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Module 1 Typecasting: Understanding Disability
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Module - Goals To identify and dispel myths, stereotypes, and common misperceptions concerning people with disabilities To understand stereotyping and how this affects people with disabilities
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What is your initial impression of me?
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Stereotypes are: Assumptions that are made about a person or group’s character or attributes, based on a general image of a particular group of people.
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Describe some common stereotypes for the following: Teenagers Computer Programmers People from New York
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EEOC Discrimination Complaints 81,293 total Categories include: - Age - Sex - Religion- National Origin - Race- Retaliation - Disability (18.9%)
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“When you see a person with a disability, presume competence.” From: Snow, Kathy, Disability is Natural, 2001
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