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Interesting, in the UK, mental retardation was replaced with Mentally Handicapped in the 1960s. Now its people with learning difficulties... nothing to do with me. Can someone from the US please explain developmentally disabled? Is Cerebral Palsy seen as this? If so, what on earth is that about? I never been impaired in my development as this implies normalized development when is clearly pathological. -- Simon Stevens [log in to unmask] Tel: +44(0)24 7644 8130 Fax: +44(0)870 133 2447 -----Original Message----- From: The Disability-Research Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lillie,Timothy H Sent: 18 July 2002 14:04 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: 2003 logo We "moved on" in the field of mental retardation (still what it is called in the US) from the technical terms: moron, idiot and imbecile to kinder, gentler terms like retardate and "the" mentally handicapped. We fairly recently moved on to just the term mental retardation. We will move on to other kinder, gentler terms not because we are a perverse and wicked people but because we NEED labels to help us make necessary distinctions, such as providing equity for various groups. The new label will then make the old one seem barbaric, only to (in time) become a loaded term, and again replaced and replaced and replaced. However, I do believe that one day the lion will lie down with the lamb, so I join you in the hope for a better future. Timothy Lillie, PhD Dept. of Curricular & Instructional Studies The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-4205 > -----Original Message----- > From: Sarah Supple [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 4:36 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: 2003 logo > > > Yea, I guess you only need a term such as disabled whilst it's put in > opposition to being 'able'. Once we move on from such > categorisations and > dichotomies we won't need it anymore, I look forward to this > time. Sarah. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "keith armstrong" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 12:40 AM > Subject: Re: 2003 logo > > > > Do you teach about women with sexisms or black people with racisms? > > > > However you can have a "disability" without having an > impairment. Women > in the UK were disabled up until 1928 (when they had the vote > and were able > to stand as candidates) > > > > Your "ability" is related to the skills you have learned and the > technology you are able to control. > > > > I still have a problem with the long term use of > "disability", hopefully > as we become more civilised it will go away. > > > > > > Keith > > > > > > On Wed, 17 Jul 2002 15:33:09 -0400 > > "Lillie,Timothy H" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > With respect, the social model can encompass either term. > What I was > trying to point out is that the shibboleth of which comes > first is not worth > (in my view) much time or effort; what counts is what happens > in the lives > of people with disabilities. > > > > > > Timothy Lillie, PhD > > > Dept. of Curricular & Instructional Studies > > > The University of Akron > > > Akron OH 44325-4205 > > > > -- > > Have you been to: > > > > < http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Absolutely_Visual > > > > > < http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BeforeAscii_ART > > > > > < http://groups.yahoo.com/group/disabilitystudies > > > > > < http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Art_in_Context > > > > > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thecurrentwar/> > > > > ________________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. > > > > ________________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. > ________________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. ________________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.