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• Right


  A choice to make your own opinion and being entitled to things such as education, religion and freedom of speech
• Responsibilities


  Duties or something an individual should do, such as following the law and rules
• Human rights


  • Every person is entitled to basic and fundamental rights, simply because they are human beings
  • They are not a privilege
  • They allow for your protection against people who might want to harm or hurt you
  • They help us get along with each other and live in peace
• Tolerance


  Respecting other people, being accommodating, seeing all as equal citizens and human beings, and respecting other viewpoints
• Disagreements about our values and beliefs are inevitable, and they are acceptable, as long as we can maintain mutual respect toward others as equal citizens and fellow human beings
• Many South Africans have dedicated their lives to the fight for human rights and it's important that we honor their work and create a culture of human rights in South Africa
• Respect


  Accepting somebody for who they are regardless of your differences, even if you don't agree with them
• Respect in any relationship


  • Builds feelings of trust, safety, and wellbeing
• Everyone wants to be respected, if you treat others with respect, they will do the same for you
• People who have never interacted with a person who has a mental or physical disability may feel intimidated or unsure of what to say or do
• These concerns are understandable, but it's important to understand people with disabilities should be treated the same as everyone else
• The most important part of interacting with someone who has a disability


  Seeing that person for who they are, and not what disability that person has
• Disability awareness and disability etiquette


  Having a sense of
• Disability etiquette


  Promotes goodwill and respect among all people, helps make society more inclusive for everyone
• At some point in our lives, most of us will develop a disability, know someone who has one, or both
• Disability can affect anyone - all ages, genders, ethnic and cultural backgrounds
• People with disabilities have the same fundamental rights as anyone else to ensure full equality under the law
• People with disabilities have some additional rights to protect them from harm or discrimination
• People with disabilities are no different from you and me, their abilities are just different
• HIV (human immunodeficiency virus)


  A virus that attacks the immune system
• The immune system becomes weaker, making it harder for the body to fight off infections
• Most people who are diagnosed early and take medicines for HIV can live long, healthy lives
• AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)


  Happens after someone has had HIV for many years, the immune system is severely weakened, serious infections and health problems happen
• Medicines can help prevent HIV from developing into AIDS
• 'AIDS was a defining feature of the earlier years of the HIV epidemic, before antiretroviral therapy (ART) became available': 'Now, as more people access ART, the majority of people living with HIV not progress to AIDS'