What does disability mean? We witness individuals living their lives with specific challenges every day, but we don't consider them a part of life until they become part of reality. People with disabilities face challenges because they have an invisible, visible, sensory, motor or intellectual disability, which leads them to be distinguished as "different" in the eyes of the public. I won't talk about disabilities, but about people with disabilities; it is the person we should focus on and not the disability itself. The Golden Rule is a key concept in multiple religions. Christians, like many others who follow other religions, were taught the doctrine at a young age by parents, teachers, and authority figures to follow. The Golden Rule is probably the most essential basis for the modern concept of human rights, which summarizes the fact that we should treat others as we wish to be treated. A key element of the Golden Rule is that a person treats all people with respect, not just members of his or her own group. The Golden Rule is endorsed by most world religions such as Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism, but I will specifically discuss Christian views. To apply the Golden Rule we must recognize its own existence. In today's society, not many people take time out of the day to help people with disabilities, instead they place barriers between themselves and people with disabilities. Christians believe that everyone is made in the image of God. Looking in the mirror we should be able to see the parts that make up God. Knowing this, even a person with a disability was created in the image of God. The biggest barrier that people labeled as disabled is not physical inability; I...... half of the paper...... and E. Persico Tony. "The Christian ethics of socio-economic development promoted by Catholic social doctrine". The Journal of Philosophical Economics 5.1 (2011): 90-119. ProQuest. Network. 18 March 2014. "Catholic social teachings". Catholic Charities of Dubuque RSS2. Np, nd Web. 20 March 2014. .Van Tongeren, Paolo. "Natural law, human dignity and Catholic social teaching". Religion, State and Society 41.2 (2013): 152-163. Premier of academic research. Network. 18 March 2014."ODEP - Office for Disability Employment Policies." United States Department of Labor. Np, nd Web. March 20, 2014. "Catholic Caritas of North Dakota." Catholic Charities ND. Catholic Charities ND, nd Web. March 21. 2014. .
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