debian gripes, accessibility, and labels, was: Re: Integrating Speakup/ESpeakup into Debian boot process

[Daniel Dalton]

On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 08:50:06PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 01:08:55PM +1000, Daniel Dalton wrote:
> > First, I don't think the term "handicapped" is a good one.
> 
> Interesting that we should get onto that topic. I personally am not
> that hot on the term disabled, it always makes me think of a car by
> the side of the road, with both blinkers flashing. I suppose we could

No neither am I... It's not exactly true, how is a blind person
disabled...

> have a lively discussion for days on end, about how we should label
> ourselves, or about how others should refer to us, and we'd probably
> never reach a consensus.

We could, and I think your right! :) I personally think "vision
impaired" is fine.

Daniel.