__________ is identified as a common societal reaction to the disabled, especially prior to the Americans with Disabilities Act

A) Job discrimination
B) Media portrayals of disabled underachievers
C) Stereotypes of the disabled as sexual perverts
D) Fear of the disabled as carrying a communicable disease


Answer: A

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