Wtf is that event name? That is possibly the most convoluted way to write “disability awareness day”.
I work in an accessibility-focused field and can say person-first verbiage is more important for those with visible/ serious conditions that society tends to focus on over them as a person.
The spirit is that you view them as a person, instead of a their condition. It might seem obvious, but imagine you have a very visible physical disability. People are always talking about your condition, asking you about it, it’s the first thing people focus on when they meet you. As a person, you don’t want your condition to define who you are. As an example, if you worked really hard to win a major award, would you prefer the headline “First Name Last Name Wins Award”, or “Severely Autistic Person Wins Award”?
It’s fairly nuanced, and within some groups (such as ASD) there is actually pushback against person-first. But then there’s people that it really helps so it’s more of a “just be chill and not a dick about things” kind of vibe. Kind of like pronouns where some people make a huge fuss whenever they’re mentioned. In reality, it’s more about just treating people with respect as well as not walking on eggshells around everyone.
The convoluted one puts an emphasis on a person, not on a disability. I am aware of my disability always, I don’t need a special day for it. A day to recognize me might be nice however. That sort of logic.
I am aware of my personhood always, and don’t need any special emphasis on it.
Well, that could change of if we as a society decide to define you as some characteristic you posess.
They had to find something between #DayOfRememberanceOfThoseWithDifferingAbilities and #CrippleDay.
But yeah, it does seem off.
“Persons With Differing Abilities” is just a few steps down the euphemism treadmill from where we are now. Give it twenty years.
“Handicapable Day”
It’s literally the same logic that led to “people of color”, just applied to having a disability.
I think it stems from a movement to stop identifying people first by their disability. I think along the lines of the difference between “Here’s a disabled person” or “Here’s a person who happens to have a disability.” Lots of people would rather be first identified as a person.
Shrug.
The idea that an adjective being literally first in a phrase, determining what a person “is identified as” first, is ridiculous.
Agreed, that’s just a quirk of English. Not a problem in Spanish.
But I have to have a way to look down on people who are sympathetic to my cause but aren’t serially online. How else will everyone know I’m more compassionate than you?
DAD is a much better acronym.
Before I got my glasses the stars looked big and well star shaped, with lots of little spikes, I was utterly disappointed when I got my glasses, looked at the night sky and they’re just dots, boring ass dots.
Go out into nature, far far from civilization and light pollution. It’s a very different picture.
Oh I had the same experience with my friend’s hair. I used to like being behind her in line because her hair was like a flowing, floaty cloud. When I first wore glasses, I could see each hair and it became like a tangle of wires.
You should try looking up at the stars with night vision some day. It’s spectacular.
…Or so I’ve heard. I’m one of the poors that can’t afford unfilmed gen III white phosphor tubes.
Just mine your own phosphor at home
Guess we’re crying on the toilet today
The company is nice
That’s a daily routine.
Was there really not a shorter title than Day of Persons With Disabilities?
“Spaz day” wouldn’t get the right message across, I suppose.
DisabledDay is a no go aparrently
Leg disabled day is the one we always skip. Thankfully Roy has us covered.
And miss the chance of that amazing acronym that just rolls of the tongue?
I’ll be that guy… in reality, an Axolotl and a Chameleon aren’t going to be hanging out and looking at the night sky. Axolotls live under water and can spend short periods of time outside of the water. Chameleons live above water and spend almost no time under water. These two animals live in environments that are inherently exclusive to one another.
I like how you had to dive into those specifics to see this was unrealistic, and both of them speaking and understanding English is completely looked over.
Talking animals? Fine! But damned if two from different habits are hanging out! Suspension of disbelief broken!
Anthropomorphism is substantially more common than aquatic animals comfortably living on land.
Anthropomorphism is attributing human traits to non-humans. Maybe the axolotl has the human trait of being just fine on land. That’s why both are sitting like humans.
There, I fixed it for you. You can now enjoy the comic.
Haha, I respect where you are coming from with that.
Maybe they’re star crossed lovers
It’s a cute comic dude.
No one is asking you to be that guy. No one cares.
Yeah, that’s what makes it such a fun Hallmark
fishaxolotl-out-of-water movie! Duh…
D’awwww
They had a vision? What was it?
That one day, the new Dragon Age game would be extremely purple.
