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Lack of representation is also prevalent in television, in which 95percentt of characters with disabilities are portrayed by actors who are not disabled, despite people with disabilities making up 20percentt of the U.S. population.
They want to get autism recognised as a minority rather than a disability, believing that existing disability discrimination laws don't protect those who are not disabled but who "still have something that makes them look or act differently from other people".
This is important, because there is increasing evidence for a period termed "preclinical disability" where individuals experience some physical function limitation, but are not disabled [ 20- 22, 64, 65].
But many of the children who have been dumped into special education classes are not disabled.
Best quote: "People who claim disabled benefits but who are not disabled are not disabled people - it's people who are pretending to be disabled to steal money off the taxpayer and campaigners should be pleased that we are exposing people".
But the other says that if you are not disabled, you are not protected from employment discrimination.
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Roads, buildings and other infrastructure are not disabled-friendly.
A survey was conducted to assess why some accessible hotel rooms are not disabled-friendly and it was discovered that many of the accessible room configurations lack the consideration of ergonomics and anthropometry of guests and hence, inaccessible environments.
This also happens when they try to advocate for disability rights they "aren't disabled enough" to understand how "tragic" and "low-functioning" disabled people are.
These aren't disabled people being passive or instigating pity.
Why aren't disabled people featured routinely in the media?
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