Re: Politically incorrect?

Subject: Re: Politically incorrect?
From: Karen Davis PSP team 03 505 <karene -at- ASIMOV -dot- SC -dot- TI -dot- COM>
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 1995 14:00:42 CDT

> I've also had lots of difficulty accepting politically correct
> language. For example, why do we say disabled (not able to do
> something, a less-offensive form of "invalid") instead of handicapped
> (having a disadvantage compared to non-handicapped people)? The latter
> is both more accurate and less offensive.



No, no. Not DISABLED... DIFFERENTLY ABLED! :)

Maybe invalid is no longer used due to it being easily misread as
not valid. Me, I'm vertically and gravitationally challenged! :)

Karen


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