[nabs-l] Disability Language
Carly Mihalakis
carlymih at comcast.net
Sun Jul 26 03:43:47 UTC 2015
Evening, Justin,
Sounds like you view your own experience, as removed from other blind ones?
Am I understanding this right? Why then not just
call everyone blind people, for that's what we will remain?
Car At 03:18 PM 7/25/2015, Justin Harford via nabs-l wrote:
>I share a similar experience, working here in
>the independent living movement. I always use
>the politically correct language when referring
>to other people, and when at professional
>functions, but I am always a blind person, not a
>person who is blind. > On Jul 25, 2015, at 2:54
>PM, Kaiti Shelton via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>wrote: > > Personally, what Caitlin just said
>extends to me even as a student in > a clinical
>field. I may be corrected in the future, but if
>I don't > see how a supervisor will have reason
>to correct me for identifying > myself as long
>as I am professional and politically correct
>when > referring to clients. They can correct
>me all they want if I call a > child I'm working
>with, "One of my blind kiddos," but if I'm
>saying, > "As a blind person I..." and they call
>me out on it, I'm likely to > explain why I
>prefer identity first language and liken it to
>Deaf with > a capital D instead of hearing
>impaired, and other such examples. > > I accept
>it is the right thing to do in clinical work,
>and want to set > a good example for others I
>might meet as a professional, but that is >
>separate from my personal beliefs and how I want
>to be > treated/referred to. You're right, you
>do have to separate personal > from professional
>and if people take issue with what I call myself
>and > not my clients, then that's them not
>separating the two, not I. > >> On 7/25/15,
>Caitlin Best via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>wrote: >> I work for the army and the equal
>opportunity office for roughly 5 years, so >> I
>had a great deal of death employees come into my
>office. Most deaf people >> are very proud of
>their culture and their community and you don't
>even >> consider themselves to have a
>disability. They do preferred to use a D a
>D >> to describe themselves. Also, using hearing
>impairment is very >> disrespectful. Most
>preferred to use hard of hearing or simply death
>because >> that is how they see
>themselves. >> >> As for other disability
>language, I would just rolled with whatever
>the >> person or people are comfortable
>with. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jul
>25, 2015, at 13:50, Karl Martin Adam via nabs-l
><nabs-l at nfbnet.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Justin,
>the idea that you know better what someone
>should be called than >>> they do themselves
>seems awfully patronizing. Isn't that sort of
>idea >>> that others know how we should live our
>lives better than we do a large >>> part of what
>we in the NFB and other disability rights
>organizations spend >>> our time fighting. Also
>I happen to know that there are a lot of
>deaf >>> people who consider themselves Deaf
>with a capital d and are very proud of >>> their
>culture. Calling them "persons with hearing
>impairments" or >>> something similar is
>extremely disrespectful. >>> >>> ----- Original
>Message ----- >>> From: justin williams via
>nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>> To: "'National
>Association of Blind Students mailing list'" >>>
><nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>> Date sent: Sat, 25 Jul
>2015 13:04:08 -0400 >>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l]
>Disability Language >>> >>> While operating in
>the field, I am careful to set the best example
>for my >>> consumer. Often times, consumers use
>names such as physically disabled, or >>> deaf,
>or something such as that. They use the
>terminology given to them >>> by >>> those who
>while well meaning, are not in touch with the
>day to day >>> maneusha >>> which goes along
>with having a disability. I am careful to
>usualy stay in >>> the professional guidelines
>unless doing so will cause undo
>stress. I've >>> noticed that when I use person
>first language, the consumer becomes more >>>
>empowered and is more inclined to take control
>of their life. >>> >>> -----Original
>Message----- >>> From: nabs-l
>[mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>Arielle >>> Silverman via nabs-l >>> Sent:
>Saturday, July 25, 2015 12:57 AM >>> To:
>National Association of Blind Students mailing
>list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>> Cc: Arielle
>Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com >>> Subject:
>[nabs-l] Disability Language >>> >>> Hi Kaiti
>and all. I read an article recently about
>disability language >>> which >>> was published
>in the journal American Psychologist and
>authored by Dana >>> Dunn, a prominent
>disability psychologist. Basically, the
>article >>> described >>> how language
>preferences are changing. As others have pointed
>out, there >>> is >>> a lot of debate about
>whether to use person-first ("person who is
>blind") >>> or >>> identity-first ("blind
>person"). What Dr. Dunn recommends is that >>>
>clinicians >>> should simply ask clients what
>term they prefer and use those terms >>>
>(honoring different clients with different
>terms, if necessary). So you >>> would not
>automatically need to call your client a person
>with a >>> disability >>> unless he/she
>explicitly prefers that language. I have noticed
>that the >>> vast >>> majority of people I
>meet/exchange emails with who have autism want
>to be >>> called "autistic people" and the only
>people I know who use the term >>> "people >>>
>with autism" are non-autistic people. So, I
>regularly use the term >>> "autistic >>> person"
>because that seems to be the majority preference
>for those who are >>> actually part of that
>group. If a particular autistic person or
>family >>> objects, then I will switch to their
>term of choice. I also use the term >>> "blind
>person" to describe myself and others in the
>blindness community. >>> When I talk to parents
>of blind children, I try to listen to their
>terms >>> and >>> follow their language (even if
>it's "visually impaired"). I think honoring >>>
>language and building common language is a part
>of building rapport and >>> trust with
>others. >>> Arielle >>> >>>
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> > > > -- > Kaiti Shelton > University of
>Dayton-Music Therapy > President, Ohio
>Association of Blind Students 2013-Present >
>Secretary, The National Federation of the Blind
>Performing Arts > Division 2015-2016 > > "You
>can live the life you want; blindness is not
>what holds you back!" > >
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