Cindy Haglund wrote to George Pope, "Disabled? or bad terminol" on 10-27-05
09:37

 CH> 0n (19 Oct 05) George Pope wrote to all...

 GP> Too bad it only works in writing, not verbally, but I think
"disabled"
 GP> is the wrong term -- "dis" means "not" so
disabled means "not able"
 GP> (and I think only corpses are NOT able!)

 GP> The more accurate term would be "dysability"(ie. able, but with
 GP> difficulty)


 CH>  nod... :( But you know how hard it is to remove a stigma such
 CH> language causes.

 CH> And people tend to generalise.

 CH> IE: your'e not a person who is deaf, you are a deaf person. That is
 CH> people tend to define each other not by what they CAN do, but what
 CH> they can't do...

Here's something I can disagree with. I can't leap over tall
 buildings, or run faster than a speeding locomotive...

I've never been described as not-Superman. Not supper-man either, but
 that's another echo's topic.

 CH> As in: If you can't hear, you can't think either....


 CH> Cinders

 CH> ... No person is lonely while eating spaghetti.

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