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Elijah Sailer- Haugland, 1st Place Grade 8, Gary Schwingle /Jeff Bibeau Roseville Area diddle School People encounter many different kinds of stereotypes. It does not matter who you are or where you are front, you probably have been stereotyped or have stereotyped others at one point in your life. Many stereotypes can impact one person, or a group of people like a family. one way to examine how stereotypes impact families is through personal stories. By sharing mine, I will demonstrate a real life example. of stereotypes and their negative impact on peoples lives. For example, stereotypes involving disabilities, sexual orientation, and race can influence the way families are treated, and even damage their human rights. I know first hand how it can feel to be stereotyped because of a disability. often people make assumptions about disabilities that are not true. when people see that someone has a disability such as Cerebral Palsy, they often think. the differently abled person can not walk and talk correctly or possibly not at all. I know that is not true. I have a disability called Cerebral Palsy which affects the way I walk and talk. Cerebral Palsy is condition that affects thousands of babies and children. The word "cerebral" means having to do with the brain. The word "palsy" means a weakness in the way someone moves their body. Because someone can not walk or talk the same way as others, sometimes they are perceived as slog, dumb, or stupid, but physical disability is not the same as cognitive disability. This is similar to how some people talk louder to blind people, when blindness doesn't affect hearing. The disabled person is made to feel less than normal. Human rights violations can sometimes be hidden. This is omen true with Article 1: Right to Equality from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). often people with disabilities are denied the "Fight to Equality" because someone else assumes we are 44less important ". For example, when I ant trying join in with my friends and they are running off, I can not keep up with them because I run a little slower. My friends assume that I ant not interested in participating because they think the activity will be too hard for me, they think I any too slow to be involved. This is often a stereotype of all people with disabilities. This violates Article l of the I DHR. It might not be obvious, but my human rights are being