Coworkers With disabilities

I’ve never worked with a person who had a disability, but I’ve been around people with disabilities and the one thing that they wanted most of all, was to be treated like everyone else. Now some people have disabilities that need more attention than others, but those individuals still want to be treated as normal as possible, just like everyone else. After reading the Ten Commandments on how to deal with people that have disabilities, I found it to be very robotic and not too authentic.

Since I never worked with a person that has a disability, I don’t know how effective the commandments are, but I see a large emphasis of the commandments being placed on not disrespecting the individual because of their disability. So, there’s a lot of what I believe to be unnecessary elements being added, that make a social as well as personable interaction with a person that has a disability, seem very robotic and not organic. I do believe there should be an understand of how to treat people with disabilities because some people need help in working situation, as people can be flustered, ignorant, or simply jerks. So, it’s always a good idea for organizations/companies to have some policies that should be followed. I just believe two people having a natural genuine working relationship, disability or not is the best way to handle the situation.