Stigma, identity, and the power of communicative interaction between people with and without disabilities

Abstract EN

This study is addressing the nature of communicative interaction between people with disabilities and the temporarily able-bodied community.

It also investigates the covert and overt impacts of such interactions on the identity and self-image of people with disabilities.

The purpose of this study is to scrutinize the nature of interaction between communication, identity, and perception and how these interactions influence the perception and identity of people with disabilities.

Further, the study provides a robust perspective in regard to who is capable of defining people with disabilities, and how people with disabilities negotiate their self-identity at any given society.

The study equips activists with a great perspective and profound understanding of the communication issues that people with disabilities are experiencing.

Prejudices, stigmatizations, and negative attitudes toward people with disabilities perpetuate environmental and social injustices.

However, this paper attempts to increase the awareness of the disability identity and its positive impacts on people with disabilities.