In animal societies based on imposed dominance the weakest are rejected. In higher-level human societies the weakest are protected and taken care.

When these disabled people are at home on their own they are advised not to let strangers know of their condition. The crime index here is rather high; this is prompted calls for an all-out war against crime in this country.

Yes, it's inhuman not to sympathize with the disadvantaged condition, and barbarianism to take advantage of them.

Dear All, thank you very much for inspiring answers I would find also in Poland barbarian approaches you highlighted. I wonder all the time, what are the roots of those and any other barbarian attitudes within my Slavic culture and other cultures and countries ?

In my opinion they should be regarded and treated as like any other human beings and with dignity. Basically the challenge and those needs that must be catered to.

They need to be sheltered. And basic needs such as food and the very basics catered.They must indeed not be sexually harassed and instead be protected

I would suggest reading (if not done already) the well known book of Goffman, Erving. Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity. Another theoretical context which raise critical questions is the philosophical literature and the conception of disability as a pathology and a tragedy.

I do not agree with the term barbarian because we understand that is social construction regarding the barriers to inclusion but historically (see Foucault's History of madness) we agree that the approach is as you describe it.

@Zoi, of course I know works of both authors you mentioned, but my primary idea was to explore in a bit different way. :))

Dear Beata

Although the Brazilian Constitution guarantees, officially, the rights of the disabled to live in society and have the right to education, as citizens who are the architecture of the buildings of educational institutions usually do not allow for such a possibility can be seen that most institutions teaching are not adapted to Handicap. The six areas of accessibility are: architectural (clearing environmental hurdles), attitudinal (prevention and elimination of prejudices, stigmas, stereotypes, discrimination), communication (appropriateness of codes and signals to special needs), methodological (adequacy of techniques, theories, approaches, methods), instrumental (adaptation of materials, appliances, equipment, utensils, assistive technologies) and programmatic (elimination of invisible barriers in existing policies, rules, ordinances, laws and other similar instruments)

Education should be accessible to everyone and is a very useful tool in changing people's behavior

Individuals might 'not be disabled' in environment A and 'disabled' in environment B.

Is what people name 'handicap' a relative concept? Each living being can be perceived as disabled or not in at least one human defined scale of analysis or perception.

Dear Patrick,

Probably there is no one answer around the world. Marcel is right, there is lot of differences in definitions, concepts and attitudes toward persons with disabilities. My primary idea, asking what approach would you call barbarian, was to understand the broader sense of unacceptable principles. In my opinion, very interesting cultural knowledge. Miranda told of some habit (what sometimes I observe as expressed by older Polish family members too, as an attitude towards disability in someone's family) - "not to letting the stranger know of their condition". I'm still curious about the semantics of barbarian approach, or attitudes :))

Good question, provoking thinking of implicit devaluation, because of corporeal differences and disabilities. Truly, I never heard or read of such initial qualification of the bodies for Special Olympics. I think it is even a bit crazy idea :))

Hello K./B.,

I learnt last week there are three types of olympic manifestations: The Olympic Games (so-called without physical handicap, if that exists), the Paralympics held last month (obvious physical handicap), and third one focusing on mental handicaps to be held in Belgium next September.

Thank you Marcel, I'm constantly learning about this.

@Beata, in my country is not rare when some people behave barbaric to members of certain social groups,like mentally handicapped, the homosexual, the Gypsy , even to asylum seekers ! I have posted question two days ago about World day against discrimination , but, for some reasons, it was deleted by an RG editor!

Furthermore, I propose the following reading on "Civilizing the Barbarian..."!

http://modernrhetoric.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/barbarian.pdf

@ Ljubomir, I deeply appreciate your comment and attached link. Let me share some observations. I agree, certain topics are not preferred by both the RG members and sometimes administrators. Question of barbarism and disability probably made confusions RG members and some discomfort. However there are interesting answers for this topic. I noticed, whereas Commentators lean toward the global level of interpretation and underline rather universal category in response to topics concerning disabilities. The most interesting thing is also phenomena of clearly preferred normative approach in comments. I'm constantly learning. Thank you.

Social exclusion, neglection and all forms of discrimination.

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