How we treat and view the disabled can give a view into how we view the value of people. It’s a theological issue in terms of looking out for all people in all situations.
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“Negative attitudes, beliefs, stereotypes, and labels (such as unable to, incapable of , less than, needing to be medically fixed, social and economic burdens, abnormal, deficient, and deviant, have kept them on the outside and in the economic margins of society (Snyder & Mitchell, 2006).” (Brennan and Rutledge, 2013, p. 77)
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