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!

So, I bravely said "Why don't we just use terms like blind, deaf, partially 
deaf, etc., and be done with the semantics.

In other words, call it like it is, and go on with your life.

That didn't go over so well.  (big smile)

Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: accessible radio


>I never understood this "visually challenged" junk.  Give me a break!!!!
>  No vision to it.
> 73
> Butch
> WA0VJR
> Node 3148
> Wallace, ks.
>
>
> On Fri, 24 May 2013, Howard Kaufman wrote:
>
>> Butch, that's true, but it still brings home the point.  blindness sucks,
>> but its not a death sentence; which is what most newly blinded people 
>> think
>> it is.  I am purposely using the B word here, because their is a movement 
>> to
>> avoid the word.  Forbidden words gain emence power just by being 
>> forbidden.
>> Its a word and if you use it on a tax form, it can be used in 
>> conversation.
>>
>>
>