http://www.r-word.org/
Language affects attitudes
and the use of derogatory words to describe disabled people
or used as pejoratives
helps foster a society in which hate and abuse of disabled people can flourish.
-Alex Bain, March 2000
"People are not limited by their disability, they are limited by a lack of opportunity" -- Dan Habib
1 comment:
Go Alex!
It certainly puts the Special Olympics in the spotlight, as well as the more general point of language.
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