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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi Justin, you bring up a very good question! I myself do not feel it’s necessary to discuss my blindness unless I’m going for a job interview where it could possibly be an embarrassing situation for me or the employer! I feel that I am a person who jut happens to be blind, not a blind person first! After all, I am also a person who has dark brown hair with blond highlights but I don’t feel I should have to describe myself that way! How do you think we can change the message that this sends? I’d be interested to hear anyone’s ideas on this one! take good care all!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Tammy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Ct-nfb [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Justin Salisbury via Ct-nfb<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 30, 2014 8:20 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'ct-nfb@nfbnet.org'<br><b>Subject:</b> [Ct-nfb] Person-First Language<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fellow Federationists:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In many circles in the disability community, there has come to be a practice of referring to ourselves as “people with disabilities” or “people who are blind” instead of “blind people.” <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What message does this send, and why do we not have a practice of saying “woman who is blonde,” or, for that matter, “person who is female and blonde?” Why do we not say “person who is male and short” instead of “short man?” What is it that is different about a disability that necessitates placing the adjective after the noun?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Yours in Federationism,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Justin Salisbury<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>