I think that a lot of this is best left to how an individual sees
themselves. I have a congenital disability. Long before I was a person I had
what is considered (by any model) a disability/disabling condition/reason
for society to exclude me etc. Growing up with my disability has totally
shaped how I see the world and how the world sees me therefore, as far as I
am concerned I am disabled first because that defines, good and bad, who I
am. So, I'm a disabled person. Not proud, not ashamed, just me.
Equally I know many people who look at it from the point of being a person
first (although a lot are people who have acquired disabilities) and that's
how they see themselves.
Basically I'm saying that there is no right and no wrong answer to this and
by trying to lump everyone into a single description we risk moving away
from being able to see people as individuals which is what we want to
achieve.
Paul
-----Original Message-----
From: Simon Stevens [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 18 July 2002 14:01
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: 2003 logo
I have cerebral palsy. People with cerebral palsy. People with
impairments.
Disability is not impairment. Disability is like racism, sexism
Please, give me a wall to bang my head on!
Are you an autoed person? An jobed person? An wifed person? An
interneted person?
Many Thanks, Simon
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Simon Stevens
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-----Original Message-----
From: Lillie,Timothy H [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 18 July 2002 13:54
To: Simon Stevens; [log in to unmask]
Subject: RE: 2003 logo
Simon Stevens writes:
"The replacement of WHO first definitions with pure
social model definitions can only lead into the logic of disabled people
or people with impairments has being grammatically correct regardless of
location and thinking."
While I appreciate his passion and honor his insistence on being called
a disabled person, if that is what he wishes, I can only wonder why he
can say "people with impairments" rather than (logically) "impaired
people."????
Timothy Lillie, PhD
Dept. of Curricular & Instructional Studies
The University of Akron
Akron OH 44325-4205
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