People with physical disabilities are also mentally disabled.

Physical disability does not mean mental disorder. People who have physical disabilities are usually mentally able as their able-bodied counterparts.

People with disabilities have very different needs from healthy individuals.

People with disabilities have similar basic needs and they go through similar developmental stages. They need to be loved and cared for; receive education to help them learn and grow; and find a job to become financially independent. They also have needs to start families and they grow old like everyone else. 

People with disabilities cannot do anything well.

Many people with disabilities have proven to be very competent workers. Some of them are more so than their non-disabled counterparts. Examples include composer Ludwig Von Beethoven, singer-composer Stevie Wonder, local fund-raiser and disabled athlete, Dr. William Tan.

People with disabilities cannot hold a job.

People with disabilities can be loyal and stable workers. For most people, work is a means of gaining economic independence, but for those with disabilities, getting a job sometimes takes on a very special meaning - it means becoming a part of society, something not every person with a disability is given a chance to feel. 

People with disabilities take too long to complete a task.

There are various kinds of disabilities and the extent varies with individuals. These disabilities may or may not have any relevance to the job they are doing. And if they do, the disability can often be compensated in other ways.

People with disabilities are hard to train.

 Depending on the type and extent of disability, most people with disabilities are no different from any new worker. They all need a little time to adjust to the working and social environment. Once they have settled into a job, they may prove themselves to be as good as their able-bodied counterparts.

People with disabilities require special facilities which companies cannot afford to have.

Except for the wheelchair users, the rest of those with disabilities do not require facilities. Special company transport arrangements or allowances are entirely up to the discretion of the employers. Those wheelchairs, on the other hand, can fit easily into the working environment, if doors and toilet are wide enough and lift are available for easy access between floors.