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Historically people with disabilities have been discriminated against and oppressed by the dominant culture of "normal" people. During this project, I wanted to look more into how people with disabilities have been treated by society, are currently being treated in today's society, and how society needs to/should change to become more inclusive. For this project, my research was done using both library and internet sources to find both primary and secondary research. With this research, I was able to find and review both studies of people with disabilities and personal accounts and stories. After evaluating the sources I found that society discriminates against people with disabilities in many ways. Some examples are the language used throughout the media as well as the language used in the medical and political fields. Knowing that the language used by society is often wrong and discriminatory people can be more conscious of the words they choose when talking to or about those with disabilities.
Publication Date
12-5-2022
City
Logan, UT
Keywords
disability communication, discrimination, inclusivity, language
Disciplines
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Recommended Citation
Colton, Olivia, "Disability Communication and How Society Needs to Be More Inclusive" (2022). Fall Student Research Symposium 2022. 43.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/fsrs2022/43