Return-Path: Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk by arke-pub1.theogony.net with ESMTP id 81166731128662768; Fri, 07 Oct 2005 06:26:08 +0100 Received: from frink.w3.org ([128.30.52.16]) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.51 (FreeBSD)) id 1ENkc1-0000K1-Me for Stuart.M.Smith@manchester.ac.uk; Fri, 07 Oct 2005 06:17:47 +0100 Received: from lists by frink.w3.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1ENkZv-0003G2-Ju for w3c-wai-ig-dist@listhub.w3.org; Fri, 07 Oct 2005 05:15:31 +0000 Received: from maggie.w3.org ([193.51.208.68]) by frink.w3.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1ENkZu-0003FP-Th for w3c-wai-ig@listhub.w3.org; Fri, 07 Oct 2005 05:15:31 +0000 Received: from tomts43.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.110] helo=tomts43-srv.bellnexxia.net) by maggie.w3.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1ENkZj-0003mW-NE for w3c-wai-ig@w3.org; Fri, 07 Oct 2005 05:15:29 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.100] ([70.51.125.72]) by tomts43-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.10 201-253-122-130-110-20040306) with ESMTP id <20051007051513.VWMD2981.tomts43-srv.bellnexxia.net@[192.168.1.100]> for ; Fri, 7 Oct 2005 01:15:13 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 01:15:08 -0400 To: WAI-IG From: Joe Clark Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Received-SPF: none (maggie.w3.org: domain of joeclark@joeclark.org does not designate permitted sender hosts) X-W3C-Hub-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 X-W3C-Scan-Sig: maggie.w3.org 1ENkZj-0003mW-NE 1e7991a8f4d5deb6832837776aabbc18 X-Original-To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Subject: RE: Accessibility for Deaf X-Archived-At: http://www.w3.org/mid/a06230957bf6bb48fdc56@%5B192.168.1.100%5D Resent-From: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/22812 X-Loop: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Sender: w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org Resent-Sender: w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org Precedence: list List-Id: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: Resent-Message-Id: Resent-Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 05:15:31 +0000 X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) X-UoM: Scanned by the University Mail System. See http://www.mcc.ac.uk/cos/email/scanning for details. >From: Cynthia Waddell <[15]cynthia.waddell@icdri.org> Cynthia Waddell still works in our industry? >Let's drop the "deaf/dumb" description in the subject header. This >is offensive to my community and harks back to those days when the >general population thought that we were dumb simply because we had a >hearing loss. No, they thought you were *mute*, which is what "dumb" means in this sense and is untrue for many deaf people. The fact that it also means "stupid" is merely a second reason not to use it. -- Joe Clark | joeclark@joeclark.org Accessibility Expect criticism if you top-post