I Am Disabled
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- Опубліковано 10 жов 2016
- I Am Disabled #SayTheWord - Why I Choose Identity-First Language
Lawrence Carter Long - Twitter: @lcarterlong
A Disabled Life Is a Life Worth Living - Ben Mattlin
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LOVE!!! The word "disabled" only has a negative meaning if you give it one. Personally, I feel those that insist on terms like "differently abled" or "handicapable" are only succeeding in further stigmatizing disability by refusing to say the word. Crippled and proud over here!
As a fellow person with cerebral palsy, I use disabled as an identifier rather than person with a disability. It’s difficult to explain to people who don’t realize I am and then they tend to pity me. I’m just someone that happens to be born cerebral palsy, but that doesn’t mean you have to treat me like an alien. I may do things differently as a disabled person, but there’s no need to treat me as I were a child.
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the word disability means, "being limited, disadvantaged and disqualified for anything". Just the image of the word and applying it to people with "disability", has created society's ableistic view of people with disabilities. Keep making the world aware of who we really are, not who it thinks we are, Robyn. PS: I have lived with Cerebral Palsy for over 60 years. The insight that you share is why I subscribe to your channel.
Thank you, Robyn! My son is struggling to see his own enormous worth beyond other people's perceptions. Your channel is such a valuable resource for him (and me).
Jim Daisy n' Bunny I'm sorry your son is struggling at the moment, but things definitely get better with time. I'm glad you guys can relate ❤️
I think you just blew my mind! Lol I have CP too and I totally agree with everything you are saying here. I've always called myself a disabled person but there are times in the media I get upset if others say it rather than "person with a disability", just as I would get upset if someone called me handicapped or crippled. I can call myself those things but others can't. But I never thought of it in terms of other identities. You rock! Thank you!
This comment totally rocks Emily! :-)
I am so happy I found your video. Im in school for Speech Language Pathology. We are being taught that Person first is the proper way. I found your points very interesting. I love what you said about identifying womaness, or blackness, or whiteness. etc. Great points.
Also You got a story! I could see you doing ted talks!
Great video. I just released a video about that today. Here in Canada, "people with disability" tends to prevail (which is why my videos use that) but really, I think it's whatever your personal preferences are. I'm neutral on this but I do see your point. I've had people say "I don't see you as disabled" like it's a good thing, even though it has literally shaped my personality and career choice. It does shape who we are and how we experience the world!
Robyn, Thank you so much for this video! It made me want to cry in a good way :-). You did such an eloquent job of explaining the reasons behind your preference for using IFl. Tearjerking and beautiful! I also encounter CP, and have a strong preference for using PFL, but it’s such a personal decision. It depends so much on how each person defines themselves I.e. What is the most important aspect of your identity to you, and how do you experience your disability? For example, what positive and negative experiences have you had with language associated with it? It’s so personal for each ! And you did an amazing job explaining your preference, so much so that I, although I firmly believe in using PFL for myself, strongly agree with a lot of what you’re saying !!#HappyTears:-) i’ve recently done some investigating regarding IFL, and although I don’t think the language best describes my personal experience or my primary identity, I definitely think that IFlL is a really important perspective to keep in mind! I really love how it emphasizes the existence of social barriers, and how they need to be destroyed, while also embracing your disability as part of who you are. There’s something wonderful and beautiful in that. Since each person is different, I think the world should know more about PFL and IFL, and why people might prefer one type of language other another. Which is precisely why videos like this are really important! We might have differences about how we experience disability, and how we refer to it, which are very important differences but we are part of the same community, and we need to support each other while educating the 🌎 :-) Thank you for helping to do that! Thank you for being a UA-camr who is unafraid to speak about your disability, that takes a whole lot of courage! :-)
Totally agree. I get that people mean well, but don't tell me you don't see my disability or don't see me as a disabled person. That is extremely offensive to me. Its like telling someone who identifies as a woman that you don't see them as a woman. Its the same thing. Don't do that kind of thing. Its not cool. P.S. I love your necklace.
YES ROBYN EXACTLY PREACH 🤘
I watched this video the whole time just thinking "you're so frickn cool!". I lost it at "a person with woman-ness" 😂 I've got a couple of invisible disabilities and my parents have always denied that there is anything wrong with me, and I've come to understand that it's sooo not healthy. My health has degenerated as I've gotten older and it's now much harder to ignore, but I think your attitude is so much better! Yeah!!
Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you ~~happy flailing~~
Another great wonderful Blessed video
Over another :-) sorry about the typo:-) Just love ❤️ 💗💕the video!
I love your outfit!
thank you for the awesome video!! also, that is an awesome cactus shirt (:
Love it. Thanks
I agree, but on some levels I think it has to do with if you are born disabled, or have a congenital (sp?) disability, vs a chronic illness, or something along those lines that has caused you to become disabled. I personally have EDS, a spinal cord tumor, and a herniated disc, which causes chronic pain, making me disabled. I can see where people in my situation want to be seen as a person before being seen as disabled. But I agree with you in the fact that I would not be the person I was today if I did not have to deal with my disability. I am more than a disabled person, yes, but I am a disabled person. Hope that makes sense. Great video btw.
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Wow, Robyn. Thank you for this!
Do you think people with physical disabilities get offended, if they are being called a "cripple"?
I prefer to be seen as a person first. I understand your stance. Every part of the world has different ways to handle people with disabilities. One main common streak is inaccessibility. Although I am high functioning, I understand because on some days, I use those access points and as I age however when the building lack those points or erect them behind the building or other odd places, I get upset. In my life I have seen how ableism has built a wall around people with disabilities, pretty much putting us in the corner and seen as subhuman. I have see ableism begin with objectifying us, often removing our identities such as sex and displace our skills forcing the majority of the disabled to take government assistance by eliminating employment opportunities. In the United States we have the ADA (1990) however it needs updating with the changing of times; people are still being passed over in the job market despite having proficient to superior skills in their department. As a writer I can only use person first language so many times before people get bored with the same language so I use both: "person with a disability" & "disabled person" because I include anyone who feels they have been discriminated against because of a disability either congenital or acquired. Personally, I have been called "Cripple" in two languages: English and Spanish. I know the power of the word and how people with the ableist attitude use it. I refuse to reason over and over with those who display that attitude - I'll try once or twice, after that I don't bother - because that poison can begin to affect me and my position in life. I am not perfect; most times that imperfection is the first thing people see before they meet me so I must fight that much harder to get my opinions through. On the off chance that I am sitting when meeting a new person where they don't see the way I walk first, I can pose my opinion with no concern. The internet is the great equalizer: I get praised for my opinions by many and "shamed" by others. The difference is, they are responding to my opinions and how I present facts without even knowing me and without any knowledge of me having cerebral palsy (unless I chose to disclose it which is rare- I'll do so if the topic pertains to the issue). I see no reason to bring it up because I am much more that the effects of the disability. Cerebral palsy doesn't affect my skills as a writer nor an artist; it is simply a minuscule part of me. Nobody's gonna put me in the corner, baby!!!
are you going to make more video
The exact meaning of the word "disabled" or "disability", according to a popular edition of the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is, "someone who is limited, disadvantaged and disqualified to do anything." Now as a 65 years old, African American male with Cerebral Palsy, who was a pastor, teacher, author, and host of my own Facebook live show and my own UA-cam channel; as well as being a husband, father and grandfather, I find the word "disability" as not coming close to defining who I am. It certainly would not speak for historical characters like, Paul the Apostle, who wrote most of the Bible's New Testament, and who had epilepsy; Victor Hugo the great author or Franny Crosby the renown hymn writer, who both were blind; Ludwig van Beethoven, one of the most famous classical composers of all time, who was deaf; or Franklin Roosevelt, who was elected four times as President of the United States, and who had polio.
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