[bksvol-discuss] Re: How I read
- From: "Lora" <loravara@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 05:47:24 -0700
I know people stumble over finding the right word to refer to my condition.
I simply prefer "blind." It's the truth, and skating around any other
phrase is usually a sign that they're uncomfortable with me. If you're
talking about a word or phrase for disabled people as a whole, I guess I
prefer "disabled" to any alternative.
I hate the various politically correct terms I've seen. "Visually
challenged," "hard of seeing," and "handi-capable" are all phrases which
will make me cringe.
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Grandma Cindy
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 10:09 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: How I read
Good point. How would physically impaired be?
Cindy
--- Elizabeth and Burton <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Do not use "challenged" around me. disabled works just fine. Who is
> challenging me? The society who will not enforce laws so I can get a
> cab perhaps? What right does anyone have to challenge me. And not
> differently able either thogh brilliant and beautiful might be fine
> (grin). The reality is the way the society is set up a physicl
> disability is just that. People in wheelchairs are disabled from
> using stairs and there are not enough ramps and good access for the.
> People who are blind are disabled by not getting forms from their
> state and federal and local governments in formats they can fill out
> but rather in print. And on and on. We are definitely dis-abled but
> not just in ourselves but rather because the society is set up so
> unconsciously.
> Would you want to be
> called "age challenged"? Or just plain older or senior or something?
> (grin)
>
> E.
> At 07:27 PM 12/3/2006, you wrote:
> >Yes, it's a much better term. I'll try to remember
> it.
> >I knew there was something better but couldn't remember what.
> >
> >Cindy
> >
> >--- barbarab65@xxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > > I prefer the word physically challenged than physically disabled.
> > > Anyway, I am also a Messianic-Jew so most people feel
> > > discriminated against in this category, anyway and it has helped
> > > me cope with
> the
> > > stuttering discrimination.
> > >
> > > Barbara
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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