HSS 3103 Chapter 4: Adults' Experiences Reading 2
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We (the non disabled) will let you (the disabled) live and work among us, provided that you never make us unduly aware of your disability or its attendant dif culties, and provided that you at all times appear cheerful. Requirement of mourning, the loss (disability) may be mourned before the process of adjustment. The person with a disability who fails to conform to these requirements has a bad attitude or is. In denial : privacy and control: a person with a visible disability is stripped of many of the usual boundaries of self (curiosity, intrusion, noticed vs. invisible), loss of control. The requirement to share personal information to curious strangers. The world view of a person with a disability can be shaped by that experience. Skills in detecting nuances of nonverbal responses in others: role models, mentors and heroes: living in a nondisabled world.