Empathy and Respect

Discussion 3 Empathy and Respect
Required Reading and/or Other Learning Material for this Discussion Board:
Please read Chapter 5 in order to effectively complete this assignment.  Pay particular attention to pages 95-99 and the sections which address cultural diversity, empathy, and respect.
Required Thinking for this Discussion Board:
After reading Chapter 5, please consider how you would complete the following sentences and think about what each sentence says about what you value.  Your completion of these sentences DOES NOT need to be submitted as part of this discussion board.
The disability I most fear for myself is __________________________.
The circumstance under which I would wish for death is ________________________.
The “difference” in others I find most upsetting is ______________________________.
The loneliest group of people is __________________________________.
The “difference” within myself, I am most proud of is _________________________.
The “difference” within myself, I am most ashamed to admit to being ______________________.
One behavior I believe is a sin and or evil is when people ________________________.
Required Content for This Assignment:
Please submit your response to the below items as your initial post to the discussion board.
Please DO NOT include the above sentence completions in your post in their entirety, but please DO use them as inspiration for your post.
What is empathy, and why is it important?
How does the text define respect and how is it to be expressed to clients?
Describe a type of situation which would cause you to feel particularly challenged in demonstrating empathy and/or respect to a future client.
(Remember, while you should find inspiration for your post in the above sentence completions, it is NOT required that you include your actual answers/completions to any of the sentences in the Discussion Board.)