Communicating And Interacting With People Who Have Disabilities

Download or read book Communicating and Interacting with People Who Have Disabilities written by DIANE Publishing Company and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1996-09 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains tips for communicating & interacting respectfully with disabled persons. Explains how using positive & non-patronizing language when speaking will show respect & lead to better interaction. Each chapter covers interactions with different kinds of disabled people, such as the wheel-chair bound, mobility impaired, blind or visually impaired, deaf-blind or blind-deaf, speech impaired, epilepsy, hard of hearing, epilepsy, mental retardation, psychiatric disabilities, learning disabilities, Tourette Syndrome, & people with HIV or AIDS. Bibliography.