Hi I think "John", "Betty", "Steve" or "Jane" are always more preferable labels, if my drift is seen ;), otherwise, the person tends to become the label in societal eyes.
Interestingly, "dis" comes from the latin and can mean "absence", "bad" or similar. See: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=dis- http://www.answers.com/topic/dis-prefix?method=6 definitely a negative prefix. So, disability could literally mean bad ability or an abscence of ability. Well, everyone has this in some form or another : lack of a sense (smelling, hearing... whatever), someone with their blinkers on, someone with selective hearing etc etc. The moral for us? Accessibility is for everyone, not just for a group deemed "disabled"... and politics sometimes gets in the way). HTH James ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
