I still can't think of an obvious Irish/RTE example though as mentioned by RainyDay above.
On the other hand perhaps there are people with disabilities that we don't know about because they are not obvious (e.g. like blindness, paraplegism etc.). I guess it also depends on how widely you define "disability" - e.g. does it include, say, psychiatric/mental illness such as depression or bipolar disorder, ADD/ADHD/Asperger's Syndrome, illiteracy/innumeracy, dyslexia etc.?there is a lack of people with disabilities in mainstream programmes.
'disabled'.... (which is a term becoming very un-pc in its own right....)
The few times I saw the programme I thought that the character was able to see or supposed to be able to see since he would wander into scenes without the aid of a cane etc. I just thought it was a bit odd and assumed that he was a blind person playing a sighted person or something.i hope im not picking you up wrong, but that character is not presented as though his sight is fine, but rather the fact that his blindness is not a disability to him.... the other characters dont go 'can i help you with that' or ' can i get it for you' etc..
Somebody better tell the various statutory and non-statutory with "disabled/disability" in their names so!'disabled'.... (which is a term becoming very un-pc in its own right....)
Maybe the people with smart comments don't have kid so the have nothing to compare it (rudeness on tv) to. Whereas you would be afraid of your kid using that word. But on the plus side, i don't even think the kids watching that show would understand that "eurospa" is a joke of spastic persons, so i don't think you'd need to worry there imo.I thought this was an issue that people would not make fun of on AAM but I suppose I was wrong, after all I did post in letting of steam and not shooting the breeze With so many smart comments on here then I should not have been surprised with the comments made on the cafe.
On a related note...Maybe the people with smart comments don't have kid so the have nothing to compare it (rudeness on tv) to. Whereas you would be afraid of your kid using that word. But on the plus side, i don't even think the kids watching that show would understand that "eurospa" is a joke of spastic persons, so i don't think you'd need to worry there imo.
Ian Robin Dury was born at his parents' home at 43 Weald Rise, Harrow Weald, Harrow (although, probably because he felt that his true birthplace was not in keeping with his "cockney wide boy" public persona, he often claimed that he was born in Upminster, Havering). He lived with the effects of polio, which he contracted at the age of seven — very likely, he believed, from a swimming pool at Southend on Sea during the 1949 Polio Epidemic. His 1981 song Spasticus Autisticus, intended to mark the International Year of Disabled Persons, was banned by the BBC despite having been written by a disabled person. The lyrics were uncompromising:
So place your hard-earned peanuts in my tin
And thank the Creator you're not in the state I'm in
So long have I been languished on the shelf
I must give all proceedings to myself
The song's refrain, "I'm spasticus, autisticus" was inspired by the response of the rebellious Roman gladiators in the film Spartacus, who, when instructed to identify their leader, all answered, "I am Spartacus," to protect him.
As a matter of interest, what is the currently acceptable term?
How would "The Deaf", "Healthy", "The Blind" "Handicapped" or "An Invalid" offend someone?!
For anyone who would like to read what are considered acceptable terms by disabled people‘s organisations:
http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/campaigns/hackedoff/hackedoffguide.pdf
Actually I suspect that terms like that are probably more offensive - i.e. lumping all disabled/blind/deaf/etc. people into one group and assuming that they are all of the same opinion on a particular matter such as this!these people.
That's a good point actually, although i didn't mean it like that, but if someone took offense to me saying that i would totally understand. But if, for example, a deaf person took offense to me saying he/she is deaf I would want to scream.Actually I suspect that terms like that are probably more offensive - i.e. lumping all disabled/blind/deaf/etc. people into one group and assuming that they are all of the same opinion on a particular matter such as this!
Sn@kebite, I'm no expert in the subject. I merely added the link to show what is the thinking of organisations representing disabled people.How would "The Deaf", "Healthy", "The Blind" "Handicapped" or "An Invalid" offend someone?!
Yes, sorry i wasn't directing that particular post of mine toward you. I was just asking rhetorically.Sn@kebite, I'm no expert in the subject. I merely added the link to show what is the thinking of organisations representing disabled people.
I would suggest that the thinking is that they are people first, rather that just being categorised based on a disability.
But if, for example, a deaf person took offense to me saying he/she is deaf I would want to scream.
What is the "able bodied world" and how are deaf people not "able bodied"?but I believe that deaf people in particular can have quite a 'closed' community and often prefer not to participate in the wider able bodied world
Yeah - I can read women like a book. I use Braille.I would not mind being a judge on Miss Blind world pagent you would have to feel everyone on show
(I love daydreaming)
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