Case Study:Ahmed's Disability

Ahmed's disability is nothing to make fun of. Even if he is slow in doing things that other students are doing, he is still trying and I feel he needs help. The friend that was making fun of him does not have any understanding of how difficult it is for Ahmed to work as quickly as the others. He also is not showing any respect for Ahmed's feelings and his position. The main equity issue shown here is discrimination or predjudice against disabled or handicapped people. This may cause people to change their opinions on Ahmed, and could end up doing more harm than good. There is probably a solution to his problem.

The friend should not be putting down Ahmed, instead he should have been trying to help him and encourage him in his work. I think the friend does not understand how difficult it would be if he had the same disability and if others were teasing him. Discrimination against disabled people is a severe issue because it is not true that people who have disabilities find it harder or difficult to do anything. In fact, some may even be able to do somethings better than people without disabilities. Thankfully, I do not think many people are into bullying disabled people, because they understand what problems the disabled people are going through.

A possible outcome that could help Ahmed is that someone else or I try to encourage him to tell someone what he is going through. The person can give suggestions that Ahmed can do from his side. If people in the class encourage him enough, he should be able to get through his work well. Then the person informed of the incident can talk to other people about it and they may be able to arrange something like a rally or an assembly with the main focus of discrimination against disabled people. It will show the disabled people feel about their work and how they feel about other people treating them rashly or hurting their feelings. It can also show what would happen if you have that disability and how you might feel if you had it. I think all this would be enough to stop the friend from hurting Ahmed' feelings.