Sentence examples for perception of disability from inspiring English sources

"This partial picture feeds the tabloid media's negative narrative on 'benefits scroungers', and these releases in turn have an impact on the public – and therefore employers' – perception of disability and disabled people.

The perception of disability in Britain has changed but during the Paralympics, Britain was at an all-time high, there was complete euphoria about being British and about disability but a year on it has gone downhill and slid back into how people can be – moaning about pretty much anything.

Before the Paralympics people had a perception of disability as being an amorphous mass.

Clearly, patients can functionally perform well despite self-reported pain complaints and some continued perception of disability.

The perception of disability in women as a result of rupture of the rotator cuff appears to be influenced by social factors [64].

One year ago, London hosted the Paralympic Games with the bold hope that it would help change the perception of disability in the city.

It is, in part, a reflection of the unspoken thought that lurks in perceptions of disability: a disabled life is a dire existence that only the most courageous could "overcome".

Ministers hope an increase in sporting activity among disabled people, and improved wider public perceptions of disability, will be key long-term legacies of the Games.

One in seven disabled people felt that negative public perceptions of disability had hardened as a result of the use of the phrase "benefit scroungers" by politicians and the media, according to The Papworth trust, a disability charity.

As the U.S. disabled population grows amidst increasing challenges to American economic competitiveness on the world stage, the time is ripe to change our perceptions of disability and integrally incorporate the creative and often resilient disabled population into our workforce.

Some 79% of 2,400 non-disabled people questioned also said they thought wider perceptions of disability had improved.