Superstition and a lack of knowledge make people point out disabled persons as symbols of what scares them the most. A disabled person makes the abstract idea of vulnerability become present.

迷信以及缺乏知识让人们将身心障碍人士当做最为恐怖的存在，身心障碍人士将“脆弱”这一抽象概念具体地呈现了出来。

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Wheelchair user Vicci Chittenden said it is this kind of lack of access that "makes a person with an impairment disabled".

BBC: Row over lack of disabled access on Bearsted station bridge