How about suggesting a slogan that express our "agenda" somewhat more
direcctly, like "Disabled People Entering the Mainstream" (although that's
still too lame), or "Disabled People Commanding Power and Respect," or
"Disabled and Proud!" Karen
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Laurence
Bathurst
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 7:20 PM
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Subject: a query
Hi everyone
Can I beg people's indulgence in asking a few question to which I think I
have alluded to before? Would poeple mind pondering the slogan for
International Day for People with a DisAbility (in Australia) "A Celebration
of Ability". Is it not the 'celebration of ability' that causes disability?
Is the
accentuation of Ability by using a capital A in the word disability,
problematic for anyone besides me?
If anyone else agrees that the slogan is dubious, then is the slogan
"celebration of disability" just as problematic? Could such a slogan be
read 2 different ways? 1) The celebration of oppression and 2) the
celebration of disability as an identity of which to be proud?
Am I just being pedantic and a stirrer?
Best regards
Laurence Bathurst
School of Occupation and Leisure Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Sydney
P.O. Box 170
Lidcombe NSW 2141
Australia
Phone: (62 1) 9351 9509
Fax: (62 1) 9351 9166
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Please visit the School's interim web site at
http://www.ot.cchs.usyd.edu.au
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