Should we label certain people as “disabled”?Environment surrounding “disabled” people in Japan vs the U.S.certain tasks, but not nearly enough to where they can be labeled as “disabled”, i.e. people who cannot qualify to receive a disability certificate but still struggle at performing certain tasks. I believe that I fall into this category, and we have our own sets of problems as well. When you are at a point where you somewhat struggle at doing tasks but not nearly to the extent as those who we refer to as “disabled”, it is a lot harder to have other people recognize that you in face some challenges, and more importantly, it is a lot harder to have them understand your struggles, and it is very hard to get any assistance from those around you for it. In fact, I have had people make fun of me for running more slowly than others for instance, because I still can run, but I just can’t run as fast as others, and it can make you an easy target to be picked on by some. Furthermore, in academic environments, it is easy for such people to perform poorly, because they will be evaluated the same way as everyone else, since it is hard to receive accommodation of any sort, which served as a big challenge for me in P.E.takeaways, it was practically impossible to get a good grade in the P.E. class, and there were no guidelines for other ways to help make their grade better if they couldn’t participate fully. On the other hand, in all of the classes that I have taken here in the United States, we are given a syllabus for each and every class that breaks down every minute details required for the class, and there is always a section about people who have “disabilities” and how those people can receive accommodations to help them succeed in class. Furthermore, my school has a dedicated building called the “disability resources” to help students who may be facing challenges in class, and they will provide you with resources and will get in contact with the professor to make sure you have a good experience in the class, with many other universities having similar facilities. Ultimately, what are the differences of living a life as Labeling people as “disabled” is a double-edged sword. On one hand, by being socially recognized as someone who may struggle to do a certain task, then it will make it a lot easier for the other people in society to help them out or give them accommodation to make their life a lot easier. On the other hand, by labeling yourself as “disabled”, I feel like it can be a big restriction mentally, and will make you think, “Oh, I’m disabled so I can’t do this or that”, even if it is in the realms of something that you could accomplish. I personally believe that we should replace the term “disabled” with something like “challenged”, in terms of like “physically challenged” or “mentally challenged”, or some other word that has a lesser negative connotation attached to them, since the prefix “dis-” can have meanings such as “not”, “opposite of”, or “is lacking”, and everyone is capable of doing something, it’s just that some are better at doing certain things, and others are better at doing other things. Another challenge that we have that goes along labeling people as disabled or not are people who struggle doing a “disabled” person in Japan vs the U.S.? I feel like in a more progressive liberal country like the U.S., they try to push for more equality (or to be more accurate, equity) in society such as in work environments and in educational institutions, so these places are more open and understanding of people with "disabilities". On the other hand, finding comfort as a “disabled” person in Japan relies more so on the kindness of individuals, since a lot of the institutions have not been updated to be compatible with the “disabled”. Let me show you another example that I have personally experienced or witnessed. In physical education classes that I have taken in Japan, when someone is unable to participate due to physical limitations, the rules were that we had to change to P.E. uniforms either way and had to watch my peers play as I write takeaways and things I learned from watching them, and submit that paper to the teacher. If you were unable to participate in a lot of these classes, even if you put in a lot of effort writing these 17
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