Hello Joseph Epuu
Many thanks for your suggestion.
However, as we were forming the society over ten years ago, we
thoroughly debated the issue and arrived at the present name. Indeed,
both "impairment" and "disability" denote a limitation. I actually
think that each of us must come to terms with our limitation
(disability/impairment/blindness/partial blindness), for then we shall
be more confident as we interact with the world.
Warm regards
--
Reginald M.J. Oduor, Ph.D.
Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Nairobi
(http://profiles.uonbi.ac.ke/oduor_reginald)
Editor-in-Chief, Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical
Association of Kenya (http://ajol.info/index.php/tp/index)
Chairman, Society of Professionals with Visual Disabilities (SOPVID)
Vice-Chairman, Kenya Society for the Blind
P.O. Box 41693-00100
Nairobi, Kenya
Email: rmjoduor@xxxxxxxxx OR rmjoduor@xxxxxxxxxxx
Tel.: 254 20 2160951
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On 2/19/14, Epuu Elim <elimpuu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear members of the society,
indeed, I'm quite exuberated for da cordial hospitality demonstrated
by sopvid to me. I know i will be on top on technological issues
related to visual imparement. Colleagues! i wish to propose amendment
to our name only if it is workable.Suppose we call ourselves a society
of professionals with visual imparement.Disability denote incapability
and incapacitation,yet we are equally capable professionals equal to
the task.
Technologically, i am still disabled. It is my humble request to the
society to fully empower me technologically to be able to read with
others on the same script.
Best regards,
Epuu Joseph Elim.
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