> I'd agree that there's a problem partly because those who assist us do
> different jobs.
I like the term "assistant" because I need assistance in getting dressed and
getting to places on time. I don't care whether or how much the person who
assists me cares. And I don't want the person thinking that he/she needs to
"attend" to me.
Art
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Catherine Frazee
> > Sent: 22 March 2001 00:32
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: The Language and the Baggage of Caregiving (?)
> >
> >
> > Greetings all,
> >
> > I am attempting to bring a disability perspective to a project dealing
> > broadly with the subject of state recognition and support for "Close
> > Personal Relationships between and among Adults". The scope of
> > the project
> > is very broad -- a good deal of it focuses upon status accorded (or not
> > accorded) to various conjugal relationships -- but the section
> > that prompts
> > my posting this evening relates to non-conjugal adult relationships where
> > one of the adults has a disability and the other provides some level of
> > personal care or support, either for payment or not.
> >
> > Traditionally, these have been called "caregiving relationships". I am
> > finding myself quite aversive to the language of caregiving -- somehow for
> > me it carries far too much baggage of one-way dependence, and does not
> > recognize the reciprocity of many of these relationships (or,
> > alternatively, identifies caregiving as "special" to the domain of
> > disability, denying that it is integral to the mutuality of most close and
> > personal or intimate adult relationships).
> >
> > If any of you share this view, I would be most interested in hearing your
> > suggestions for a more appropriate (and accurate) language and/or frame.
> > Alternatively, if you think my concerns are unfounded, I shall be
> > receptive
> > to any reassurance.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Catherine Frazee
> >
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