Perhaps, Mandela knew something about social model of disability, before
others did, or was he the catalyst for it? If we look at the definition of
disability from a social model definition it makes sense. I guess a lot of
Vic Finkelstein's work says it too, anyway.
Maria
----- Original Message -----
From: "keith armstrong" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2001 12:43 PM
Subject: Re: 'Ablist'??
> So Han, you could have been press-ganged! The food was
> not so good, nor were the working conditions.
>
> I was referring to the origin of the term 'able-bodied',
> I accept that as time has progressed, the meaning of
> terms can change.
>
> However, the opposite meaning of 'able-bodied' was not and is not
'disabled'. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela stated when he was on trial for
treason, in South Africa in 1961, that he was disabled by apartheid.
>
> Someone who is made bankrupt is legally considered 'disabled'and cannot
become a company
> director,stand for election, etc., until the bankruptcy has been
discharged.
>
> People who had leprosy were consider 'disabled' because they had no legal
rights (they could not own property, nor could they take any legal action)
in the UK in the middle ages.
>
> Keith
> Keith Armstrong
>
> <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>
>
>
>
> On Sat, 25 Aug 2001 20:20:01 -0400 Han Tacoma <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Keith & Jenny:
> >
> > I am a bit confused by this interchange.
> >
> > I competed in the international regatta "Mobility 1999".
> > We had competitors that used "sip-n'puf" technologies.
> > These were not designed to give an advantage to people
> > that were not able, rather, ...they were equalizers.
> >
> > Given the necessary apparatus, I would -- just as my
> > Australian peers -- compete in the Sidney to Osaka
> > race and dumbfound the people in Japan when getting
> > of the boat in a wheelchair.
> >
> > I am a certified sailor. If necessary I would probably
> > be "able" to climb the mast to bring the sail down.
> > ...or I would find another way of "dis"-abling the craft.
> > Then I'm "just a paraplegic."
> >
> > Toronto is close to making the subway accessible -- to
> > wheelchairs. Still some work to do, however.
> >
> >
>
> --
> Have you checked out-
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/disabilitystudies
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BeforeAscii_ART
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Absolutely_Visual
> or
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CJD_SOYLENTGREEN
>
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