well-defined characters with personality and agency rather than as caricatures. We must listen and respond to the voices of those of us with lived experience of disability. In Jesus, Bartimaeus encounters a different sort of response. Nov. 7, 2018. (2007) Pervasiveness and Correlates of Implicit Attitudes and Stereotypes. But most nice, normal people exhibit some degree of contempt for people with disabilities — if only “those low functioning ones” who can’t speak, or have low IQ, or can’t dress or toilet themselves, or self injure. Fear because you know an illness, car crash, fall that causes a concussion, or the natural process of growing old can put you in the demographic of a having a disability. Walker believes living and learning next to people of diverse ability can be just as valuable as diversity in any other sector. 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