As social workers, we are always told that before we can help others we need to recognize our social location, as this might make things harder when we go into new situations as that may hinder our ability to help individuals who are oppressed and marginalized. In addition, we need to address our own privilege and understand …show more content…
They do not take into consideration that there are several non-visible disabilities, and those individuals who have non-visible impairments or disabilities are still oppressed and are always trying to prove to social workers and others in the community service field that they do have this disability. They are required to get a psychoeducational assessment done to establish that they have an intellectual disability to get services that should be offered no matter if you have the evaluation done or