Actually, I also shared almost same opinion of Lissner to Mr.
Kenji in my personal mail to him.
"Lissner, Scott" <[log in to unmask]> Wrote:
>
> I don( have a citation handy but I know there has been writing on the difference in referring to the collective (people) versus the individual (person). As in "the disabled protested for their rights" versus "Joe, who has a disability, protested for his rights".
>
> Does that sound like what you are looking for?
>
>
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: The Disability-Research Discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wed Apr 08 06:46:55 2009
> Subject: Re: Term, Disabled People, NOT Disabled Persons
>
> Dear Larry,
>
> Thank you for your post and comments.
>
> In fact, I am aware the discussion on the difference
> between disabled people/person and people/person with
> disabilities, i.e different meaning of disability either
> discrimination in the former, and the functional
> limitation in the latter.
>
> However, if my memory is right, I read an article which
> states the difference of usage between people and
> person......
>
> thank you
> best regards,
>
> kenji kuno
>
>
>
>
>
> --- Larry Arnold <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Persons is merely an alternative used formally in
> > legalistic contexts for
> > reasons the lawyers understand better than I do.
> >
> > You have confused the issue somewhat as the binary
> > in question regarding
> > language usage is usually considered to be,
> > "disabled people/persons" as the
> > alternative to "person/people * with a * disability"
> > the latter being an
> > unnatural and contrived usage in colloquial and
> > spoken English. Both have a
> > somewhat different semantics and connotations which
> > is where the disputes
> > over usage lie.
> >
> > Larry
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: The Disability-Research Discussion List
> > [mailto:DISABILITY-
> > > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of kenji kuno
> > > Sent: 08 April 2009 07:33
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: Term, Disabled People, NOT Disabled
> > Persons
> > >
> > > Hello friends,
> > >
> > > I wondered if anyone could help to find the
> > article.
> > >
> > > I once came across an English artice which explain
> > why
> > > social model of disability use a term disabled
> > people in
> > > stead of disabled person. I read it sometime in
> > 2000.
> > >
> > > (I remmember) it said that disabilty is
> > discrimination
> > > agains to the socially categorised people (i.e.
> > people),
> > > not to the individuals (i.e. persons).
> > >
> > > I thought it is written by Oliver, and serched in
> > the
> > > Understanding Disability (1996), and The Politics
> > of
> > > Disablement (1990), but could not find.
> > >
> > > I hope someone know this article...
> > >
> > > thank you
> > > best regards
> > >
> > > Kenji Kuno
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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