In our society, many types of prejudice exist. The Larousse
Dictionary includes various definitions: "To judge things before
knowing them or without having all the necessary facts; opinion
or judgment on something before having a true knowledge of it;
prejudice that manifests itself in the form of antipathy toward
individuals, groups, races, nationalities, ideologies, etc." We
generally think of prejudice as being against a specific race or
culture, and that the effects of this harmful custom involve not
only the group, but also injure any individual belonging to this
group. Even when our society has overcome some prejudices
against classes and races, we are unable to avoid the tendency
which still exists to feel prejudice toward certain
groupsspecifically, toward persons with different abilities.
Many people do not like to deal with disabled persons and often
treat them as though they don't exist. But perhaps the worst
insult of all is to refer to them as "special people." It is a
fact that persons who have