Speaking as someone *with* a disability...

*Anyone* is the wrong person to decide if a term is
offensive to someone else.  People come from all sorts
of backgrounds, and have all sorts of attitudes about
language.  I know for a fact that I consider terms
that are offensive to some others on this list to be
perfectly acceptable when applied to me, and I also
know for a fact that there are terms that others on
this list consider highly preferable, which I consider
personally offensive.

Just my 2 cents worth, hoping to cool down a thread
that looks close to heating up...

--Gwen Eastmond

--- Tanya Feddern <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Since you don't have a disability, you are the
> *wrong* person to decide if a
> term is offensive.


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