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2007-09-06 18:06:39 · 16 answers · asked by jobees 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ People with Disabilities
The PC term is "person with a disability" and I think that's my favorite. Someone asked me if I was physically challenged one and I wanted to hit him, and it was an honest question he wasn't trying to be rude.
2007-09-07 12:25:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
In reference to what?
2007-09-07 01:14:26 · answer #2 · answered by Y!A P0int5 Wh0r3 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I actually still kinda like handicapped. I KNOW how the term came about, but not many other people do. I know they don't mean I am begging cap in hand when they use the term. I prefer it to disabled because I am able to do almost everything I set my mind to. I just have to do it a bit differently. Handicap is still a term used in sports- someone say, golfing with a handicap is not seen as a bad thing, you know?
Impaired isnt bad- as long as you add what you're impaired by. Like I am visually impaired. That's as clear as it gets. Nobody needs that explained to them, and it's not derogatory, it's just true.
2007-09-08 01:58:08 · answer #3 · answered by kivrin9 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I prefer the term disability, because that is what I'm used to and that's it. Mine is not visible unless I'm having a bad day and am getting around with my cane. Also if my family and friends notice that I'm isolating myself and not going out they know that I'm getting "sick" and need to get into therapy right away. That's also a disability and it is always taken care of quickly.
2007-09-07 17:58:04 · answer #4 · answered by angelcat 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have an amputation, not a disability. Our government does not see it as a disability so neither do I.
Actually the term "Disability" is fine with me. I hate stuff that is PC or socially acceptable these days. Besides .... that little tag in my car window is great in crowded parking lots and at ball games and fairs. You see, there are a few perks for us.
Kev
2007-09-07 02:30:22 · answer #5 · answered by Hobgoblin Kev 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Disabled
I am a person with a disability, who has an impairment
My ears are impaired, my legs are impaired - I am not impaired. My son's cognitiion is impaired.
My impaired ears cause me to be a person with a disability of deafness and my impaired legs cause me to be a person with the disability of paraplegia - or simply a person with a disability. My son has Down syndrome which causes a multititude of impairments.
I am disabled by a society that refuses to provide what is needed so that my disabilities do not impeded/ challenge my ability to lead the life I want. My son is challenged by a society that refuses to see him as fully human and stigmatizes his very existence.
I am not challenge by my disability nor is my son - we are challenge by society. So I find it offensive when a person says I am mobility challenged or my son is cognitively challenges -the disability is not the challenge - society is.
We are disabled and proud to have accomplished what we have with the lives we have.
2007-09-07 08:02:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think challenged because we are all challenged in one way or another...if we are not physically or mentally challenged, we may be socially challenged because we judge those who are considered not normal to be less than capable. And that is the worst disablility of all....to be ignorant and unaccepting because someone isnt able to do certain things.
2007-09-07 10:20:17 · answer #7 · answered by Patricia O 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Disability
It is simple and gets the point across without being overly PC. If somebody has a disability they know it. When you treat them like some sort of special case I think they feel more "challenged" or "impaired". They are people like you and me. And that is the respect they deserve.
2007-09-07 01:22:15 · answer #8 · answered by rbasatada28 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
physically challenged
because i am....DIS in my opinion means unable to do something and that couldnt be farther from the truth for me. i was born with spina bifida and use a wheelchair for mobility purposes and i can do most things others can do. it may be a bit different that others would do it but i get it done just the same
2007-09-07 16:02:28 · answer #9 · answered by luckyduck2006 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None of the above, because I'm a crazy, crippled idiot!
You wouldn't be offended if you got my point.
Hey, we are all at different points of a polydimensional spectrum of abilities. If you consider the whole person instead of just their abilities, you'll see that labels are useless.
Any label that indicates a person is less than another will be eventually seen as derogatory.
At first, the "N word" was simply a mispronunciation of "*****". It only became offensive as people percieved it to mean that one group of people were somehow less than others.
In time, the words I used to make my point will hold equal offensiveness to those people that they refer to.
2007-09-07 05:35:12 · answer #10 · answered by Mr. Bennett 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋