Sorry folks - classic example of an error resulting from a visual
impairment: I meant to place the message below in the Language thread but
misread the subject line!
Brendan.
Brendan Magill wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> The idea of disability as loss is one of those that is a perfect
> example of how language can be used to misrepresent actuality. The word
> "rehabilitation" is extensively used, as in "rehabilitation worker",
> "rehabilitation training" and so on. Yet the "re" is very often
> inappropriate, since it implies restoration of something that was once
> there. I have never been fully sighted, so I don't need rehabilitation
> - but I don't think I need habilitation either. I wonder who invented
> "rehabilitation"?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brendan.
>
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