Question by mathaowny: Is “politically correct” going too far?
This is spurred by a previous question.

Is the PC movement being taken too far?

–During the 2005-06 school year in Maryland 28 students were suspended for sexual assault…they were all kindergarten students
–4 yr old suspended for hugging a teacher’s aid
–The word “wheelchair-bound” is on the top ten list of offensive words
–Short people are now “vertically challenged”
–Dodgeball isn’t played in many schools anymore because it’s “unfair” to the kids that aren’t good at it
–Christmas trees are now being called “holiday trees”
–Many people see failing a kid in school unfair because it causes “emotional stress” and hurt feelings
–Deaf people are now “people (first) with hearing impairments”

I am not “sight impared” or “visually hndicapped” I am blind as a bat without my contacts. I am not “beautified” I have body mods. I was not a “food server” I was a waitress!

Anyone else think PC is going way too far nowadays? Sometimes it can be good…but mostly not.

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Answer by Fireball226
its getting ridiculous…ppl are sue crazy wusses

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Question by Henry: Why doesn’t my two year old talk?
My little two year old is genetically normal, has no “syndromes” or “impairments” hearing or mental. She has been tested for hearing capabilities and hears fine, however, she is not saying actual words. She spoke in one words at around 18 months, said “Mama” “Dada” “baba” etc, but doesn’t really say any real words now. She has been tested by a speech therapy center, and they say she has a expressive language delay she also have a few fine motor delays, but nothing serious. This means she hears, and understands well, but can not “express” it in words. Now we are going to be having someone come to the house to give speech therapy…but I am not sure how it will help. My wife and I have done almost everything possible to get her to speak, but all she does is “babble sentences.” Would you put any faith in a speech therapist, that she will actually help our child talk?
My daughter was recommended to see a speech therapist by our dr./pediatrician. She has no isues with gross motor skills, she is advanced in , those such as running, jumping, climbing.
My daughter has a couple close little pals that she see/plays with regularly, but she tends to like older children, because of their activity level, she is pretty advanced physically.

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Answer by julie s
shes 2… not 20… give her time… she will start to speak when shes ready to.

my niece is the same way, and around 3 she just started talking abd talking and now we cant shut her up hahah.

so jsut give it time, some kids learn slower then others…

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Question by STEK: Hard of Hearing OR Hearing Impaired … WHY?
Which term do you think is more appropriate: Hard of Hearing OR Hearing Impaired. Why must one with a loss of the sense of hearing be labeled “impaired”?

I posed this question in several forums cuz I am curious of people’s perceptions. I am Hard of Hearing, am a board member of a Deaf and Hard of Hearing service agency, and Managing Editor of a Deaf/HofH group at work.
I am severely (almost profound) Hard of Hearing and wear two very powerful HAs, so I even say I am Deaf, but aidable.
I absolutely detest “Hrg Impaired” however, some HofH people do not, and they use it to describe themselves. I think it has negative connotations cuz ppl associate “impairment” with something being wrong with you, including your mental capacity and intelligence.

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Answer by JOHN
The more appropriate term for me and many who I associate with is Hard of Hearing. I too feel that the term Hearing Impaired has negative implications to it. My mother is Deaf and for many years I’ve had to correct people when they would refer to her as deaf & dumb, no she’s not dumb, she can talk, she just has trouble hearing…that’s all!!

I think it’s the way people are raised and taught by educators and many of our Dr.s and people who claim to be doing “services” for the deaf communities, such as audiologists, speech pathologists, etc…they tend to believe more along the line of being deaf as a disability, the pathological view of what being deaf is all about. Mainly AUDIST views that have been around as long as Racism and Sexism.

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Question by J: Can I file a lawsuit under ADA?
I was fired a few months ago. In my termination letter, under the heading of “Misconduct” was listed “functional impairment”. My employer told me he had several witnesses who saw me go unresponsive/semi-unconscious with eyes rolling back into my head. They witnessed bouts of poor balance and one person claimed I slobbered my pizza all over my shirt. (I am not kidding.) There was no allegation of illegal substance abuse. My employer acknowledged I was either ill or was suffering, perhaps, from the side effects of legal meds. I was under the treatment of a physician for what the physician labeled work-related burn-out – exhaustion, insomnia, anxiety. These people who witnessed me zone out never told me what they saw, never called for medical help when it supposedly happened, and didn’t even alert my wife who they know and works literally down the hall. In fact, I didn’t know about these episodes until it came up in my termination meeting. My former boss acknowledges I had health problems and has never really explained why he would have listed my health under “misconduct”. He did not claim my health was getting in the way of my job performance. The couple of other items in my termination letter were very minor. I have had a spotless employment record for 25 years in my profession. I was utterly shocked. Does it sound like I might have grounds for an ADA lawsuit? I have never heard of listing one’s health problems as “misconduct” in a termination when no claim has been made that their health interfered with his/her job. How can legitimate health problems be misconduct. Finally, he said I lied by not acknowledging these episodes. I literally had no idea these episodes ever happened, if they really did.

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Answer by whitefangz1
First, you need your doctor to confirm that your behavior was caused by a medical condition or lawful medication. If you ultimately have a valid medical condition that caused such behavior, and if this behavior was the proximate cause of your termination and your employer knew that it was a medical condition, then you would have a case.

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Question by Nate D: DUI vs DWI: Dot the I’s?
Thought it was always Driving Under the Influence and Driving While Intoxicated. DUI for suspicion of drug use and DWI for drunks. I recently heard the term “Impaired”. Having driven several times with a missing contact lens, I started thinking of numerous “Impairments”. Is that a valid charge that carries a similar sentence as drunk driving? If the I does stand for Impaired, what are examples?

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Answer by Poppy
The main thing they are talking about is folks that are driving while high from either legal or illegal drugs.

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