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Essay / Sociology of Disability - 1662
This article will discuss how people with disabilities are treated and society today. In today's society, people with disabilities are not considered as other members of society. This is an opportunity to understand how people with disabilities are treated in different areas of their lives and whose questions are not open to a more borderline audience. The sociology of disability is an experience of people who have common disabilities: exclusion, marginalization and disadvantage. Disability does not always mean exclusion, marginalization and disadvantage. It can also be a strong sense of identity and acceptance of who you are no matter what. Three sociological themes will be highlighted in this article, namely the labor market, gender and domestic violence against women. These sociological themes will help to better understand the sociology of disability and raise awareness of the problems we face. The theme of Denton et al (2013) and Shier et al (2009) is the labor market. An event that illustrates this theme is when Shier et al (2009) state that people with disabilities are underrepresented in the Canadian labor market, even though the policy and program aims to increase the population. This shows the theme as it explains how people with disabilities are treated in the job market. People with disabilities experience failure and success in the job market because of barriers. Barriers in the labor market for people with disabilities include discrimination and labeling. This adjusts situations and experience to obtain and maintain employment. Another place in the article that supports this theme is the respondent's perspective. The methodology used was a qualitative analysis. Shier et al (2009) also stated that the respondent was selected through stratified random sampling and that people...... middle of paper .......Works CitedDenton, Margaret, Jennifer Plenderleith and Janes Chowhan. “Impact of retirement type on the income of people with disabilities.” Disability & Society 28, no. 3 (2013): 338-352. Nixon, Jennifer. “Domestic violence and disabled women: situating the problem on the periphery of social movements.” Disability & Society 24, no. 1 (2009): 77-89. Ravelli, Bruce and Michelle Webber. “Classical social theories.” In Exploring Sociology: A Canadian Perspective. Toronto: Pearson Canada, 2013. 47-55. Shier, Michael, John R. Graham, and Marion E. Jones. “Employment barriers faced by people with disabilities: a qualitative analysis in Calgary and Regina, Canada.” Disability & Society 24, no. 1 (2009): 63-75. Vick, Andrea. “The embodied experience of episodic disability among women with multiple sclerosis.” Disability & Society 28, no. 2 (2013): 176-189.