Jim and Tom, fully agree.  I also use blind and say, when people ask 
me how long I have been sight impaired that there has never been any 
sight to be impaired.

Political correctness has gone way too far for my liking.


Ian, VK3vin






At 05:20 AM 25/05/2013, you wrote:
>I'm with you Tom.  Enough of this politically correct BS! Blind
>is blind, forget sight impaired.  I was once being deposed by an
>attorney who had no sense of humor far as I could tell.  At one
>point he asked me, "Have you been blind all of your life?" I said
>no, I'm not dead yet and just sat quietly.  There was a rather
>long and awkward silence after which he kind of stammered
>something like um well, how long have you been um er sight
>impaired? Jim WA6EKS
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Tom Behler <[log in to unmask]
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Date sent: Fri, 24 May 2013 15:04:40 -0400
>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!
>
>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.