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De-mystifing the Myths

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MYTH: People with disabilities are more likely to have an accident at work than those who don’t.

FACT:
Statistically people with a disability and people without have the exact same amount of work place injuries.

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De-mystifing the Myths

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MYTH: You have to speak louder and slower so a person with a disability can understand you.

FACT: The only time you may have to do that is if the person has a hearing disability. If a person is in a wheelchair it does not mean anything is wrong with their sight, hearing, or understanding.

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De-mystifing the Myths

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MYTH: People with disabilities are different.

FACT: People with disabilities are no more or less human than anyone else.

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De-mystifing the Myths

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MYTH: People with disabilities are dependent and always need your help.

FACT: If they need your help in the mall, at work, or in a restaurant and cannot function without you there, how do they survive at home without you? If a person asks for help, help them; however if they do not need your help don’t invade their personal space.

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De-mystifing the Myths

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MYTH: People with disabilities are “special” and should be treated differently.

FACT: You may need to accommodate someone, but it is no different than a man selling his two-door sports car for a family sedan because a baby is on the way.

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De-mystifing the Myths

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MYTH: Having a disability is a tragedy and the person should be treated differently.

FACT: A person who has a disability wants to be treated as equally and fairly as anybody else. You should never pity or feel sorry for someone who has a disability.

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Duke and the King

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Tom skirted the block, and came round into a muddy alley that led by the back of his aunt’s cow-stable. He presently got safely beyond the reach of capture and punishment, and hastened toward the public square of the village, where two “military” companies of boys had met for conflict, according to previous appointment. Tom was General of one of these armies, Joe Harper (a bosom friend) General of the other. These two great commanders did not condescend ...

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Childhood

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SATURDAY morning was come, and all the summer world was bright and fresh, and brimming with life. There was a song in every heart; and if the heart was young the music issued at the lips. There was cheer in every face and a spring in every step. The locust-trees were in bloom and the fragrance of the blossoms filled the air. Cardiff Hill, beyond the village and above it, was green with vegetation and it lay just far enough ...

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Superstition

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Aunt Polly placed small trust in such evidence. She went out to see for herself; and she would have been content to find twenty per cent. of Tom’s statement true. When she found the entire fence whitewashed, and not only whitewashed but elaborately coated and recoated, and even a streak added to the ground, her astonishment was almost unspeakable. She said:

“Well, I never! There’s no getting round it, you can work when you’re a mind to, Tom.” And then she ...

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Major Themes

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Aunt Polly placed small trust in such evidence. She went out to see for herself; and she would have been content to find twenty per cent. of Tom’s statement true. When she found the entire fence whitewashed, and not only whitewashed but elaborately coated and recoated, and even a streak added to the ground, her astonishment was almost unspeakable. She said:

“Well, I never! There’s no getting round it, you can work when you’re a mind to, Tom.” And then she ...

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Parodies of Popular Romance Novels

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Aunt Polly placed small trust in such evidence. She went out to see for herself; and she would have been content to find twenty per cent. of Tom’s statement true. When she found the entire fence whitewashed, and not only whitewashed but elaborately coated and recoated, and even a streak added to the ground, her astonishment was almost unspeakable. She said:

“Well, I never! There’s no getting round it, you can work when you’re a mind to, Tom.” And then she ...

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Major Themes

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Aunt Polly placed small trust in such evidence. She went out to see for herself; and she would have been content to find twenty per cent. of Tom’s statement true. When she found the entire fence whitewashed, and not only whitewashed but elaborately coated and recoated, and even a streak added to the ground, her astonishment was almost unspeakable. She said:

“Well, I never! There’s no getting round it, you can work when you’re a mind to, Tom.” And then she ...

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