Hi Karen,
Don't you find the word "lame" offensive? I had a blow out with one of
the Dean's for using this word-I did so since he makes it a policy to
point out the negative connotations of language when white people use
comparable words re. African-Americans. Your thoughts?
Phyllis
On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, Karen Hirsch wrote:
> 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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> Bathurst
> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 7:20 PM
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> Subject: a query
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> 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
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> Phone: (62 1) 9351 9509
> Fax: (62 1) 9351 9166
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> Please visit the School's interim web site at
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