How understand handicapped people
I’m Emma. Recently, I think about discrimination. I feel its importance at the same time. Especially, in discrimination in Japan, it is remarkable for handicapped people. Now, I’m going to think about this problem.
1. Perceptions of disabled people(＞_＜)
We still have perception that “Disability equal Negative” is in the basic.
When we say disability issues, there are stereotypes for people with disabilities. You can still be considered to be a side issue of people with disabilities and there is prejudice that “Disability equal Unhappy”.
Now society, values of healthyperson is reflected, and a lot of things move in a healthy people point of view. Many people with disabilitieshow to live is determined by the value standard of healthy people. And there is a problem that people with disabilities is locked out in every aspect such as school or work. Furthermore, healthy people take a variety of opportunities for people with disabilities in their rules, compere with the healthy people, evaluated by the value standard of healthy people, and there is a problem that people with disabilities is made to “Unhappy Persons”.
2. Employment and people with disabilities
The most remarkable problem is the employment. People with a disability have some cases that are hard to be employed in comparison with people who do not have disabilities. Considering this point, it has been important policy problem in the world how it promotes the employment of the people with disabilities. In Japan, private companies are required to employ more than 2% of the handicapped people for the employee. However, there are a lot of companies who have not achieved this. In the future, not only the private companies employ an excellent handicapped people, but also they should let all handicapped people who have not ever accepted. And handicapped people should play an active part in their office and evaluate the activities.
3. Why it is problem?
There is discrimination in employment. It is not good to determine the employment by the handicap. The diversity is impaired in society. To respect the diversity also lead to respect the human rights of persons with disabilities.
4. How we can solve this problem
There is a problem that healthy people have prejudice to handicapped people. But we should change the society. At least I think society should be kind to handicapped people. It is important that healthy people know handicapped people well. For example, we experience the life of handicapped people how to look and listen. And we promote the society of universal design. Do you hear the word “impediment removal”? It is barrier-free in Japanese. It is kind to handicapped people. But there is a problem for healthy people. For example, the width of road becomes narrower by a slope. So handicapped people may think to receive discrimination. Impediment removal is not perfect design. In other words, universal design is mental and physical “barrier-free”. It is kind to all people. If we understand well each other, society may be kind to all people, of course, regardless of handicapped people or healthy people.
References
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