How Can I Help Eliminate Barriers Confronting People With Disabilities

Myth or Fact?
There is nothing one person can do to help eliminate the barriers confronting people with disabilities. Answer—MYTH!

* Fact: Everyone can contribute to change.

You can help remove barriers by:
• Understanding the need for accessible parking and leaving it for those who need it
• Encouraging participation of people with disabilities in community activities by using accessible meeting and event sites
• Understanding children's curiosity about disabilities and people who have them
• Advocating a barrier-free environment
• Speaking up when negative words or phrases are used about disability
• Writing producers and editors a note of support when they portray someone with a disability as a "regular person" in the media
• Accepting people with disabilities as individuals capable of the same needs and feelings as yourself, and hiring qualified disabled persons whenever possible

To learn more about disability etiquette and the myths & facts about people with disabilities, visit our web site at wa.easterseals.com and check out the Resources Section. In there you can “Connect to Experts”.