HI, I am glad someone made this point. Although I agree with many of the
points that have been made that assert that it does matter how disabled
people are termed it also begun to worry me because do we have the right to
tell others what they should call themselves or how they think about
themselves? I know this is a complex issue because there's no reason why
disabled people can't perpetuate their own oppression by internalising
negative traditional stereotypical views of disability but who has the
authority to say what is the right way of thinking about it? Sarah.
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> Hi everyone!
>
> Although I use "disabled person" to describe my identity and to express my
> ideology, and don't care for the implications bound up in "person with
> impairments," I feel very strongly that each person should be able to name
> themselves without anyone else telling them they have chosen wrong. After
> all, if we try to impose our own beliefs, we are being just as oppressive
as
> the general community is toward us. We should not attempt to usurp each
> person's right to name themselves for the sake of ideological posturing.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Beth
>
> Beth Omansky Gordon
> The George Washington University
> Washington, D.C., USA
>
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