1. Module 1 Typecasting: Understanding Disability

2. Module - Goals  To identify and dispel myths, stereotypes, and common misperceptions concerning people with disabilities  To understand stereotyping and how this affects people with disabilities

3. What is your initial impression of me?

4. Stereotypes are: Assumptions that are made about a person or group’s character or attributes, based on a general image of a particular group of people.

5. Describe some common stereotypes for the following: Teenagers Computer Programmers People from New York

6. EEOC Discrimination Complaints 81,293 total Categories include: - Age - Sex - Religion- National Origin - Race- Retaliation - Disability (18.9%)

7. “When you see a person with a disability, presume competence.” From: Snow, Kathy, Disability is Natural, 2001