Comments on Profile Post by Biodegraded

But being an escapee from traumatic childhood violin lessons, I would be deeply offended to be categorized as "musically disinclined".

Tone agnostic

But if you just say "tone deaf"...the hearing impaired wouldn't hear it and thus should not be offended?

When our dad couldn't walk anymore, my kid brother referred to him as "differently-abled." I simply rolled my eyes, because it's not as if Dad had *gained* any new, different abilities. No, Dad had become a cripple. And I came from a broken home, not a "single-parent family." The truth is hard enough to live with: brainwashing makes bad things worse.

I remember "differently abled" from NZ in the 1970s, but it didn't really catch on. Regarding brainwashing, it was argued in the same article that "brainstorming" could be offensive to "the neurodiverse".

From time to time, I think of having my gravestone carved with: "It may be infinitely amusing to analyse the statements of silly people, but it can hardly be considered important — Russell." But I won't.

"Differently abled" is big here in India. As a person with, ahem, hearing impairment, I detest it. Doesn't make any of my other senses more abled, and the only thing that helps is...

... Being recognised as being a bit deaf and treated accordingly. Let me know you're speaking to me and do so clearly. That's simple respect , rather than a euphemism that makes other people feel better

I know someone with useless legs. He is, literally, differently abled. Has to be. But he isn't keen on the label either.