George, I always thought that the term "a blind" was more of a gramatical error than anything else.
Pranav -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of George Abraham Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 3:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [AI] What we call ourself! Hi All, In many places I have heard people refer to persons without sight as "A Blind". Collectively such people are often called "Blinds". Are people who cannot see a separate species like Tiger, Man, Blind, Lion, Donkey and so on? This is my personal view as a communicator that people without sight must be referred to as Blind person or as blind people and not as a blind. Please note that this mail is not a personal attack on any individual. I thought I would take the liberty of pointing out this commonly made error. With best regards, George To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
