[Nfbk] Person first language article

[Danielle Burton]

Hi Katie, 
This is interesting to me because those of us who are deaf-blind say we are a deaf-blind person. We put deaf-blind before the person because we are proud to identify ourselves as deaf-blind. It's part of deaf-blind culture. It means we belong to the deaf-blind community. I personally say I'm a deaf-blind person. If I was born deaf I would say I am Deaf-blind with a capital D because of Deaf culture. I find it difficult when writing and refering to my deaf-blindness in person first language because I feel it doesn't do it justice. It i a part of who I am in many ways although it doesn't define me. I can understand why person first language is often preferred but I wonder how many people with disabilities to use person first language here actually uses it themselves. 

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> On Aug 1, 2015, at 1:02 PM, Kayla.penny--- via Nfbk <nfbk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone, 
> 
> There's an interesting article floating around Facebook right now about Person First Language (PFL) that I thought some of you might want to take a look at.  For those of you that aren't familiar with the term, PFL is basically a way of wording things (person with a disability, instead of disabled person) that some "experts" view as less offensive.  
> 
> The article argues that many that are disabled would actually prefer identity first language (blind person, instead of person who is blind) as opposed to person first language.   IFL takes away the stigma that might be associated with having any particular disability.  
> 
> Anecdotally, I can say there's been some progress with this in terms of blindness.  My textbook for my special education class said you should use PFL language unless you were speaking about someone that is blind.  
> 
> What thoughts does everyone else have on this topic?   
> 
> The article can be found at http://www.thinkinclusive.us/why-person-first-language-doesnt-always-put-the-person-first/ . 
> 
> Katie  
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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