While I personally dislike the adjective "crippled", I'll use the ramp regardless of the label on the sign.... At 12:41 PM 4/2/99 -0500, you wrote: >Bravo, Ken! > >Why this '90s fascination with making sure we don't "label" someone? As >I've spouted before, when I was a kid I was "crippled", then >"handicapped", then "disabled", after that - "handi-capable" (the >smarminess makes me wanna puke). Now I find I'm "diffferently-abled". >Well, the only thing I'm able to do differently from the rest of the >crowd is park really close to the mall at holiday-time because I have >one of those "handicrapped" cards (my wife came up with that one because >the logo is so poorly designed it looks like a man sitting on the WC). > >Let's face it, whether we call a North American aboriginal an "Indian" >or "Native American", it's not going to help her find a job, education, >health care, etc. > >Give me a fair shake at housing, health care and a job for which I'm >qualified and you can call me anything you damn well please. > >Wow, if I had a womb I'd be pre-menstrual. > >