and recreational activities. These skills are especially needed by individuals with disabilities. Physical education class and sports participation are two of the keys to dispelling the myth that a disability is an illness to be cured instead of a challenge to complete independence.
The terms used by different people to refer to people with disabilities shows how the non-disabled population views each individual with a disability. Throughout history individuals with disabilities have been stigmatized and excluded through the use of language. Teachers need to be aware of the damage that using or allowing students to use derogatory terminology can have on a student in the class. Stigmatization of individuals with disabilities has promoted discrimination and unjust treatment of people who have been perceived to be different. In the past, individuals with disabilities have been perceived as dangerous, inferior, or not quite human and been institutionalized; the vocabulary a physical education teacher uses can influenc
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