A friend is a sign language interpreter and they told me the deaf do NOT like to be called that...same thing with blind people, they don’t like to be called blind.
It’s all so absurd. What the advocates really want to do is remove the perception that there are differences among us. They want to make us all equal, and make people feel ashamed to see that people ARE blind, deaf, handicapped, etc.
Ed
people are different. i know one blind guy, when he goes with friends to a restaurant, and they say to the hostess “he’s visually-impaired” , he elbows the friend and announces “No, I am as blind as a bat.”
I don’t see anything disrespectful about using the terms blind, deaf, crippled, but I suppose if enough of them make it known to me they don’t like them, I would comply with their request as much as practical. But I wouldnt take the word of a professional advocate for it. I think there is a lot of context here that all of us, maybe just me, cant consider
On one level, there is no difference (our souls are equally loved by God, except God favors the lowly), but on another level, of course there is a major difference between a sighted and a blind person. We can do the whole truth justice. Blind is not a bad word.