Alert icon
We're changing our privacy policy. This stuff matters.  Learn more  Dismiss

Language and Disability

Loading...

Sign in or sign up now!
939 views
Loading...
Alert icon
Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon

Uploaded by on Jan 9, 2008

This film is part of the Life Beyond the Label project created by Colchester Museums. In this film a group of disabled people talk openly about disability language and terms which they use themselves and how they feel about words used by other people.

Category:

Education

Tags:

License:

Standard YouTube License

  • likes, 0 dislikes

Link to this comment:

Share to:
see all

All Comments (2)

Sign In or Sign Up now to post a comment!
  • For another view on the matter (by an advocate with the condition he writes about), visit ttinyurl dot com slash person1stlanguage

  • The word 'cripple' comes from the Old English and was used by the Anglo-Saxons at a time before the wheelchair was ever invented. It only started to be used as an insult in the so called age of enlightenment in the 18th century when Britain led the world in the slave trade.

Loading...
0 / 00Unsaved Playlist Return to active list
    1. Your queue is empty. Add videos to your queue using this button:
      or sign in to load a different list.
    Loading...Loading...Saving...
    • Clear all videos from this list
    • Learn more