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]>
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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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