Good point. Personally, I try not to use any of those general terms--if I need to describe anyone I use specifics, e.g., blind, wheelchair-bound or paraplegic, etc. Cindy --- Elizabeth and Burton <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I personally do not like impaired as it assumes the > rest of you are fine > and i am in some way flawed. dis-abled to means I > am able but somehow less > so given constraints. I think being blind would be > easier, for example, in > a society not constrained by lack of public > transportation, where > technology can be effectively used to get material > to me in forms I can > read and so forth. Dis-abled is the best I have > come up with so far to > explain my feeling. > > By the way, I do let folks pet my dog if they can > just use their voice and > ask first. What is wrong with at least asking > before you just grab? > > E. > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject > line. To get a list of available commands, put the > word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Cheap talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. http://voice.yahoo.com To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.