Dave, Don't let one person cramp your artistic integrity. I'm sure he can find the stop button if he tries. If everybody made lengthy interesting videos I could cancel my cable television.
wisely put, but I ...( 1 year ago by carolperez)
wisely put, but I still think the point is defining people as only one thing and using words like that as nouns and not adjectives
25 mins was long ...( 1 year ago by carolperez)
25 mins was long for me to sit on my fat ass, so I just turned up the volume and watered my plants and stuff. good video
great video, ...( 1 year ago by sanzi05)
great video,thanks.You have a great smile!!! I love to see people smiling.
Great video. My ...( 1 year ago by Aspiegirl)
Great video. My father had MS and he shared many of the things you cover in this video with me when I was growing up. I have autism and I told others I dont care about PC as much as I care about others acknowleging my autism as real and not blowing it off. Any term is better than denial. As if my disability is not real.
Great Vid, ...( 1 year ago by theWrongPlanet)
Great Vid, CoquiDave,
AspieGirl, I can totally relate
lol super gran to ...( 1 year ago by cliffhere)
lol super gran to the rescue
...one guy with MS ...( 1 year ago by cliffhere)
...one guy with MS since he was young, when they're lazy they pile onto the wheelchair and fly down the hill,we love it
goodbye Dave all ...( 1 year ago by cliffhere)
goodbye Dave all the best buachaill
You hit the nail on ...( 9 months ago by Spydyee)
You hit the nail on the head about the preferred terminology and who decides what it is. I had a teacher in one of my education classes try to correct my language about myself and my own children. I am the Proud Autistic Mom Of Autistic Kids. Autism is a part of who I am and it is inseparable from "me" unlike lets say my clothes. As Jim Sinclair, fellow autistic, says, "I may be a person with a purple shirt. However, I could be a person with a yellow shirt. I am always an Autistic person."
please refrain from ...( 5 months ago by misterfisherman)
please refrain from using the term hit the nail on the head as it might upset people and someone easily lead might copy your idea!!! hmmmm yes
hehehe( 5 months ago by misterfisherman)
hehehe
My thoughts on the ...( 3 months ago by AvangionQ)
My thoughts on the Americans with Disabilities Act is that it attempts to legislate morality, the result of which most often has the opposite effect ... worse yet, it creates laws for which the overly litigious could exploit, which labels the disabled as `walking lawsuits`, in turn which makes employers feel that hiring the disabled opens them up for potential litigation ... all makes me think that the law needs revision ... I would appreciate anything you have to say on the subject in reply ...
The morality the ...( 2 months ago by LieslMcQ)
The morality the ADA endeavors to legislate is the morality of the basic principle of equality, much like the civil rights acts. Unfortunately, people often do not act in a way that creates and recognizes equality, which is why we often have to legislate it specifically, rather than accepting it as given. The ADA is about leveling the playing field, making all things equal.
After checking ...( 2 months ago by AvangionQ)
After checking Google for: Americans with Disabilities Act Working Statistics ... I find that the ADA has had the exact opposite effect -- instead of making it an equal level playing field, I find statistics that *fewer* disabled people are being employed for fear of being sued by the overly litigious ... please correct me with link to contrary information if I'm wrong on that ... I've since watched a video by Penn & Teller on the ADA law -- if you've seen it, please tell me what you think ...
Don't get me wrong, ...( 2 months ago by AvangionQ)
Don't get me wrong, I think the ADA is a good idea in principle, but its implementation needs to be slightly adjusted ... the best thing that needs to be done is to quell employer's fears about `walking lawsuits` in that by hiring a disabled person that they may get sued in the near future ... also, the ADA's quoted legal statistic of 54 million is overblown, yes that's 1 in 6 Americans, while census data shows 32 million at best if counting lesser disabilities, leading to more legal bloat ...
See, that's the ...( 2 months ago by LieslMcQ)
See, that's the EXACT reason people are trying to specify and change the ADA in some ways. As it is now, a disabled person has the burden of enforcing the law and the only way to do that is through a lawsuit. It's ridiculous! I don't blame employers for being afraid of being sued, though you have to wonder why they would be if they are doing everything correct. (that doesn't allow for accidents, I know). I haven't seen the Penn and Teller episode, I will put it on my queue.
I don't know how ...( 2 months ago by LieslMcQ)
I don't know how they're qualifying disability for those statistics. I know they include learning disabilities, which makes up a huge portion of any disability stat. There's no question that this should not be played out in the courts if it can be helped, but that is our only option as it stands, mostly because the ADA has been gutted by... the courts! It's a catch 22. We either fight for justice and cause legal bloat or we don't and cause injustice.
"We either fight ...( 2 months ago by AvangionQ)
"We either fight for justice and cause legal bloat or we don't and cause injustice. // As it is now, a disabled person has the burden of enforcing the law and the only way to do that is through a lawsuit." ... perfect, couldn't agree more -- so, two open ended questions ... what's the best way to fix the ADA so that it benefits people with disabilities and businesses alike ... and what's the best way to make businesses *want* to hire people with disabilities ... ?
Damn Youtube ... ...( 2 months ago by AvangionQ)
Damn Youtube ... hit reply to the wrong post and now all the posts are out of sort ... please reply with any replies to this post instead of the other ones ...
Good question. In ...( 2 months ago by LieslMcQ)
Good question. In my limited knowledge of how it would or could work, the only remedy I see is to make these things have automatic consequences. I think is more applicable to things like access to store, parking, etc. IOW, if a business doesn't comply we can call the police and have them ticketed for an amount of money that is more than symbolic. It is sometimes true for parking, but not always. If we want access to a store that is refusing to comply, we have to sue. Isn't that dumb?...
As for employment, ...( 2 months ago by LieslMcQ)
As for employment, that is a far more difficult question to resolve. I think it is entirely dependent on the disability itself. We can't ask employers to hire someone who is deaf to answer the phone, for example. I think the problem is going to always be one of prejudice. People see the disabled as less than, even though it is often utterly untrue. At this point, I don't see a solution to the way it is now, re: employment. It's like affirmative action: not the best solution...
crap, these are out ...( 2 months ago by LieslMcQ)
crap, these are out of order. I'm new to this. Anyway, what else is there in terms of AA? Sometimes we have to push over the line to get to the line. What do you think?
