The problem that ultimately resides in the Social Model is not the model itself, but the difficulty it causes itself by virtue of it's history and language. That is to say the use of terms as a specialty that do not share that same meaning in general language or for that matter etymology but certainly not in translation where additional difficulties are met.
I am afraid the only purity that will ever be found is in a mathematical or algebraic expression, let x = disability (or whatever you call it in your conceptual universe as standing for the concept intended in the origination of the model)
Larry
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> Hi Russell,
>
> I don't like the words impairment or disabled any more than
> you do. I would rather say I have a disability and, as a
> result, experience disableism. However, to talk about
> having a disability, to some people, is as bad as labeling
> myself as handicapped.
>
> The trouble with handicappe is not where the word comes
> from. That to me seems to be irrelevant really. The real
> problem is the meaning it has acquired in the popular
> imagination. That meaning is surely bound up with negativve
> ideas of dependence, poverty and helplesness, which is why I
> don't use it.
>
> Regards,
>
> Paul
>
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