Good call Don! It isn't a matter of "PC", the terms "wheelchair bound" and "confined to a wheelchair" are journalistically incorrect. Anybody that works in media in the U.S. *should* abide by The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual, a book that is the bottom line on countless phrases etc. The AP manual specifically states "do not use 'wheelchair bound' or 'confined to a wheelchair'". The correct term is wheelchair user.
Bottom line, anytime you see wheelchair bound in a news article, the writer and editer didn't properly proof read, just as bad a spelling errors like "have a glass of shampain". Bob V ________________________________ From: Don Price <[email protected]> To: KK Batte <[email protected]>; Steve Shepard <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; Anne Cyr <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 2, 2013 6:24 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Blair Underwood as wheelchair bound cop "Wheelchair bound"? Sorry,but that phrase makes me laugh. Really, it should be avoided whenever possible, no offense intended. Maybe I'm being too P.C.? Don. ________________________________ From: KK Batte <[email protected]> To: Steve Shepard <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; Anne Cyr <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 2, 2013 10:08 AM Subject: [QUAD-L] Blair Underwood as wheelchair bound cop http://www.contactmusic.com/story/blair-underwood-makes-mum-proud-as-wheelchair-bound-cop_3844449 His Mom has Multiple Sclerosis
