[Nebraska-students] Philosophical Terminology

[Ryan Strunk]

Just to add fuel ...

I agree with you guys on all of this. I was one such that hated the term
"blind" until I was well into the federation. But what's concerning me is
that the term "visually impaired" seems to be creeping deeper and deeper
into our vocabulary. When the latest Jernigan institute newsletter came out,
there were two instances where "blind" and "visually impaired" were written
alongside one another. One such said that a group of blind and low vision
teens were excluded from skating at an ice rink. In that instance, did we
really need to separate the groups?

In Dr. Maurer's presidential release, he told us that the KNFB Mobile could
have the screen magnified to better assist the visually impaired. How come?
Are we recruiting even at our convention?

I believe that "visually impaired" can serve as a great recruitment tool,
but at what point are we straying too far over the line? When is enough
enough? I don't want to promote the hierarchy of vision any more than we
have to.

Just my thoughts,

Ryan