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1. What are some common misconceptions of people with psychiatric disability? What are some strategies or methods that can be considered to help enhance more positive attitudes towards people with disabilities? Consider the history of treatment and the Era of Disability Rights. Explain. a. An opposing questioned introduced is dealing with PWD is what are some common misconceptions of people with psychiatric disability? What are some strategies or methods that can be considered to help enhance more positive attitudes towards people with disabilities? Consider the history of treatment and the Era of Disability Rights. Explain. Some common misconceptions of people with psychiatric disabilities are that the people with disability are not as capable to take on certain tasks that those without disabilities are able to take on. Some people feel like PWD get in the way and are dead weight which I believe is false. As stated in the book early immigration literature and the apparent attitudes and treatment toward PWDs, as well as certain other immigrant populations, were blatantly prejudiced and discriminatory. The anti-disability sentiment became more evident with immigration restriction, which began as early as the development of the first North American settlements. It was after 1838, when a large influx of immigrants came to the United States, that the issue of disability became more pressing to the early American settlers. With the 1891 revised Immigration Act, a keyShow MoreRelatedThe Stigma Of Mental Health Stigma1178 Words   |  5 Pages To many a stigma is a disgraceful flaw, that of a negative presence. In mental health this stigma is overwhelming. Approximately 57.7 million Americans experience a mental health disorder in any given year. (National Alliance on Mental Illness) People in dire need of help are not seeking it. Mental illnesses are going undiagnosed. 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