tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6547437486205245818.post6199564355437321317..comments2023-07-14T10:34:53.273-04:00Comments on Down Wit Dat: Person First (or, "Arrow in the Knee")Psychojenichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02936930614210195529noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6547437486205245818.post-50652924389307200932012-07-09T21:33:38.241-04:002012-07-09T21:33:38.241-04:00I found it so interesting to hear that person firs...I found it so interesting to hear that person first language is part of your education/training. At the Lightning Kid's echo-cardiogram the nurse referred to him as a "Down's Baby", and when I tried to gently correct her to "Baby with Down's" she looked at me like my hair was on fire and replied "that's what I said: Down's Baby". I was pretty disappointed, as I had kind of hoped that medical professionals might be familiar with the difference.<br /><br />P.S. I was into Morrowind before kids, and I do have City of Heroes installed, but I think I've had the energy to play it approximately twice in the two months I've had it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01460872603454460967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6547437486205245818.post-47826602749442562252012-07-09T17:19:49.967-04:002012-07-09T17:19:49.967-04:00"First Person" is something I have thoug..."First Person" is something I have thought about and make a point of remembering in my daily life. I'm not a nurse but I worked very closely with psychiatric nurses for 10 years of my career and have become somewhat of a mental advocate (yes on a small scale but it all matters). Naming people by a diagnosis just rubs me the wrong way. With a few exceptions we don't do that to people with illnesses that we don't consider "disabilities". We don't refer to people as cancer or heart disease. Why should this be acceptable?Shayna Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15469162206212528213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6547437486205245818.post-8296425840949400722012-07-08T16:10:31.704-04:002012-07-08T16:10:31.704-04:00My latest *little peeve* is "my child was bor...My latest *little peeve* is "my child was born with Ds". I never liked how it sounded, then I tweeted about it and said that I don't like it because to me it makes it sound like you could somehow contract or develop or get Down syndrome at a later stage, and one mom chimed in saying she didn't like saying it because then people assumed that she'd done something during her pregnancy to bring about Ds. <br /><br />Then.<br /><br />One of my friends from my other blog asked me whether she was wrong in having thought that there are other conditions imitating Ds that can develop later. <br /><br />Hmm.<br /><br />That's when it really hit me how much words *really* matter, how much education is constantly needed, and How. Frikken. Vast. the universe of misunderstandings is. <br /><br />Keep up the good fight! And I'm not referring to Skyrim (Personally I get inside Terry Pratchett's head when I need to switch off. Could be something for you as well?)Extranjerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13972708570414496825noreply@blogger.com