To Judy and Gill
I have always enjoyed your postings too. So even though you set yourselves up
as: disabled by proxy; the plagues of pestalence; the hearing people
in AUSLAN class; the priest at the jewish wedding; the bi-sexual at
the gay and lesbian mardi gras; the wart on the nose of Miss
Venezuala; and as weevils in the flour, I urge you to continue your
contributions.
I am still looking for new therapies and interventions for my list
folks...any more ideas?
I'm off for some nutritional and collegial repatriation (afternoon tea)
Thanks Judy,
>
> I needed that kindness. I was just beginning to consider retreating to where
> I came from, and zipping up my thoughts within myself.
>
> Sometimes, I feel there is a place for gut reaction and emotion on a forum
> like this. I also value the opinions of the more learned and academically
> eloquent members. I would say that sometimes they inspire me....but I better
> be careful! They certainly cause me to reflect and consider my own
> perceptions.
> I would like to say that I will be more careful in what I say in future, but
> why should I be?
> Sometimes I am impulsive, but I think that can be OK too.
> Gill.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [log in to unmask]
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
> > [log in to unmask]
> > Sent: 09 March 1999 15:24
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: dismay at terminlology
> >
> >
> > Sometimes words have both a private meaning and a public meaning.
> >
> > Gill's private meaning for "inspirational" is motivated by her love for
> > her child, and literally means what it says.
> >
> > The public meaning of "inspirational" is something like "I'm an important
> > public personality, and I've got more interesting things to do than think
> > seriously about disability rights, so I'll fob 'em off with a single word
> > of mawkish hyperbole, which shouldnt take up too much energy, and
> > then hopefully, we can all forget about it".
> >
> > Bearing this in mind allows us to applaud the private usage, and critique
> > the public usage.
> >
> > WIth a bit of awareness, there need be no conflict and hurt between the
> > excellent people on this list, who we all know are dedicated to the
> > advancement of disability rights.
> >
> > Judy Singer
> >
>
Best regards
Laurence Bathurst
School of Occupation and Leisure Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Sydney
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Australia
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