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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 11:28 AM Original message |
I don't like the term "special needs". |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. someone asked my friend what he preferred to be called and his reply was "John, dumbass" |
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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 11:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I like the way he thinks. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. And my response to that would have been... |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. whoa, were you there? |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 11:46 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. No offense meant; that's my usual response to rudeness |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. no offense taken. he prefers to be called by his name that a weak label |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
4. I think the terms of preference depend on personal taste |
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Lost in CT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Differently abled is a lie... I'm blind in one eye tht is diffrent.. it isn't |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
6. I believe the reasoning is the semantics |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
9. That's an interesting take... |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. I learned recently that a lot of deaf people feel that way |
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trudyco (975 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
10. I agree with you. My child has learning differences. But not everybody |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Both learning differences you mention require special attention |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
13. It's going to take some time to find the right language about disabilities. |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
14. Yes sometimes the terms that seemed progressive when first used are not so useful |
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serrano2008 (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
16. I just like how there are so many different terms and there are people who don't like all of them. |
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