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on 2/7/02 5:22 PM, Gregor Wolbring at [log in to unmask] wrote: > but question is whether this person first thing works. > It's like saying I am a person with the gender male/female. > Yes, perhaps it's splitting hairs to insist on the person first, but one of the reasons you wouldn't say "Iam...gender male/female" is because our language gives us the words "woman and man" to cover that particular instance. I don't know that we have an equivalent term for disability. The one that comes to mind is "crip" which I apply to myself when I am feeling confrontational or irreverent or in the company of other friends who happen to be disabled and know my sense of dark humor. On the other had I do think it is important to be aware of the nuances of language when describing the experience of disability. It makes me think of a sign on a local turnpike I travel occasionally. It reads "Disabled drivers stay with vehicle". It is the lack of clarity in use of language that makes me wonder why I must stay with my car, while anyone who isn't disabled can leave... Mare > > > On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, MaryAnn O'Toole wrote: > >> >> In disability focused organizations I have worked in we have always used >> "people with disabilities", the understanding being that it puts the person >> before the disability (literally and figuratively) in importance. >> > > ________________End of message______________________ > > Archives and tools for the Disability-Research Discussion List > are now located at: > > www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html > > You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page. -- MaryAnn "Mare" O'Toole Director of Academic Computing The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University 700 Beacon Street Boston, MA 02215 617 585-6661 otoole@aiboston [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] --- FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION. It comes bundled with the software. ________________End of message______________________ Archives and tools for the Disability-Research Discussion List are now located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page.