In eight pages this paper discusses disabilities in a consideration of their multicultural aspects and concerns that are unique to this portion of the population. Five sources are cited in the bibliography.
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impact upon rehabilitation. Just how ethnicity and disability come together to form dual discrimination is often a very misunderstood and/or overlooked idea. But failure to recognize how these
factors increase the poignancy of each other is crucial to fully understanding disabled patients who are from minority groups. Understanding the Multicultural Aspects of Disabilities
People with disabilities comprise the largest minority group, and yet they are most often not thought of as either a minority group or a cultural
group (Bryan, 1999). When one consider that about 43 million Americans suffer from disabilities, one can begin to grasp the enormity of this issue (How to Create Effective Health
Messages for People with Disabilities, 2003). Furthermore, not understanding these needs leads to less effective rehabilitation (Bryan, 1999). Its often hard to imagine just what people with disabilities
who are from varying multicultural groups go through, having to face discrimination on both counts (Bryan, 1999). However, author Willie Bryan (1999) helps to illuminate just this idea in
his book entitled, "Multicultural Aspects of Disabilities". People with disabilities have always been excluded from the bounty of our
nations resources. Minorities with disabilities, in particular, have been the most disenfranchised. It is time we bring them into the fold as full, first-class participants (Boyd, Lemanowicz, and Feinstein, 2003).
In order to better understand this issue, it is important to seek a
model by which to interpret the facts. For example, Bryan (1999) makes a case for African Americans who continue to suffer the psychological and emotional effects of slavery.