Microaggression can be very damaging to a person in many ways.
 There are basically three types of microaggression:

Microassult: A form of verbal attack. “Why do you need a wheelchair? I saw you walk… You can walk, right?” to a person who uses wheelchair for long distance travel. “I don’t like how dogs smell” to a blind person using a guide dog.

Microinsult: A form of verbal or silent demeaning through insensitive comments or behavior. A person may exhibit an obstinate, begrudging attitude with recalcitrant slant but say in all professionalism, that they will accommodate your needs for accessibility. The verbalization is appropriate but the tone is insulting.

Microinvalidation: Essentially degrading a person’s wholeness through making false assumptions about the other’s ability, causing a sense of invalidation. “You have a learning disability? How can you be a lawyer?” to a person with learning disability.
One day when I was at the movies, a teenager in a wheelchair came in. The kids were laughing and pointing and saying what are you doing here?" You can't even sit in one of the chairs". Make sure you don't block the aisle with your chair and make me fall." They were being very rude and I wanted to just get up slap them and tell them don't you have any respect for anything and anybody, but I knew that this this would make him feel even worse and he was already embarassed about the attention that he was getting. Some people can be so insensitive and do things without thinking sometimes. This is a major form of bullying because this child did not cause his disability and he could not defend himself and fight.


Reference

Micro-Aggression: It's Bullying. - AAPD retrieved on February 1, 2014 from
http://www.aapd.com/resources/power-grid-blog/micro-aggression-its.html



















Microaggressions in Everyday Life