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)


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

And people tend to generalise.

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

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

Cinders

... No person is lonely while eating spaghetti.

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