[nagdu] People First, Please was Re: blind dog training

[Marion Gwizdala]

Larry,
    Though most people know me by name because I make it a habit to 
introduce myself and find out the person's name I am speaking with, I 
sometimes say, "Hi! This is Marion, the tall, redheaded blind guy!" I think 
it would be rather cumbersome to say, "the man who is tall, who is 
redheaded, and is visually impaired." (The latter is just for those people 
who also believe we shouldn't use the term "blind"! (grin) About the only 
time I use "people first" language is when I am doing professional writing 
and the publication for whom I am writing requires it.
Fraternally yours,
Marion


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry D. Keeler" <lkeeler at comcast.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] People First, Please was Re: blind dog training


>I think they come from folks who are not necessarily comfortible with 
>they're condition.  I've tried the political correctness thing and it 
>usually doesn't work exceptt when addressing non disabled folks who as a 
>rule aren't comfortible with us.  My daughter calls herself deaf and I'm 
>blind.  My wife calls herself a wheelchair user.  Although the latter 
>implies that she can decide whether or not to us the thing!  I personally 
>find that refering to my condition as blind sure clears up a lot!  I do 
>aggree with Nicole that it shouldn't be the first thing one knows about us. 
>I hated being refered to as "Blind Larry"!  I once had someone fololow me 
>around downtown and finally I asked him what was it he wanted!  He was 
>having a really hard time wondering what to call my blindness!  I told him 
>you refer to me by my name first!
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 11:26 AM
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>> Well, of course, that is just way over the top, and there is that danger. 
>> I don't know where some of those things come from. LOL.
>>
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