Ability Based Systems

 Ability Based Systems

Lucas McElroy

The basic definition of ableism is the discrimination in favor of able-bodied people. The Albeist assumption is that people with a disability need to be fixed, and that the disability defines the person who has it. America is a country built upon being normal. When someone with a disability walks into a cafe, it can be hard not to stare. Most people wonder how this has happened to the person, and feel bad for them but at the end of the day this is only causing the person with the disability to feel worse about themselves. The treatment of disabled people in America's school systems is one of the worst displays of how disabled people are treated in our country. One of the most convincing arguments was about deaf students. It makes the most sense that these students would be taught ASL, as it is made for the deaf and hard of hearing to be able to communicate with others. This sadly is not the case. Deaf children in todays school systems are told to lip read what others are saying and speak to them. This can be demoralizing for these students, as they can not even hear what they say so they are more self conscious. It has been proven in studies that deaf children receive a lower level of education simply due to the fact that their version of language is not used for them. There is a lot of room for growth in the education of students with disabilities. The first step is realizing that trying to make them learn the same as students without disabilities simply is not going to work. With a little hard work, and educators who are specialized in different disability teaching, disabled students would be achieving the same level of education as everyone else, which is something they deserve.   

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