Speech on the topic"the barrier between us".
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10 BARRIERS TO EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AND PERSUASION
- Physical and physiological barriers. ...
- Emotional and cultural noise. ...
- Language. ...
- Nothing or little in common. ...
- Lack of eye contact. ...
- Information overload and lack of focus. ...
- Not being prepared, lack of credibility. ...
- Talking too much.
Answer:
The Barrier Between Us
Picture this. You're in the MRT, you're scrolling through your phone and then you take notice of this lady, walking through the cabin, saying "Hello? Hello? Hello?" to everybody..but no eye contact made.
And then you noticed this man over here, who's also scrolling through his phone and when he takes notice of that lady he gives the 'raised eyebrows' look. I encountered myself in this situation a few months ago on my way to school I was furious at that man's reaction. But what I also noticed was that, that reaction was demonstrated by several people in that cabin. I kept quiet and dwelled on it. I then realized that lady was a special-needs person...so..special-needs huh..? What is it? In my opinion, special-needs is euphemism for disabled and separate. Disabled It's a very common term, you may have heard it in many places; disabled individual, disabled person, so many things...but 'separate'? Have you ever tried to link the word 'separate' to special needs? Maybe not! But I did...how did I link it? Let me explain this to you. So here we are, the normal people community; in this community, we go to normal mainstream school, we go to recreational centers with swimming pools. The families here are in "normal" social circles...but then, there is this barrier and across this barrier, is a completely different community in which there are the special-needs families They are being put in a separate environment In this separate environment, the kids go to separate schools, the people are in separate social circles, separate. facilities, separate services. Everything with the separate in front of it. Why the babier may I ask? What is the need of this barrier? This barrier is a discrimination of us people in this (normal) community of them (special-needs). Those people there, we have pushed them away! And in this (way), we have harmed ourselves as well. Let me illustrate this to you. Take an example of global warming, the harm toxins that are being released into the air; they will toxify the environment. But what will they also do? They will harm us because when we inhale these toxins, it may shorten our lifespan. It may cause us to deal with fatal diseases. It will harm us, similarly, when we push these (special-needs) people away over there, we will never recognize their talents! Take an example of Nick Vujicic. He is a limb-less person...but he is a great speaker! We embraced his talent. We welcomed with two hands, despite his disability. Supposed a deaf girl; she cannot hear, but she can dance so well, maybe better than Michael Jackson, but we… will never know she had that talent because we pushed her away...we discriminated her. My question is - If we could embrace Nick..why can't we embrace the rest of these people? If we could tell him that, yes, you're great, why can't we tell the other (special-needs) people that they are great as well? We need to break this barrier! There is no barrier needed. We should merge these two communities together. And at the end of my speech, I want to say… Judge a person based on his ability, not his.. disability, because an ability of a person is what defines him or her. Thank you.