[stylist] question

[Aziza C]

Sometimes you don't need to kno where you were going, as long as you
get there, so where ever Barbra was going in writing what she did, I
think she got there. And she didn't even invite us. LOL. I liked what
you wrote though, and I agree with it.

On 3/24/09, James Canaday M.A.  N6YR <n6yr at sunflower.com> wrote:
> sadly,
> many of the terms, particularly "visually impaired"  have been
> promoted by paternalistic researchers/professors.  I knew one at
> kansas university.  had all kinds of publications, teaching that
> circumlocution actually helped us blind, and when we disagreed she
> dismissed our protests.
>
> if white professors published and insisted upon how blacks should be
> labeled, how long would that last?
>
> unfortunately I had to take a class as a grad student from that
> crone.    crone is a technical term.
> she never accepted that we blind people accepted the term and chose
> it for ourselves.
> jc
>
> Jim Canaday M.A.
> Lawrence, KS
>
> At 01:45 PM 3/24/2009, you wrote:
>>John, The reality, as much as you disagree, is that being sighted is
>>better than being blind.  Terms like "visually impaired", "Visually
>>challenged" or any of the like are legislated terms.  I can't see
>>any better or worse when a bureaucrat describes my visual
>>limitations.  I am what I am.  Like I said before, I have to take
>>those limitations, do the best I can to do what I am capable of and
>>continue striving to be the best me I can be.  I don't care how
>>society looks at my limitations.  And, yes, they are limitations.  I
>>have to be the one to deal with them.  Almost every person in this
>>world has limitations.  Some can create beautiful artwork, some
>>can't.  Some can write beautifully, some can't put together a
>>cognizant statement either verbally or in writing.  Some have
>>athletic prowess while others are happy being couch potatoes.  Some
>>love to eat while others are skinny and physically fit their entire
>>life.  All "problems", all "limitations" when put in the perspective
>>of the optimum and people all over the world live with them every
>>day.  When was the last time you heard of the "art impaired" person?
>>Or the person who can't sing one note without causing distress to
>>the other person's eardrums?  Are there cultures for the tone
>>deaf?  The person who can't draw a straight line?  John, deal with
>>John.  Society has enough problems.  As a society we have a lot to
>>deal with, but making John socially comfortable isn't one of them.
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "John Lee Clark"
>> <johnlee at clarktouch.com>
>>To: "'NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>>Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 1:56 PM
>>Subject: Re: [stylist] question
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>>
>>>Lori:
>>>
>>>I love the words blind and deaf.  I abhor anything with impaired in it.
>>>
>>>Although the definition of blind may say one who cannot see, and that's a
>>>negative description, we still have the opportunity to neutralize the word
>>>itself and have it convey something else entirely, into something that's
>>>cool.  Same with deaf.  We can take it and turn it around, and associate
>>> it
>>>with culture, pride, ASL, all sorts of great and positive things.
>>>
>>>But you can't neutralize and turn around a term like sight impaired. Tthat
>>>term does two very bad, bad, bad things.  First, it implies that sight is
>>>the ideal, that it's right, and what we SHOULD have, and that if we don't
>>>have it, we SHOULD want it.  This is society talking, "Sight is better."
>>>
>>>Second, the term implies that we're broken or we're short of the ideal, or
>>>we've fallen from the grace of what society says is normal.  This is very
>>>bad, bad, bad.
>>>
>>>Does NFB merely "prefer" the word blind?  It shouldn't.  it should embrace
>>>it absolutely.
>>>
>>>John
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