[nabs-l] Disability Language

Wed Jul 29 01:39:25 UTC 2015

I=20replied=20to=20her.=20See=20below.
Dear=20Ms.=20Kathy,=20I'm=20glad=20you=20enjoyed=20reading=20my=20travel=20=
log=20as=20
much=20as=20I=20enjoyed=20writing=20it.=20The=20memories=20I=20ade=20while=
=20on=20that=20
trip=20are=20memories=20I=20will=20keep=20for=20a=20lifetime.=20I=20can't=20=
preserve=20
memories=20with=20photos=20and=20videos,=20so=20writing=20is=20how=20I=20do=
=20it.=20It's=20
how=20I=20bring=20my=20memories=20and=20imagination=20to=20life.

Yours=20sincerely,
Sophie

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Michael=20D=20Ausbun=20via=20nabs-l=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Tue,=2028=20Jul=202015=2023:43:20=20+0000
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20Disability=20Language

Here=20is=20an=20interesting=20article=20with=20further=20information:=20
http://www.thinkinclusive.us/why-person-first-language-doesnt-alw
ays-put-the-person-first/?utm_content=3Dbuffer6172b&utm_medium=3Dsoci
al&utm_source=3Dfacebook.com&utm_campaign=3DbufferWhat%27s

Sent=20from=20my=20iPhone

On=20Jul=2026,=202015,=20at=207:15=20PM,=20Ashley=20Bramlett=20via=20nabs-l=
=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org<mailto:nabs-l at nfbnet.org>>=20wrote:

Hi,
I=20prefer=20indentity=20first=20language.
We=20never=20say=20person=20who=20is=20black=20or=20person=20=20who=20is=20=
grey=20haired.
We=20do=20not=20say=20person=20with=20curly=20hair.
Yet=20with=20disabilities=20we=20say=20people=20with=20disabilities=20or=20=
people=20
with=20autism,=20CP,=20or=20whatever=20the=20disability=20is.
Its=20strange=20to=20me=20this=20person=20first=20language.
We=20do=20not=20do=20that=20with=20other=20races,=20ages=20or=20ethnicities=
=20but=20yet=20
it=92s=20the=20politically=20correct=20thing=20to=20do=20with
disabilities.
Personally=20with=20usable=20vision,=20I=20like=20visually=20impaired,=20lo=
w=20
vision,=20or=20legally=20blind.
But=20I'm=20not=20offended=20by=20people=20saying=20blind=20person=20to=20m=
e.
I=20do=20understand=20why=20they=20say=20the=20person=20first=20but=20its=20=
annoying.

Ashley

-----Original=20Message-----=20From:=20justin=20williams=20via=20nabs-l
Sent:=20Saturday,=20July=2025,=202015=201:04=20PM
To:=20'National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list'
Cc:=20justin=20williams
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20Disability=20Language

While=20operating=20in=20the=20field,=20I=20am=20careful=20to=20set=20the=20=
best=20
example=20for=20my
consumer.=20Often=20times,=20consumers=20use=20names=20such=20as=20physical=
ly=20
disabled,=20or
deaf,=20or=20something=20such=20as=20that.=20=20They=20use=20the=20terminol=
ogy=20given=20
to=20them=20by
those=20who=20while=20well=20meaning,=20are=20not=20in=20touch=20with=20the=
=20day=20to=20
day=20maneusha
which=20goes=20along=20with=20having=20a=20disability.=20=20I=20am=20carefu=
l=20to=20
usualy=20stay=20in
the=20professional=20guidelines=20unless=20doing=20so=20will=20cause=20undo=
=20
stress.=20=20I've
noticed=20that=20when=20I=20use=20person=20first=20language,=20the=20consum=
er=20
becomes=20more
empowered=20and=20is=20more=20inclined=20to=20take=20control=20of=20their=20=
life.

-----Original=20Message-----
From:=20nabs-l=20[mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org]=20On=20Behalf=20Of=20
Arielle
Silverman=20via=20nabs-l
Sent:=20Saturday,=20July=2025,=202015=2012:57=20AM
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org<mailto:nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Cc:=20Arielle=20Silverman=20
<arielle71 at gmail.com<mailto:arielle71 at gmail.com
Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20Disability=20Language

Hi=20Kaiti=20and=20all.=20I=20read=20an=20article=20recently=20about=20disa=
bility=20
language=20which
was=20published=20in=20the=20journal=20American=20Psychologist=20and=20auth=
ored=20
by=20Dana
Dunn,=20a=20prominent=20disability=20psychologist.=20Basically,=20the=20art=
icle=20
described
how=20language=20preferences=20are=20changing.=20As=20others=20have=20point=
ed=20
out,=20there=20is
a=20lot=20of=20debate=20about=20whether=20to=20use=20person-first=20("perso=
n=20who=20is=20
blind")=20or
identity-first=20("blind=20person").=20What=20Dr.=20Dunn=20recommends=20is=
=20that=20
clinicians
should=20simply=20ask=20clients=20what=20term=20they=20prefer=20and=20use=20=
those=20
terms
(honoring=20different=20clients=20with=20different=20terms,=20if=20necessar=
y).=20
So=20you
would=20not=20automatically=20need=20to=20call=20your=20client=20a=20person=
=20with=20a=20
disability
unless=20he/she=20explicitly=20prefers=20that=20language.=20I=20have=20noti=
ced=20
that=20the=20vast
majority=20of=20people=20I=20meet/exchange=20emails=20with=20who=20have=20a=
utism=20
want=20to=20be
called=20"autistic=20people"=20and=20the=20only=20people=20I=20know=20who=20=
use=20the=20
term=20"people
with=20autism"=20are=20non-autistic=20people.=20So,=20I=20regularly=20use=20=
the=20
term=20"autistic
person"=20because=20that=20seems=20to=20be=20the=20majority=20preference=20=
for=20
those=20who=20are
actually=20part=20of=20that=20group.=20If=20a=20particular=20autistic=20per=
son=20or=20
family
objects,=20then=20I=20will=20switch=20to=20their=20term=20of=20choice.=20I=
=20also=20use=20
the=20term
"blind=20person"=20to=20describe=20myself=20and=20others=20in=20the=20blind=
ness=20
community.
When=20I=20talk=20to=20parents=20of=20blind=20children,=20I=20try=20to=20li=
sten=20to=20
their=20terms=20and
follow=20their=20language=20(even=20if=20it's=20"visually=20impaired").=20I=
=20think=20
honoring
language=20and=20building=20common=20language=20is=20a=20part=20of=20buildi=
ng=20
rapport=20and
trust=20with=20others.
Arielle

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