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Re: A question on political correctness...

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From: Barry Hill
Date: Jul 20, 2012 2:32PM

Hi all

I feel that, although the idea is sound and the argument holds merit, person
first is unfamiliar to the majority of visual impaired people, and so has
the effect of highlighting the issue.

In the UK, the PC term that was blind and partially sighted went through the
transformation of visually impaired and is now sight impaired and severely
sight impaired. However, this latter terminology seems only to be used in
official documents and is unfamiliar amongst the population of blind and
partially sighted.

Still, if the term 'visually impaired' hadn't been proper gated, then the
collective term might still be 'the blind'.

Cheers

Barry