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When Society Closes Doors to Those With Disabilities

Michelle Renee Kidwell
4 min readAug 6, 2022
Thanks to Taylor Wilcox @taypaigey for making this photo available freely on Unsplash 🎁

Imagine eliminating a quarter of the work force from being able to get a job, simply because they are disabled, when society shuts down career opportunities to those disabilities, that’s essentially What is being done.

About one in four adults have a disability in one form or another, leaving those with disabilities the largest minority in the world, as well as the only one that anyone can become part of at anytime, of course disability is a rather broad term. Let’s break it down…

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According to Wikipedia a Physical disability is a limitation on a person’s physical functioning, mobility, dexterity or stamina.[1] Other physical disabilities include impairments which limit other facets of daily living , such as respiratory disorders , blindness , epilepsy[2] and sleep disorders

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The causes of disabilities vary and can occur before, during or after birth, they can be caused from illness, accident or injury, and though two people may have a Spinal Cord Injury at the same level, even then the severity can differ greatly, as can the effect this has on a person’s daily living.

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There are visible disabilities as well as invisible disabilities, sadly many assumes that just…

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Michelle Renee Kidwell
Michelle Renee Kidwell

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