Robert,
This phrase has a far longer history than mentioned in this reference below.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihil_novi
Frank
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Subject: Nothing about us without us
This is from Wikkipedia
"Nothing About Us Without Us!" (Latin: "Nihil de nobis, sine nobis") is a
slogan used to communicate the idea that no policy should be decided by any
representative without the full and direct participation of members the
group(s) affected by that policy. This involves national, ethnic,
ability-based, or other groups that are often thought to be marginalized
from political, social, and economic opportunities.
The saying in its Latin form has its origins in Central European foreign
relations, and is cited as a long standing principle of Hungarian law and
foreign policy,[1] and a cornerstone of the foreign policy of interwar
Poland.[2][3]
The term in its English form came into use in disability activism during the
1990s. James Charlton relates that he first heard the term used in talks by
South African disability activists Michael Masutha and William Rowland, who
had in turn heard the phrase used by an unnamed East European activist at an
earlier international disability rights conference. In 1998, Charlton used
the saying as title for a book on disability rights.[4]
The saying has since moved from the disability rights movement to other
interest group, identity politics, and populist movements.[5][6]
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