Larry,
what do you mean by "impairment termed in whatever way should never be a negative judgement"?
--- On Tue, 10/3/09, Larry Arnold <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Larry Arnold <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Terminology: disabled students v students with disabilities?
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Tuesday, 10 March, 2009, 9:02 AM
The usage of the term is not insignificant as the usage person with
disabilities is clumsy and in its attempt to separate the impairment from
the person implies that the impairment (which termed disability in
thatcontext, creates a barrier to looking at disability in a social and
reletavist context) is something nasty, taboo, one does not and should not
be associated with.
Well I will paraphrase Haile Sellasie through his erstwhile interpreter Bob
Marley, until the impairment is of no more significance than the colour of
the eyes, then everywhere is war.
Impairment termed in whatever way should never be a negative judgement and
that is precisely what person first language does even if it intends the
opposite.
In my opinion it gets well in the way of adopting a positive identity and in
effect accepts a status quo of oppression and second class citizenship
Larry
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