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From: a student
Date: 18 Oct 2010
Time: 22:31:02 -0500
Remote Name: 97.82.210.143
I am not a PWS but I have other differences that others may view as disabilities. One of these is dyslexia and the other is type I diabetes. I have always been against calling myself a person with a disability because I feel I am ABLE to do anything I just do some things differently. I can read, just slower, I can write, but often have to spend more time addressing spelling errors, and I can control my blood glucose levels, i just have to watch my diet and wear a pump. All this being said. It is interesting to me that you simply say you have a disability because you are unable to speak fluently. I imagine if I were a PWS I would think of it more that I was able to speak I just do it differently especially due to the fact that no one actually speaks fluently. I live in the United States where we often change terminology to reflect the growing knowledge about the ideas the terminology represent. For example, the new terminology of "intellectual disability" from the old terminology of "mental retardation". I think it may be time to change the term disabled to more accurately portray what it represents.