I hate to say it, but while I agree wholeheartedly with the idea, one of your words has me bemused.
I use idiot to denote a person who is normal, not developmentally delayed or otherwise handicapped, who does something so remarkably thoughtless it has to be noted. To me, the implication inherent in the word is that they *are* normal and choose to act otherwise. And my workplace is pretty strong on not using any term outside the clinical for any disability. Have I been wrong on this one? I think I can *not* use it, because I do my best not to insult people without good cause, but I wanted to inquire.
However, on the converse, 'moron' is a term that seems to have strong ablist conotations.
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Tue, Sep. 29th, 2009 02:38 am (UTC)I hate to say it, but while I agree wholeheartedly with the idea, one of your words has me bemused.
I use idiot to denote a person who is normal, not developmentally delayed or otherwise handicapped, who does something so remarkably thoughtless it has to be noted. To me, the implication inherent in the word is that they *are* normal and choose to act otherwise. And my workplace is pretty strong on not using any term outside the clinical for any disability. Have I been wrong on this one? I think I can *not* use it, because I do my best not to insult people without good cause, but I wanted to inquire.
However, on the converse, 'moron' is a term that seems to have strong ablist conotations.