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handicap
- this
is a barrier, something in the way. Ex: stairs are a
handicap for someone who uses wheelchair (there is no
such thing as a handicapped person)
disability
- a disadvantage, deficiency, or inability, especially
a physical or mental impairment that interferes with
or prevents a normal achievement in a particular area.
Almost 20% of Albertans have some type of disability.
adaptation
- A change that has been made to allow greater access
by person's with disabilities. Some examples are
that accessible washrooms have:
- sensored
sinks
- nothing
under counters to allow wheelchairs to fit
- stalls
are wider
- doors
are wider
accessible
- changes,
or adaptations have been made to allow greater access
by person's with disabilities.
Ways
to get a disability:
There
are several ways to get a disability:
- From
a disease. A famous example would be Stephen Hawking.
- From
an accident. Another famous example would be Christopher
Reeve.
- To
be born with it (congenital). A well known person
born with a disability is Albert Einstein.
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