tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570507847338487637.post8682230605997170129..comments2023-10-12T08:04:06.781-04:00Comments on literacies café: the r-wordliteracies publisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17857629139253650971noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570507847338487637.post-54804607499876040222009-03-28T10:12:00.000-04:002009-03-28T10:12:00.000-04:00Hi!People First of Ontario has worked very hard fo...Hi!<BR/><BR/>People First of Ontario has worked very hard for years to educate the public about how to be respectful to all people, including people who have been labelled as developmentally disabled.<BR/><BR/>Their slogan is or was "label jars, not people."<BR/><BR/>They taught me to always acknowledge that we are people first by describing others starting with the word "person" or "people". For example "people experiencing homeless" as opposed to "the homeless".<BR/><BR/>They also taught me that people who have been labelled as developmentally disabled, have been labelled by someone else, usually right at birth by a doctor or by the medical system. People who did the labelling have to assume responsibility for the consequences that come with labelling. For many people labelled with disability, that labelling often results in a life of poverty, exclusion, abuse, suffering, neglect, etc.<BR/><BR/>That in contrast to people who are labelled as doctor, lawyer, scholar, billionaire, etc., labels which confer inclusion, status, wealth, access, power, etc.<BR/><BR/>Sorry to hear that the label starting with "r" still needs to be educated out of use. Glad though the effort is still strong.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for acknowledging this anniversary.<BR/><BR/>Yeah Literacies!!!<BR/><BR/>NancyNancy Fridayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11560473237969873686noreply@blogger.com