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Well, impairment implies that you are impaired, not quite right, and not normal. I think we use disabled because it is the choice of most people as witnessed by the fact that we keep using it.....David Pfeiffer On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, mark ryan wrote: > I'm somewhat new to this list and speaking as someone with an 'impairment' > could somebody please explain why everybody keeps using the term > 'disabled'? I find it highly offensive. It implies I am somehow > defective, not quite right and not normal. I would like to think that > these terms are merely socially constructed and the only the uniformed > opinions of lesser 'able' mortals. > > Mark Ryan > Social Work Student > Melbourne > Australia. > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%