Only yesterday I had to point out that access to a meeting was not a
"Special Need" just an ordinary everyday requirement of my job!
Tom
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Katherine Delores
Sent: 29 September 2009 18:15
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Thanks, Devva. While a grain of sand on a beach, no sand, no beach!
Katherine D. Seelman, Ph.D.
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Associate Dean Disability Programs
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
University of Pittsburgh
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From: Devva Kasnitz [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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Kate,
They deserve a good answer just for asking. Of course, they need to know
there is no unanimity and no foolproof hedge against change.
Devva
At 01:05 PM 9/29/2009, Seelman, Katherine Delores wrote:
I work in an environment in which some professionals (engineers et al)
have had little association with the Disability Movement and Disability
Studies. However, they are quite willing to entertain a reasoned and
short explanation of why some terms are not acceptable and to adopt
alternatives. I do this, in part, because I feel uncomfortable if I do
not intervene, especially because we have so many disabled people
interacting with us--including me.
Kate Seelman
Katherine D. Seelman, Ph.D.
Professor Rehabilitation Science and Technology
Associate Dean Disability Programs
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
University of Pittsburgh
5036 Forbes Tower
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
412-383-6727
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.
English is the "language of choice" for less than 15% of humans in the
world -
so all these PC or non-PC English terms are heavily outnumbered and out-
gunned by the words and phrases most people actually use in the real
world
outside the anglo box :)
Relax ... the Chinese will come and offer some nice new words to chew
on...
miles
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