Larry and Claire
Larry you have shown us how the language in our messages can be confusing to
'different' people. What seems obvious to me isn't necessarily going to be
obvious to others so I think that's a good lesson for us. However, I cannot
agree with you about your "precise, rational and philosophical" approach
being better than a "figurative" approach. (Nor would I say it was any
worse). Its just different isn't it?
Claire
If you look at each of the editions of Disability Studies Quarterly since at
least Summer 2000, there should be some articles that are concerned with the
experience of pain.
Best regards
Laurence Bathurst
School of Occupation and Leisure Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Sydney
PO Box 170
Lidcombe NSW 1825
Australia
Ph: 61 2 9351 9509
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Arnold" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 1:30 AM
Subject: Re: reply
> I am sorry I do not know what you are talking about. a differance is a
> differance, there are degrees of differnace that is to say distance from
the
> entity which one is differentiating from, but there is no entity that is
> more than a differance, how can one kind of a thing which you have named
> (differance) be more than another kind of a thing that you call the same
> name, for a differance that were more than a difference you would need
> another name for it to differentiate it from being a differance. your
> linguistic usage does not compute, you are obviosly talking figuratively
in
> a way I cannot comprehend, whereas I was trying to be precise, rational
and
> philosophical.
>
> Pain is in fact one of the most subjective of entities, in that it cannot
be
> measured or compared, or differentiated accurately. I do not know what
> another persons bodily sensations feel like, and I have only the vaguest
of
> suppositions to know that what my parents gave to me as the word pain,
> equates with anything I really feel.
>
> As an autistic person, I have difficulty in percieving certain sensations
> and knowing whether it is pain or mere sensation, or where indeed it is
> coming from.
>
> My mother who had rheumatoid arthritis and who one supposes were in a lot
of
> pain, (as she described it) subscribed to the social model., so I figure
if
> it could have validity for her, then why not.
>
> Larry
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: The Disability-Research Discussion List
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Claire Wickham
> > Sent: 02 June 2001 14:41
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: reply
> >
> >
> > Larry,
> >
> > Some differences are more than differences - pain is a real issue and I
> > am not sure how the Social Model relates to pain: pointers to articles
> > very welcome. (This may be related to Carol and Anita's requests.)
> >
> > Claire
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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