Comments on: Thoughts on disability and respectful language http://threeriversblog.com/2009/07/thoughts-on-disability-and-respectful-language.html Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:09:50 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Monday Catch Up « The Gender Blender Blog http://threeriversblog.com/2009/07/thoughts-on-disability-and-respectful-language.html#comment-7985 Monday Catch Up « The Gender Blender Blog Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:49:52 +0000 http://threeriversblog.com/?p=486#comment-7985 [...] Thoughts on disability and respectful language. [...] [...] Thoughts on disability and respectful language. [...]

]]> By: links for 2009-07-05 « Embololalia http://threeriversblog.com/2009/07/thoughts-on-disability-and-respectful-language.html#comment-7960 links for 2009-07-05 « Embololalia Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:03:18 +0000 http://threeriversblog.com/?p=486#comment-7960 [...] three rivers fog » Thoughts on disability and respectful language When at all possible, I prefer to use the term “condition” rather than words like illness, disease, disorder — which require the assumption that something is wrong with the person. The word “condition” has a more-or-less neutral connotation, in my experience, which allows me to describe the condition (see what I did there?) of a person’s body and/or mind without loading them down with all the detritus attached to the medical model, which assumes deviance over variance. (tags: ability language) [...] [...] three rivers fog » Thoughts on disability and respectful language When at all possible, I prefer to use the term “condition” rather than words like illness, disease, disorder — which require the assumption that something is wrong with the person. The word “condition” has a more-or-less neutral connotation, in my experience, which allows me to describe the condition (see what I did there?) of a person’s body and/or mind without loading them down with all the detritus attached to the medical model, which assumes deviance over variance. (tags: ability language) [...]

]]> By: Femmostroppo Reader - July 5, 2009 — Hoyden About Town http://threeriversblog.com/2009/07/thoughts-on-disability-and-respectful-language.html#comment-7910 Femmostroppo Reader - July 5, 2009 — Hoyden About Town Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:51:28 +0000 http://threeriversblog.com/?p=486#comment-7910 [...] Thoughts on disability and respectful language [...] [...] Thoughts on disability and respectful language [...]

]]> By: Jesse the K http://threeriversblog.com/2009/07/thoughts-on-disability-and-respectful-language.html#comment-7902 Jesse the K Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:36:00 +0000 http://threeriversblog.com/?p=486#comment-7902 <blockquote><i> begin quote</I> These are the people who police that boundary. These are the people who try to shame you. Not disabled people. Abled people. <i>quote ends</i> </blockquote> <strong>From your lips to G-d's ear!</strong> Sadly, many people who become disabled house an able-bodied border patroller in their heads. Even though I had many reasons to know otherwise, it took me years to understand that, yes, I was <em>disabled</em>. That realization opened the doors to the accommodations and creativity of the disability community, and oh I'm glad of it. In my mid-50s, I'm repeatedly seeing this conflict between the invisible lines on the map and the material realities of our bodies and minds. Posts like these can help millions as they age into disability.

 begin quote These are the people who police that boundary. These are the people who try to shame you. Not disabled people. Abled people. quote ends 

From your lips to G-d’s ear!
Sadly, many people who become disabled house an able-bodied border patroller in their heads. Even though I had many reasons to know otherwise, it took me years to understand that, yes, I was disabled. That realization opened the doors to the accommodations and creativity of the disability community, and oh I’m glad of it.

In my mid-50s, I’m repeatedly seeing this conflict between the invisible lines on the map and the material realities of our bodies and minds. Posts like these can help millions as they age into disability.

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