People with disabilities are capable and have potential.

Explain the principles and provide recent examples/ discussion. Explain how the principle has been put into the action.

Use Reference: 

Inclusion Canada. (2020). Forced & Coerced Sterilization of Individuals with an Intellectual Disability. https://inclusioncanada.ca/2019/06/19/forced-coerced-sterilization-of-individuals-with-an-intellectual-disability/

Mackelprang.R.W., & Salsgiver, R.O. (2016). Disability: A Diversity Model Approach in Human Service Practice (Third Edition). Oxford University Press

Let’s change the way we think about disability| Joel Dembe | TEDxMississauga

You Tube. https://youtu.be/pFHOCc6Z8lg

Saleebey, D. (ED). (1992). The strengths perspective in social work practice. New York: Longman 

People with disabilities are capable and have potential. Devaluation and lack of resources, not individual pathology, are the primary obstacles facing persons with disabilities. Disability, like race and gender, is a social construct, and a primary emphasis of intervention with people with disabilities must be political in nature. . There is a disability culture and history that professionals should be aware of in order to facilitate the empowerment of person with disabilities. . Persons with disabilities have the right to self-determination and the right to guide professionals’ involvement in their lives.