In that case disability is being legally prevented from climbing the rigging
by a greek prefix
Which in just demonstrates the way in which most language usage is extended
meaning or metaphor. As the need for a new word arises it is coined from
something else which roughly conveys the idea by analogy (complex isn't it)
Therefore at any rate in the strict legal sence (is that reality enough for
Michael Morgan?) disability is the state which arises from being disabled,
disability being a verb.
From an historic and cultural point of view it would be interesting to see
how the term first began to be used in a medical context along with that
equally legal sounding in-valid which has scarely changed much in meaning by
metamorphosis into in-capacitated. in (a negative prfix) capacity (a
synonym for ability)
Has anyone any pointers on the origins of impairment ?
When we start talking of WHO do we assume as the English puritans did that
God speaks English? surely the term impairment has to be translated into a
multitude of languages and that if you were to directly to compare the words
used in those varios languages they might not at all be synonymous with each
other
Esperanto, Volapuk or Klingon anybody ?
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> Subject: Re: disability as loss
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>
> I hope this clears the matter up.
>
> The term 'able' in able-bodied originally referred to their
> ability to be press ganged in to the Royal Navy, it denotes
> having the ability to climb the riggings in a storm.
>
> The term disability is a legal term that denotes the loss of a
> legal ability such as the right to vote, to trade, etc.
>
> The term 'disability' refers to the Greek "Dis" meaning 'without'
> and 'ability' (see above). Throughout history many people have
> been disabled, many without physical or mental impairments.
> Nelson Mandela correctly stated while on trial that "as a black
> man he was disabled by apartheid"; Openly Jewish and Catholic
> men suffered civil disabilities in the 19th century by being
> denied the vote; Adult women were also disabled in the United
> Kingdom until 1928, etc. IMO The majority of people with
> physical impairments are disabled by society and it's laws.
>
> When referring to a persons 'medical' condition the World Health
> Organisation (WHO) uses the term 'impairment'.
>
> For references you can go to :
>
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/disabilitystudies>
>
> Keith
> Keith Armstrong
>
>
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