[games_access] disability or limitation?

[D. Michelle Hinn]

I think Steve hits it out of the ball park with "And that's because  
to me, disabled is not a negative, it simply a description such as  
Tall, Dark, or Handsome." It comes down to whatever we are  
comfortable with describing ourselves as.

Michelle

On Nov 3, 2009, at 4:48 AM, Steven Spohn wrote:

> Purely speaking as someone who is disabled, I really don't  
> understand all the fuss about what word someone would use to  
> describe me. There is only one word that I can't stand to describe  
> my disposition and that starts with the C.  as far as disabled, I  
> think it's just calling it what it is.
>
>
>
> I don't think short people want to be called vertically challenged,  
> just as I don't see a need to call me physically challenged. I'm  
> just never going to tell someone that I possess a limitation, again  
> nothing against the idea, but purely speaking as someone who is  
> disabled. The key of that sentence is, I am disabled.
>
>
>
> On the same subject, about three years ago people started trying to  
> use “handi-capable” … that word was obviously started by people who  
> are trying too hard. Personally, I couldn't stand that phrase. To  
> me it feels patronizing for someone to say that I'm not handicapped  
> I’m hand-capable.  Political correctness just goes too far  
> sometimes, I would fully support any word the list would like to  
> use publicly, but as far as I'm concerned I'm disabled and I'm  
> going to continue to say “disabled.”  And that's because to me,  
> disabled is not a negative, it simply a description such as Tall,  
> Dark, or Handsome.
>
>
>
> Steve Spohn
>
> Associate Editor
>
> www.AbleGamers.com
>
>
>
> From: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access- 
> bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of Javier Mairena
> Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 4:17 AM
> To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [games_access] disability or limitation?
>
>
>
> Good question Sandra!!
>
> In Spain we are changing the world that people use.
> We have been using disabled people or handicapped. But these words  
> have bad means. They are not disable people!! is the society that  
> is not accesible for them!!
>
> Who is the disabled people in a dark room??  the blind or the not  
> blind??
> Why the not blind is not disabled in this society?? becaouse we  
> have adapted the room with a light.
>
> We are now changing to the word "functional diversity". We say  
> people with funcional diverity in visuals, or mobility, or  
> cognitive, or auditive.
> But yet most people use the older terminology.
>
>
> 2009/11/2 Sandra Uhling <sandra_uhling at web.de>
>
> Hello,
>
> What do you think about this?
>
> We always use the word "disability".
> Maybe it would be better to use another word?
> E.g. limitations?
>
> Lot of the features do help all gamers.
> And every gamer can be sometimes "disabled".
>
> Best regards,
> Sandra
>
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