Laurie Block, one of the staff members at the Museum of Disability History, discusses the stereotypes and constructs of stereotypes that disabled people have and are currently facing in society. In his essay titled “Stereotypes about People with Disabilities” he mentions one particular stereotype involving dehumanization: “People with disabilities are different from fully human people; they are partial or limited people, of an "other" and minor category (Block). A popular belief among some citizens in society is that people with disabilities are different and whatever disability or handicap a person has makes him or her an inferior person. This stereotype has caused a stigma against people with disabilities that leads people to take advantage of and abuse them. Elizabeth Barnes, author of “Valuing Disability, Causing Disability,” discusses the popular views of disability rights activists and those who oppose/criticize them. He begins his article by writing an argument from disability rights activists: “Disability rights activists often say that being disabled is not something bad for you. Disability is, rather, a natural part of human diversity, something that should be valued and celebrated, rather than pitied and ultimately “cured” (Barnes 88). As mentioned by Elizabeth Barnes, disability rights activists repeatedly have to fight the idea