tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post1037550791274470895..comments2023-07-25T09:25:34.293+01:00Comments on The Voyage: Words, language, attitudes and actionsSharon McDaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550156204691696968noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post-29503273010895634402010-03-09T13:48:27.076+00:002010-03-09T13:48:27.076+00:00Encapsulated a lot of what I have gone through jus...Encapsulated a lot of what I have gone through just recently. Thanks for having a good aul rant, it made me feel better! MicheAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post-35696062032606032802010-03-07T23:57:15.346+00:002010-03-07T23:57:15.346+00:00Guilty...I have done and said those words many tim...Guilty...I have done and said those words many times in the past without thinking at all of the harm of them. <br /><br />I'll stop...Manuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16333257013163173911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post-19728984010051391192010-03-06T08:01:40.418+00:002010-03-06T08:01:40.418+00:00"A person starts to live when he can live out..."A person starts to live when he can live outside himself." - Albert Einstein !<br /><br /><br /><br />what is the point of this quote ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post-68406076639817305062010-03-03T20:00:43.416+00:002010-03-03T20:00:43.416+00:00Yadda yadda on the R-word. If anyone needs to insu...Yadda yadda on the R-word. If anyone needs to insult someone I have a whole host of really good sweary words that my culture has honed over the years, most of them referring to sexual acts or organs. So please get in touch and stop using the R-word, S-word or any others which you know, in your heart, HURT people.<br /><br />As for this paragraph<br />"but it’s the medicalization of atypical learning and social behaviour that’s dehumanizing, hence the basis of all slurs for people"<br /><br />That perfectly encapsulates something which another um, mature parent and myself were discussing tonight. The way that the newly diagnosed parent will actually believe and take quite literally the language used in a medical report or diagnosis. Thus limiting their own child's potential through their failure to see beyond the label language, and see the child.<br /><br />And we see it (my friend and I) a lot more these days - where parents don't actually KNOW their child because the "medicalization of atypical learning and social behaviour" has dehumanized their child, in their own eyes!!!!<br /><br />Whatever we may whinge and bitch about the medical or teaching professions, you, the PARENT should be the biggest fan of the child. The advocate, the interpreter, the believer and the ENABLER of potential. <br /><br />And I am seeing it first hand even more now through the facebook group who hopefully have their eyes opened - to see the child they have and all their good points. And then I hear it when someone contacts me for the iPhone communication App, and then doesnt understand why they should be encouraging their child to ENGAGE with them, for more than just basic human needs.<br /><br />Now I sound like some auld wan pining for the Good Ole Days, But in my day we got educated, we became our own best therapist/advocate/teacher and our child's number 1 lobby-ist.<br /><br />We didn't believe the percentile scores and medicalization of atypical learning and social behaviour - language in those horrid reports.<br /><br />So yeah!<br /><br /><br />And if you need those excellent swearwords, get in touch. I have a gift. xxLisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17090964959615102849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post-46833994496871886752010-03-03T20:00:41.056+00:002010-03-03T20:00:41.056+00:00Yadda yadda on the R-word. If anyone needs to insu...Yadda yadda on the R-word. If anyone needs to insult someone I have a whole host of really good sweary words that my culture has honed over the years, most of them referring to sexual acts or organs. So please get in touch and stop using the R-word, S-word or any others which you know, in your heart, HURT people.<br /><br />As for this paragraph<br />"but it’s the medicalization of atypical learning and social behaviour that’s dehumanizing, hence the basis of all slurs for people"<br /><br />That perfectly encapsulates something which another um, mature parent and myself were discussing tonight. The way that the newly diagnosed parent will actually believe and take quite literally the language used in a medical report or diagnosis. Thus limiting their own child's potential through their failure to see beyond the label language, and see the child.<br /><br />And we see it (my friend and I) a lot more these days - where parents don't actually KNOW their child because the "medicalization of atypical learning and social behaviour" has dehumanized their child, in their own eyes!!!!<br /><br />Whatever we may whinge and bitch about the medical or teaching professions, you, the PARENT should be the biggest fan of the child. The advocate, the interpreter, the believer and the ENABLER of potential. <br /><br />And I am seeing it first hand even more now through the facebook group who hopefully have their eyes opened - to see the child they have and all their good points. And then I hear it when someone contacts me for the iPhone communication App, and then doesnt understand why they should be encouraging their child to ENGAGE with them, for more than just basic human needs.<br /><br />Now I sound like some auld wan pining for the Good Ole Days, But in my day we got educated, we became our own best therapist/advocate/teacher and our child's number 1 lobby-ist.<br /><br />We didn't believe the percentile scores and medicalization of atypical learning and social behaviour - language in those horrid reports.<br /><br />So yeah!<br /><br /><br />And if you need those excellent swearwords, get in touch. I have a gift. xxLisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17090964959615102849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post-82710109184073875952010-03-03T17:35:15.774+00:002010-03-03T17:35:15.774+00:00(Edited to clarify some wording...)
Another argum...(Edited to clarify some wording...)<br /><br />Another argument that bugs me to no end is when people claim that, because of the euphemism treadmill, the R-word no longer actually refers to people with intellectual disabilities, just to NTs doing stupid things. One of my then-favorite comedians used this argument in a routine on The Daily Show last month; suffice it to say, he's no longer such a favorite.<br /><br />The thing is, that argument is wrong on several counts.<br /><br />First of all, remember the whole controversy over <i>Tropic Thunder</i>? That was because the word <em>was</em> used to refer to a character in the film-within-a-film with an intellectual disability. And that movie came out just two years ago. So yeah, still used in its literal sense.<br /><br />But wait, it gets even more ridiculous: <em>that's still the term used in the DSM-IV-TR!</em> Yes, it's finally being replaced with a different term in the draft DSM-V, but as of right now, "retardation" is the official term used in the American Psychological Association's diagnostic manual.codeman38https://www.blogger.com/profile/09005307767833296869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post-44275336622916154682010-03-03T17:25:57.038+00:002010-03-03T17:25:57.038+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.codeman38https://www.blogger.com/profile/09005307767833296869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post-44040322403487353372010-03-03T15:32:31.443+00:002010-03-03T15:32:31.443+00:00Kowalski, this one's been buzzing in my head f...Kowalski, this one's been buzzing in my head for a while. I am sick of these arguments. It would be nice if people listened when someone politely said they'd prefer they didn't use certain terms, but they work so hard to convince us that we're wrong to ask this great big thing of them. Their right to triumph beats everything else.<br /><br />Yeah I've heard that whole "its been reclaimed" thing, and I think, "yes in certain circumstances and by some people, but it doesn't give me or you the right to use that word, especially not when it's equivalent to an insult."<br /><br />I have seen George Carlin's ideas misrepresented loads of times by doods seeking to keep right on the oppression train. It rankles. It would be great if you could blog on that.Sharon McDaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550156204691696968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post-27582964258219642782010-03-03T12:44:37.702+00:002010-03-03T12:44:37.702+00:00Ooooh, what a great post, Sharon!!!
I especially ...Ooooh, what a great post, Sharon!!!<br /><br />I especially like that you point out that these words are <i>equivalents</i> to negative traits, because a lot of disabled people use "spaz" or "spastic" as a term of endearment, and the reclaimation of a word has often been used as an excuse to continue using it as an insult.<br />The N-word is a good example, white people who justify its use by saying black people use it as well are ignoring the different meaning as well as the fact that black people don't have a hive-mind.<br /><br />Also, that blogger you quoted is such an arsehole, I've no words. He used George Carlin of all people to make a point, WTF?<br />Carlin did have his offensive moments (mocking fat people for instance) but generally Carlin loved to piss off privileged and powerful people. He was a huge contrast to today's comedy twats who heavily rely on mocking minorities. <br />(I really should blog about this instead of ranting on...)Kowalskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02721930740134952985noreply@blogger.com