tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post6889312961695554108..comments2024-03-16T16:44:18.220-07:00Comments on Bad Cripple: What is in a Label?william Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00223601480542461802noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-66373788390464360272011-02-05T12:05:35.858-08:002011-02-05T12:05:35.858-08:00Jitterbug, That is a great quote. Thanks for shari...Jitterbug, That is a great quote. Thanks for sharing it and your and words. Glad to know my words resonate with you. Difference of opinion is welcome--it is how we can all learn and hone our views.william Peacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00223601480542461802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-26469640382028454692011-02-01T23:01:32.408-08:002011-02-01T23:01:32.408-08:00William,
I wanted to share the following quote wi...William,<br /><br />I wanted to share the following quote with you although chances are good you've heard it before:<br /><br />Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.<br />- William James<br /><br />Although I may not agree with all that you write in this blog, I thank you for having it. <br /><br />If nothing else, it has made a difference for me and for that I am grateful.jitterbug099https://www.blogger.com/profile/17356627992438055005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-31110376331921826152011-01-16T06:59:52.317-08:002011-01-16T06:59:52.317-08:00On Screen, I appreciate your critical comments. Pe...On Screen, I appreciate your critical comments. Perhaps I should clarify my words. I do not assert my civil rights when I do not need to assert them--this would make no sense and be counter productive. No need to make those that treat me as a person with a disability with respect uncomfortable. as you surly know however people with a disability are not treated with respect on a regular basis. When this happens I assert myself. This is productive and I try to get those that do not think people with a disability are sentient to think otherwise. When the the ADA is violated as it regularly is I make sure others know it. For example if I see an MD at a large medical practice and there is no accessible examination table I make a point of complaining. When I am treated like dirt at the airport because airline workers think I am nothing more but extra work I file a complaint. The point I was trying to stress and have in all my posts is that people with a disability have civil rights. I make those unwilling to acknowledge those rights uncomfortable. To those that respect me and support my very ordinary rights I am very friendly. <br /><br />Rene, Welcome fellow anthropologist! Delighted to know you have gotten something out of my ramblings here.william Peacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00223601480542461802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-57743721090417688172011-01-10T23:56:16.745-08:002011-01-10T23:56:16.745-08:00Hello William,
Great blog you have here, and this...Hello William,<br /><br />Great blog you have here, and this is indeed a great post.<br /><br />I'd like to direct you if I may to an article on a disability website I have the pleasure of working for - http://www.abc.net.au/rampup/articles/2010/12/08/3088258.htm - It is not written by me, but the aforementioned article raises many similar points you've discussed here, as well as some highlighting a divergence of opinion.<br /><br />If you're interest, I myself write a disability related blog. Please have a read if you feel like it - http://workingatperfect.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Carl.Carl Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12234405899028346311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-88239173381592427272011-01-08T14:03:20.281-08:002011-01-08T14:03:20.281-08:00I'm 25 and have been disabled with muscular dy...I'm 25 and have been disabled with muscular dystrophy my whole life. In the last 3 years i for other reason have had lung failer and total kidney failer. You have a nice blog but why do you feel this need to "want" to use the lable to make others uncomfertable. Just to get people to be aware so you can protect your rights? Thats one way to go, but you also need to learn how to fight for those rights and you can do it by not forceing "normal" people to feel uncomfertable. You don't need to go draw a pity card, the way you use the term is exactaly that. You seem to want pity, to want to make others feel bad. Using the term cripple is a privlage, not an evil power to use try and be mean.<br /><br />You said "Society has a penchant for forcefully reminding me of my disability and inferior social status on a regular basis." Ummm dude its alot less when you act like yourself and not your alter ego Cripple man. You are only making yourself be reminded more and more, especially cause you have it out for other individuals. Be a person not a label especially if you want to blog about disabality.<br /><br />The term cripple is soo overused, every confident disabled person i have met uses it in some form. You don't NEED it, guess you are a bad cripple and a poor example to others. Mature your perspective.On-Screen Keyboardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13601944456218489161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-23206184996951369512011-01-07T09:37:46.774-08:002011-01-07T09:37:46.774-08:00I stumbled across your blog today while researchin...I stumbled across your blog today while researching segregation of disabled people to hopefully raise awareness of the issue through FB, etc. I read your blog because of the title. You're right; it is an attention-grabber, and it did make me think. <br /><br />I have a BA in cultural anthropology and work as a service coordinator in an ICF, where there is a constant battle of what language to use, and the segregation inherent in the system is the secret so obvious that no one talks about it. <br /><br />I am happy, however, that the way the system fails people and the ways in which society fails to facilitate equality is finally making the news as a Civil Rights issue. I feel that this too is a case of language changing people's perspectives. In the past, I've always seen it framed in terms such as "care," "treatment," and "neglect." Civil Rights were rarely mentioned. The earlier terms further empower the people who already hold the power. "Civil Rights" gives the power back to those who have had their power taken away.<br /><br />Anyway, I just wanted to drop you a line to let you know that I've been enjoying what I've read so far and that I'm doing what I can on my end to work myself out of a job.Reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02617545469753342614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-71422088515075172752011-01-04T03:38:16.432-08:002011-01-04T03:38:16.432-08:00William,
You have been wearing out your typing for...William,<br />You have been wearing out your typing for a hell of a long time. Your book listed on Amazon, unfinished, has been there for over two years.<br />Why don't you put your money where your mouth is and compile your "knowledge" and have it published on blurb.com. No charge.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13755018867446972946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-26321823558549561872011-01-03T17:28:59.910-08:002011-01-03T17:28:59.910-08:00You and Eric are good writers and you both deal wi...You and Eric are good writers and you both deal with topics that I thinks everyone should read and think about. <br />As a mom, dealing with "labels," I have mixed feelings. I prefer the cultural perspective. However, I realize that this point of view can (to the extreme) minimize the reality that there is pain in my daughter's life. <br />It's a process. I'm learning ... who am I? Where do I begin and end? Who is she? Where do we overlap? Accepting the lifestyle "culture" for what it is. Having compassion vs. pity. Advocacy vs. control<br />I know that I'm rambling on a bit ... but you've had a series of posts that have been very helpful in giving me thought. Thanks and look forward, always, to what you write.Carrie Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11868993492784167494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-82521682913593137232011-01-03T15:15:45.710-08:002011-01-03T15:15:45.710-08:00Eric, You raised a very complex issue I am not sur...Eric, You raised a very complex issue I am not sure can be solved with a few posts by me or you. Ideally I would like to sit down and discuss this face to face. What you did do was inspire me to think and write hence I am in your debt. I think all people should aspire to the world of the crippled. Most of us will have the experience whether we want to or not. One thing I have never doubted is the humanity of your son and others like him. <br />Gumption I have in abundance. Others have used a different set of adjectives to describe me! <br />Best wishes to you in 2011 as well.william Peacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00223601480542461802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-33597075206584121692011-01-03T14:45:41.847-08:002011-01-03T14:45:41.847-08:00Bill, thank you for the comment and the response. ...Bill, thank you for the comment and the response. Obviously I was not looking primarily for a new word to bandy about, but rather, exactly what I am getting, responses by people who have thought long and hard about it as well as lived it. My experience of the matter is for the most part through my son who is so decimated in his existence that you could say he is absolutely discriminated against, with no system or treatment facility which can accomodate his needs.<br /><br />Also my discussion of the office building, where stairs function for able bodied people the way a chair functions for you is a statement for myself to achieve more focus on the idea of "altered ability". <br /><br />One day perhaps technology will have advanced so far that a child like my son, where lurks a human being capable of love and many more things, will be able to interact with the world and have his status upgraded to that of "cripple".<br /><br />The extra weight I awarded you, by the way, was an accommodation for the amount of gumption that I believe you possess.<br />Best wishes for health in 2011Eric Fischerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02471331868560587898noreply@blogger.com