--- title: Respect for first peoples, older people and people with disabilities — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Respect for first peoples, older people and people with disabilities», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Respect means treating people as they would want to be treated: with patience, kindness and without --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/227-older-people-and-disabilities/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / Respect for first peoples, older peopl… # Respect for first peoples, older people and people with disabilities Lesson 227 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 25 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/227-older-people-and-disabilities/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/227-older-people-and-disabilities/0/) — Respect means treating people as they would want to be treated: with patience, kindness and without staring, teasing or taking over. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/227-older-people-and-disabilities/1/) — Older people may find bending, carrying or hurrying hard, and some forget things because memory can get weaker with age. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/227-older-people-and-disabilities/2/) — A little patience and help go a long way. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/227-older-people-and-disabilities/3/) — A disability can be easy to see, like a wheelchair, a white cane or a prosthetic leg, or invisible, like diabetes, a heart problem, autism or ADHD. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/227-older-people-and-disabilities/4/) — People with disabilities want to be talked to and treated like everyone else. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/227-older-people-and-disabilities/5/) — Every land has its first peoples: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia, Māori in New Zealand, Native American and First Nations peoples in North America. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/227-older-people-and-disabilities/6/) — When their cultures are talked about, listen and learn. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/227-older-people-and-disabilities/7/) — Example: a boy in Auckland sees his blind neighbour at the bus stop. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/227-older-people-and-disabilities/9/) — Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Māori and Native American peoples are the first peoples of their lands, and their cultures deserve respect. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/227-older-people-and-disabilities/10/) — Bending down can be hard or painful for older people, so pick up what they drop. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/227-older-people-and-disabilities/12/) — Do not rush or push past an older person walking slowly, because they might fall if pushed or startled. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/227-older-people-and-disabilities/13/) — When an older relative does not understand a phone or game, show them slowly and patiently. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/227-older-people-and-disabilities/14/) — Memory can get weaker with age, and some older people have dementia, an illness that damages memory, so answer repeated questions kindly. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/227-older-people-and-disabilities/15/) — Talk to a wheelchair user, not to the person with them, and never lean on or push the chair without asking. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/227-older-people-and-disabilities/16/) — When you speak to a blind person, say who you are, and never distract a working guide dog. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/227-older-people-and-disabilities/17/) — When a classmate stammers, wait patiently and do not finish their words. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/227-older-people-and-disabilities/18/) — Autistic people experience the world differently and may find loud noise or sudden changes hard. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/227-older-people-and-disabilities/19/) — ADHD is a difference in how the brain works, not bad behaviour. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/227-older-people-and-disabilities/20/) — Many disabilities are invisible, so believe someone who says they need a snack or a rest. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/227-older-people-and-disabilities/21/) — Mean words about disability hurt, so do not use them and say they are not okay. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/227-older-people-and-disabilities/22/) — A prosthetic arm or leg is a tool that helps someone, like glasses, so do not stare. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/227-older-people-and-disabilities/23/) — An older man in Liverpool was knocked over by children running in a supermarket; he broke his hip and was in hospital for weeks. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/227-older-people-and-disabilities/24/) — A boy parked his bike across a ramp; a woman in a wheelchair could not get to the doctor's door and missed her appointment. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/227-older-people-and-disabilities/25/) — Falls are a major cause of serious injury in older people, and a broken hip can take months to heal. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/227-older-people-and-disabilities/26/) — Blocking ramps, lifts and wide parking spaces can stop people with disabilities getting where they need to go. - ← previous: [Compliments and respecting differences](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/226-compliments-and-respecting-differences/) - next →: [Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/228-parks-and-playgrounds/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)