Subject: | |
From: | |
Reply To: | St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List |
Date: | Sun, 30 Jun 2002 14:41:51 -0500 |
Content-Type: | text/plain |
Parts/Attachments: |
|
|
At 12:31 AM 6/30/2002, you [Joy] wrote:
>Me too. On that note, there's something that's really been bothering me
>lately. I live in Maryland, in one of the suburbs of DC, when I'm not at
>school. I have a job in downtown Washington, and I use the Metro (our
>subway) to get there. The Metro elevators play a recorded message when you
>get in that says, "Please give priority to senior citizens and handicapped
>persons."
>
>I agree with the sentiment, but it makes me feel extremely self-conscious
>when there are other people in the elevator... like they're looking at me,
>going, "Yep, she's handicapped, that's what they're talking about." I much
>prefer "people with disabilities", which some of the stations do use instead
>of "handicapped". There's something about "handicapped" that just makes me
>feel inferior... like "retarded" or "crippled".
>
>I've been thinking about seeing what I can do to get this changed. What do
>you guys think? Do you feel the same way about the term? Am I overreacting
>here?
Yes. I'd use it (elevator, ramp, etc.) even if sign read "For old people
& cripples only."
BOB
|
|
|