Comments on: Handi(CAP)able http://www.themattefinish.com/blog/2007/07/handicapable/ Mumble mumble by Kokonad Sinha. This is The Matte Finish Blog Sat, 31 Dec 2011 08:56:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Kokonad http://www.themattefinish.com/blog/2007/07/handicapable/#comment-1775 Kokonad Thu, 28 May 2009 20:54:30 +0000 http://www.themattefinish.com/blog/?p=45#comment-1775 #Roshmi: Funny you would mention that - I have a whole post on political correctness waiting to be published later in the year. :) It is accompanied by a doodle too! And it's not Snow White and the Seven Vertically Challenged, it's Snow Caucasian and the Seven Vertically Challenged. :P #Roshmi:
Funny you would mention that – I have a whole post on political correctness waiting to be published later in the year. :) It is accompanied by a doodle too!
And it’s not Snow White and the Seven Vertically Challenged, it’s Snow Caucasian and the Seven Vertically Challenged. :P

]]> By: Roshmi http://www.themattefinish.com/blog/2007/07/handicapable/#comment-1749 Roshmi Mon, 25 May 2009 00:28:56 +0000 http://www.themattefinish.com/blog/?p=45#comment-1749 Personally though... I do not use the word 'handicapped' or 'blind'... here's why: This is from an earlier post: the 50th one to be precise: 50/2 in 103!! Matters have been further complicated by the arrival of 'political correctness'... we have got to be 'politically correct', no matter what. Now, see the results for yourself: 'Blind' is no longer 'in'... its 'visually challenged' or 'visually impaired', we cannot say 'handicapped' or 'disabled' anymore, it is now 'differently-abled', children with behavior issues, Developmental disabilities, or learning disabilities like dyslexia and Central Auditory Processing Disorder are to be referred as, 'Special Children' or 'Special Needs Children'. Even 'dwarfs' are no longer 'dwarfs'. They are 'vertically challenged' or 'height-limited'. I am all for 'political correctness', but... Can you imagine "Snow White and the Seven Vertically Challenged"...??? <abbr><em>Roshmi´s latest blog post - <a href="http://notapennyformythoughts.blogspot.com/2009/05/ipl-mantra-bill-u-bar-bar.html" rel="nofollow">IPL Mantra: "Bill u bar bar"... !!!</a></abbr></em> Personally though… I do not use the word ‘handicapped’ or ‘blind’… here’s why:

This is from an earlier post: the 50th one to be precise: 50/2 in 103!!

Matters have been further complicated by the arrival of ‘political correctness’… we have got to be ‘politically correct’, no matter what. Now, see the results for yourself: ‘Blind’ is no longer ‘in’… its ‘visually challenged’ or ‘visually impaired’, we cannot say ‘handicapped’ or ‘disabled’ anymore, it is now ‘differently-abled’, children with behavior issues, Developmental disabilities, or learning disabilities like dyslexia and Central Auditory Processing Disorder are to be referred as, ‘Special Children’ or ‘Special Needs Children’. Even ‘dwarfs’ are no longer ‘dwarfs’. They are ‘vertically challenged’ or ‘height-limited’. I am all for ‘political correctness’, but… Can you imagine “Snow White and the Seven Vertically Challenged”…???

Roshmi´s latest blog post – IPL Mantra: "Bill u bar bar"… !!!

]]> By: Roshmi http://www.themattefinish.com/blog/2007/07/handicapable/#comment-1748 Roshmi Mon, 25 May 2009 00:26:34 +0000 http://www.themattefinish.com/blog/?p=45#comment-1748 A while back, I had read that a 'visually challenged' person was hired for the position of a 'driver'... this @ the seat of democracy in Delhi... On being asked how this could happen... the response was... he was hired for a position that was reserved for 'handicapped' persons... so, there was nothing wrong with his hiring... !!! <abbr><em>Roshmi´s latest blog post - <a href="http://notapennyformythoughts.blogspot.com/2009/05/ipl-mantra-bill-u-bar-bar.html" rel="nofollow">IPL Mantra: "Bill u bar bar"... !!!</a></abbr></em> A while back, I had read that a ‘visually challenged’ person was hired for the position of a ‘driver’… this @ the seat of democracy in Delhi…

On being asked how this could happen… the response was… he was hired for a position that was reserved for ‘handicapped’ persons… so, there was nothing wrong with his hiring… !!!

Roshmi´s latest blog post – IPL Mantra: "Bill u bar bar"… !!!

]]> By: prax http://www.themattefinish.com/blog/2007/07/handicapable/#comment-146 prax Thu, 02 Aug 2007 05:46:00 +0000 http://www.themattefinish.com/blog/?p=45#comment-146 cool video cool video

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