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6. Skim the text and write the main idea below.

ON AN EQUAL BASIS
ON AN EQUAL BASIS
WITH OTHERS
WITH OTHERS
Nearly all human beings have encountered various day-to-day living challenges, social problems, or
physical difficulties at one time or another. However, regarding the possibilities of dealing with daily
living problems, some people have no enough equal chance to handle these kinds of challenges
smoothly, in particular, disabled people. But rather than all obstacles they may have, the barriers
created by society to restrict them from participating in social life result in much more negative impacts
on their life.
One of the most common barriers relates to stereotyping, stigma, prejudice, and discrimination; many
regard a disability as a tragic shortcoming of someone and assume their life as a pity or that they are
unhealthy because of their impairments. These kinds of attitudinal barriers frequently obstruct their
convenient participation in life. On the other hand, the lack of decent structural facilities such as an
elevator for the disabled that lifts wheelchairs or others who have difficulty in stepping up is another
obstacle they have. These physical barriers in daily life prevent them from accessing the buildings or
block moving around in the environment.
Additionally, scarcely do people in the community know sign language, which creates a significant
communication barrier for many with hearing disabilities. And also, many technological devices have no
provisions for vision-impaired people like a description in Braille. In addition to all forenamed obstacles,
they mostly face some problems with driving or having access to private or public transportation means
that is why it hinders their ability to travel and thereby maintain a stable job.

7. Write the barriers disabled people face in the text below. Then, discuss with your partner giving
suggestions to deal with these problems.

1 3
2 4

8. Read the text and answer the following questions.
1 What is the effect of barriers created by society on disabled people?

2 What do attitudinal barriers include?

3 How does the lack of decent structural facilities affect disabled people’s lives?

4 Why don’t they maintain a stable job?

9. Work in groups to create the most effective and remarkable mottos and slogans you think on
protecting the rights of disabled people. Write them below.

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