Your response to Richard Light does not compute.
He criticised the academy, and mentioned very quickly, in passing, his
perspective from the disabled rights movement, which he describes as
having broad interests, in his experience of it.
You respond with a Judith Butler quote, instantly stereotyping any
mention of "movement" as being the unreasonable type, that doesn't like
any criticism. Do you have any evidence that RL is involved in any such
unreasonable-type DR movement?
If not, your response fails to connect, in any manner, with what Richard
said.
Disabled rights movement workers are accustomed to being stereotyped as
"too radical" "PC", etc., by corporate think tanks & ultra-right
politicians that oppose any laws or regulations to protect disabled
individuals. We expect that.
We do not expect to hear that sort of "movement" = "unreasonable"
stereotype automatically thrown at us, by our friends or colleagues in
efforts for change.
It is NOT unheard of on this list, for a few individuals to be
politically axe-grinding, and constantly unwilling to consider any
criticism or even input from others.
I even tried to support one such person's POV in a discussion, once, and
s/he instantly swatted me down, for supporting her!!!! (LOL!) I won't
name names, on who the Judith Butler quote really fits. But Richard
Light's posts over time, would hardly qualify to be on that list.
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I notice that many want to discuss the second 1/2 of Alex's "Too
dark...?" post, about the cognitive.... BUT.... NOBODY wants to discuss
that posting's first half -- Why do some leave the list (or hesitate to
post on it) for somewhere else?
The silence of the most opinionated frequent posters on the list, on
Alex's first question, speaks volumes.
As for the invitation to post my new efforts in the cognitive area, I'll
think about it. I hesitate to provide what (in the absence of getting
useful discussion back) could amount to merely providing entertainment
or semantic target practice, for certain individuals who we can all
name....(whose misrepresentations of my words, I'd then feel compelled
to spend much time, rebutting....).... so I could end up spending a
couple of hours, total, while getting zero useful feedback, to what I
had (really) posted.
My looking into certain cognitive impairments & disabilities in recent
months, has been for an applied (not theoretical) "Universal Design"
project. Since I know no examples of DS theory (or any theory) ever
having contributed anything to applied universal design.... posting this
work in process on this list, would seem to be an invitation for
headaches, not help.
For now, I think I'll just discuss the work with the client, his various
advisors, other people with disabilities, other designers, and a few
service providers & manufacturers. After the project is complete, I'll
consider what would be the most productive available way, to get the
information out.
Somebody recently said we should be able to discuss things on this list,
in a non-competitive manner.
If only.
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