How can you enhance the day of a person with a disability? Or just not ruin it? Often simply by addressing them with respect and friendliness. More than ever before, I am delighted to see persons with disabilities enriching the lives of all of us by being in our classrooms, shops, workplaces and in society in general.
As with anything new, we often worry about how to behave with other people. And that very worry often causes us to be inflexible and uncomfortable with new situations. Relax - please - and just treat us with respect and decency.
Read the full article Disability Etiquette by Julie Taylor.
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