Disability Discrimination

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Define the IssuePhysical disability discrimination is when people are being treated less fairly because of their disability such as broken leg, deaf, or blind. People can be discriminated direct or indirect. Unfair treatment means that a disable person will be treated disadvantaged in the society and doesn’t have the same opportunity or choice as a non-disable person in situation like employment, education, and access goods, services and facilities.

Personal ExperienceI have no personal experience in physical disability discrimination but I have found a story about customers getting rejected by a restaurant because a person is in a wheelchair and the waiter is unwilling to rearrange the table for the customer. He is being discriminated because the waiter wouldn't treat him the same as other customers and service them, the waiter doesn't want to give service because he is disable.

Main ViewsChristian ChurchesThe Christian churches views about disability discrimination are based on what is written in the bible.

Christians think that everyone should be treated equally no matter if a person is disabling or not as bible referred in John 13:34 "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. This means that there should be no discrimination in this world because everyone should love one another as god has loved us. Ephesians 2:14 “For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility. This verse show that god has destroyed the barriers (e.g. differences) and the dividing wall of hostility between people, therefore people should all be treated the same and everyone should be friendly to each other, no one should ever be discriminated against for their disability, everyone should be equal despite their ability. God indicates...