Not an expert, but guess expressions like "speech and hearing impaired" or persons with speech and hearing disability are more acceptable.
Subramani On 9/23/10, Adhimoolam Vetrivel Murugan <[email protected]> wrote: > And not sure why people can't use civilized expressions like "hearing > impaired", "hearing challenged" etc. > > Vetri. > > On 23/09/2010, Srikanth Bolla <[email protected]> wrote: >> I totally agree with Jean. Regards, >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jean Parker >> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 6:00 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [AI] computer training for deaf and dumb >> >> All: >> >> Could we please up-date our language? Referring to people as "deaf and >> dumb" is not only inaccurate but insulting. >> >> Jean >> Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with >> disability bill at: >> http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm >> >> 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 >> >> >> Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with >> disability bill at: >> http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm >> >> 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 >> > > Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with > disability bill at: > http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm > > 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 > Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with disability bill at: http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm 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
