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- The availability of someone else to help you at school or work
- The availability of someone else to help you in your community
- The attitudes of others in your home
- The attitudes of others at school or work
- The attitudes of others in your community
- Lack of support and encouragement from others in your home
- Lack of support and encouragement from others at school or work
- Lack of support and encouragement from others in your community
- Prejudice or discrimination
- Lack of program or services in your community
- Problems with rules and policies of businesses and organizations
- Problems with education and employment programs and policies
- Problems with government programs and policies
Now, go back and look at the ones you checked. Ask your self: What can you change to make these barriers be smaller or less frequent?
- Do the people around you know what kind of support you need from them?
- Could you move to a different place that is more accessible?
- Could equipment like a cane or a wheelchair, or even a wheelchair lessen your barriers?
- Could you find new people to be with -- ones who are more supportive and positive?
- Can you change what you do so you are less bothered by your environment? For, example, if noise bothers, could you avoid noisy places?
- Can you change things about yourself so other people perceive you differently? This could improve their attitudes. Check out our brochure on Communicating for ideas.
If you want still more information, the full Barriers Survey is on the Internet at www.craighospital.org Click “Research,” then “Disability Research.” Click on the link to CHIEF – Craig Hospital Inventory of Environmental Factors. Read the page, then click on the link at the end. The full survey is on pages 30-32.
From Craig Hospital, Englewood, Colorado. Reprinted with permission. www.craighospital.org.
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