[IrelandVIPNews] Re: Wording on notices

  • From: "Sabrina McKiernan" <sabmckiernan@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <irelandvipnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 11:30:43 +0100

very true Tim.
was coming from the medical view RE being blind doesn't disable!

Sabrina
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[mailto:irelandvipnews-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Tim Culhane
Sent: 07 July 2006 11:31
To: irelandvipnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [IrelandVIPNews] Re: Wording on notices


Hi,

This is certainly an interesting  topic!

Personally I think that different people  feel differently about the word
handicapped.

The word itself has gotten a bad press in the last few years, and it has
picked up a lot of unpleasant connotations.

However, whatever way  you look at it,  being blind or partially sighted is
a handicap to doing a lot of things  i.e.  Reading print, driving a car,
navigating an unfamiliar area etc etc.

In that way blindness is a disability as well.

Of course,  society can make blindness an even bigger handicap or disability
by not making  certain things accessible.  However,  there are some things
we will never be able to do.

You can split all the hairs you like about it,  but blind people are
handicapped (in the nicest sense of the word)!

Tim


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[mailto:irelandvipnews-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sabrina McKiernan
Sent: 07 July 2006 11:02
To: irelandvipnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [IrelandVIPNews] Re: Wording on notices


Hi,

I am sure you all know this but,
It is a charity, so by them using the word Handicapped it is, keeping up the
message of cap in hand. it is keeping up the charity model. after all, Mrs.
quinns shops are charity shops for the national council for the blind.

you would use Disability rather than Handicapped?
well we are not disabled because we are blind!
you see, handicapped doesn't say to me slow, retarded or anything like that!
Handicapped totally is using the charity model in my view. also, I know in
the states you still see the term visually handicapped used.

well just my opinion.

Sabrina
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:irelandvipnews-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Maria
Sent: 06 July 2006 19:06
To: irelandvipnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [IrelandVIPNews] Re: Wording on notices


    In my opinion disability sounds better than a handicap, but that's once
again my personal opinion.

The alternative terms to a term handicap in our case  might be words such as
blindness or vision impairment. What do the rest of you think?



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