After years of experiencing verbal abuse, I wanted to subvert the stereotypes and help to change the way future generations perceive disabled people
Our society remains jittery today over the question of whether to use the phrase “disabled people” or “people with disabilities”. In the UK we lean towards “disabled people”. Under the social model of disability – the barriers/rights approach – disabled people see themselves as those who experience barriers within society. We fight against the disabling features of everyday life that are imposed on us – specific barriers to travel, say, or communication – and realise that the impaired functioning of our minds, bodies and senses is a separate issue. “People with disabilities” is a phrase often used by those who understandably want their humanity to be seen first, who don’t want be condemned by their impairment. The debates go on. For me however, I am now happy to call myself and to be called a disabled person, which puts me in the company of some fine comrades and allies sharing a fight to dismantle the disabling society Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/22/language-of-disability-stereotypes-disabled-people • Penny Pepper is performing in Return to the Workhouse Cabaret, on Saturday 3 December, at Chats Palace in Hackney -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
