Yeah, and if you were in Michigan in 1980 through 2000 or so, you weren't 
disabled, you were a handicapper.  I remember the day the legislature 
approved that in the Civil Rights Act in Michigan; the guy I worked for at 
the time got so excited.  The feeling was handicapper is someone who 
determines the extent if any he/she allows their limitations to affect the.

Personally, I'm not in to the politically correct thing.  It is more 
uncomfortable to hear a sightie stammer and stumble around trying to find 
the right word.

And, I think there is a lot of over-simplification.  I've heard people from 
a certain organization claim that blind people can do anything, except for 
driving.  There are a lot of us who do amazing things; but, to state that we 
can do anything or do it as fast and as well is not generally valid.  I did 
a lot of things hobby-wise and career-wise, but there were things that I 
couldn't do as well or as fast as sighted co-workers; while there were other 
areas where I was certainly competitive.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: accessible radio


> Did I ever tell you guys that I caught a lot of grief once when doing a
> presentation at a Society For Disability Studies conference, and we got 
> into
> a discussion of politically correct terminology?
>
> We were argued with when we used the term "disabled", because it sounded
> like you should be taken out to a pasture and shot, like an old disabled
> animal.
>
> Then, we got into trouble when we used terms like "visually or physically
> challenged", because what happens if the person fails the challenge!