In a way "disability rights" is an oxymoron.
From the Greek we get 'dis' as a prefix meaning 'apart from' and the historical English meaning of the 'ability' element = legal ability'.
As in the title of Lord Macaulays' essay on 'the civil disabilities of the Jews' in. (The lays of Rome and other essays, p.134-141) In the UK if someone is declared bankrupt they loose the legal ability to manage or control a company. they are technically considered to have a 'disability'.
Another example of using the word disability correctly was in the infamous trial of Nelson Mandela in South Africa, when Mr Mandela stated that as a blackman he was disabled by Apartheid.
When we campaign for "disability rights" we are for the human rights of people who have been denied civil rights through no fault.Many people are denied these rights including all people with impairments.
Mark, maybe you might like to add some more comments.
Happy New Year
Keith
On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 07:42:31 -0800 , Shelley Lynn Tremain <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>What could "disability rights" possibly mean under the terms of your social
>model? The right to be oppressed? The right to be discriminated against?
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War makes people ill.
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