Well, impairment implies that you are impaired, not quite right, and not
normal. I think we use disabled because it is the choice of most people as
witnessed by the fact that we keep using it.....David Pfeiffer
On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, mark ryan wrote:
> I'm somewhat new to this list and speaking as someone with an 'impairment'
> could somebody please explain why everybody keeps using the term
> 'disabled'? I find it highly offensive. It implies I am somehow
> defective, not quite right and not normal. I would like to think that
> these terms are merely socially constructed and the only the uniformed
> opinions of lesser 'able' mortals.
>
> Mark Ryan
> Social Work Student
> Melbourne
> Australia.
>
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