Posts by Sacha
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Access: Words and Disability - The…, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
That's some of the leadership which has been missing for so long, yes. But it needs to live somewhere sustainable and well-connected.
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gorgeous
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Access: Who Are Disabled New Zealanders?, in reply to BDB Inc,
The only realisation of value is of who you are.
I reckon value is also socially constructed, so maybe we differ on that idea. That's OK.
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Access: Who Are Disabled New Zealanders?, in reply to BDB Inc,
I'm a bit confuused how this misunderstanding has arisen. You wrote:
the lack of understanding happens when the “disabled ” is placed before the person
and the new Access post was talking about exactly that, so I replied:
Jonathan wrote a post you might like.
Nothing more complicated than that, and certainly not a reflection on you at all.
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The issue with language is not individual 'offense' but about working together for change. It's hard to persuade a variety of people and organisations to act in unison if we're not even reaching each other on the basics.
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Access: Who Are Disabled New Zealanders?, in reply to BDB Inc,
Use whatever words you like. I imagine it's something we'll discuss continually here. There are no right answers but everything we say brings associations with it.
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Access: Who Are Disabled New Zealanders?, in reply to BDB Inc,
disabled people( in this case blind) would be offended by the idea of non disabled people experiencing momentary blindness
I never said that. Just that the experiences are not the same (and therefore some valuable realisations are not available).
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Access: Who Are Disabled New Zealanders?, in reply to BDB Inc,
I meant it takes more than that to offend me.
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Access: Words and Disability - The…, in reply to Russell Brown,
I'd only use it to describe a politician
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Access: Who Are Disabled New Zealanders?, in reply to BDB Inc,
sorry I offended you
hey it takes way more than that. :)
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