The history of disability is a series of stories about how people in various cultures have given meaning to physical and intellectual "difference." "Disability" comes to exist when people with certain differences are defined as

A. others and given over to care by experts.
B. God-given gifts that personify the meaning of humanness.
C. special people and embraced at the social center of a community.
D. a burden to be borne by those who are able-bodied.


Answer: A

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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