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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'>I think Rob’s point is still clear—we are more than our disability, or for that matter, any single characteristic. Just as I might cringe at someone saying how terrible it was that someone got hurt because said someone was blind, I’d likely question the compassion of someone who said “How offal! A blond woman got hit by a car!”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I often like to dub the majority of the population as “people that happen to be sighted”. This makes me a man who happens to be happy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Trevor A<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 #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> 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 6:20 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'ct-nfb@nfbnet.org'<br><b>Subject:</b> [Ct-nfb] Person-First Language<o:p></o:p></span></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>