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----- Original Message ----- From: Mairian Corker <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, September 26, 1999 7:12 AM Subject: Re: People first in canada Hi contributers > Interesting this. I get the reverse that is when I use 'deaf', it gets > edited up to 'Deaf' even when I'm not talking about sign language users. I > don't think this issue is simple. It seems we're caught between a rock and > a hard place on the issue of how we describe ourselves and that is perhaps > something that needs to be addressed on an international level. I have seen Mairian refer to this phenomenon before and its intriguing. A bit like waves crashing onto themselves causing the foam to obscure the real depth. I have no answers but I do feel that if we could understand this Deaf, deaf, disability thing, it would provide better understanding of some of the more *risky* aspects of identifying and identity. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%