SWK 330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Aimee Mullins, Physical Therapy, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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213-219): this section is about aimee mullins, who was horrified to find the definition of those who are disabled. It included words such as helpless, useless, wrecked, lame, etc. This hit him hard as he was surprised at how disabled people were viewed. As if they were not as good as the able-bodied portion of society. It showed him the stigma that comes with being disabled as people have a negative connotation with the word: especially because approximately 1/3 of all families include at least one family member with a disability. The author themselves has prosthetic legs, and they felt lucky to have a physical therapist there to empower them and make them feel confident in their abilities, as most of society think negatively of those with disabilities. Tammy duckworth was the first double amputee in 2004 in. Iraq, and became top of the veterans affairs department as appointed by barack.
