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It is fun playing with words, isn't it? Can we please get back to figuring out what will help people with disability, people of color (or should it be "colour"???), and people of different genders...:-) Timothy Lillie, PhD Dept. of Curricular & Instructional Studies The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-4205 > -----Original Message----- > From: keith armstrong [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 7:41 PM > To: Lillie,Timothy H > Cc: [log in to unmask] > 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.