I miss Bod

*squeeze!*

* Maybe, if you’re coming downstairs, if you’re Aaron Fotheringham.

So ner…

Anyhow, I love this type of fail. There is a bar where I live that has disabled loos down a flight of stairs, with no lift. Mental. Not to mention, my university has many ‘wheelchair accessable’ rooms that I just plain can’t get to in my scooter (and most powerchairs would struggle too) as the lift is tiny.

Handicapped and disabled, in particular, both imply a context in which they’re used. IT IS NOT A VALUE JUDGEMENT. “He’s disabled” usually refers to a physical challenge WITHIN the context of some mutually agreed physical activity (e.g., like, climbing stairs) between the conversants. This context rarely needs to be specified explicitly, since to the intended receiver of the communication, it’s obvious. People outside the conversation, however, oft hear the term, and not being aware of the implied context, get all in a hissy-fit and make themselves to be fools.

There are people who are disabled/handicapped/challenged/impeded and who don’t use wheelchairs, you know, like my grandfather, who needed a cane everywhere he went. I would never, EVER, consider taking him on an amusement park ride, were he still alive today.

However, those who DO use such adjectives in a derogatory or judgemental manner are themselves quite mentally handicapped.

I hope my position is now crystal clear. I’ll put the soap box away.

*squeeze?*

*runs away very fast*

I have my eye on you…