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WCDT Strips 3941-3945 (18-22 February 2019)

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pwhodges:

--- Quote from: Stella Young, writing a letter to her 80-year-old self. ---...seventeen-year-old me started saying crip, it still horrifies people.
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If you look to the bottom of this screen (unless you are not using the default), you will see that the forum theme we use as default (with my modifications) was designed and written by a person who called himself "Crip" online.  He was quadriplegic, and typed using a stick in his mouth.  His name below is a link to his obituary.

Tova:
HOW HAVE I NOT NOTICED THIS

Hoodiecrow:

--- Quote from: Drunken Old Man on 24 Feb 2019, 04:22 ---The practice of referring to, say, you as a "person with asthma" as opposed to an asthmatic is called "person-centered thinking" and it's a very real part of the professional culture of the mental health care field.  Calling you asthmatic would also be considered a faux pas in this culture.  It's less about not using perjorative terms than preventing the creation of those terms to begin with.

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When I mention this, I say that I am autistic, because it's a major part of my personality and identity. To say that I have autism would feel like I was talking about an affliction. But it does make sense that health care professionals would phrase it otherwise. Having been treated for depression on many occasions, I know that they typically use phrasing that at first seems strange but is designed mold the relationship between carer and patient in the right way.

$.02

ETA: And of course it turned out others (lurkylurk, mikmaxs) had already said the same thing, only better. Take it as me voicing agreement.

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