Module 1Typecasting:

Understanding Disability

Module - Goals

To identify and dispel myths, stereotypes, and common misperceptions concerning people with disabilities

To understand stereotyping and how this affects people with disabilities

What is your initial impression

of me?

Stereotypes are:Assumptions that are made about a

person or group’s character or attributes, based on a general image of

a particular group of people.

Describe some common stereotypes for the following:

• Teenagers• Computer Programmers• People from New York

EEOC Discrimination Complaints

• 81,293 total

• Categories include:- Age - Sex

- Religion - National Origin

- Race - Retaliation

- Disability (18.9%)

“When you see a person with a disability,

presume competence.”

From: Snow, Kathy, Disability is Natural, 2001