Marian,
Quite the contrary. As an able bodied person who speaks on the issue of
family violence against people with disabilities, I discuss the fact that I
am able bodied as an acknowledgement of disablity as a social/cultural
experience that I do not share, and therefore my remarks may/will be
lacking something.
The message is twofold: becareful about what I say...something is,or may
be, missing and therefore scrutinize and challenge my remarks.
Richard Embry
University of California, Berkeley
At 03:14 PM 1/21/99 +0100, you wrote:
>Homan wrote:
>
>>> > Making a reference to being wheelchair bound wakes the public up to the
>>>fact
>>> > that wheelchairs do not detract from a persons ability to do the job.
>
>and John Kelly replied:
>
>> I think it rather promotes the dissonance between the two.
>>
>When a non-disabled person writing about disability specifically and
>repetitively draws attention to their concern about being non-disabled and
>writing about disability, does this send a covert, though not necessarily
>intended message to a non-disabled audience: 'I'm not disabled ... trust
>me!' I loved Vic's response.
>
>Mairian
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