Blind Panic Falls On Deaf Ears?
I suppose it was only me who was hoping for a disability angle on the credit crunch, when I saw this headline on a newspaper sandwich board the other day?
In fact, it's a situation I encounter all the time, when searching for news stories to go on the Ouch news page. Whether it's a council being branded blind and deaf for putting its money in an Icelandic bank account, or a warning that the leavers 'could paralyse' armed forces.
All goes to make me wonder if journalists will ever get past the idea of disability as a cheap negative metaphor ...
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Gids, The other day I read that the economy is crippled... clearly the way out of the recession is with a PA and some carefully chosen mobility aids...
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Heh good point - it got me thinking about alternative headlines...
"sighted panic at shares drop"
"signed protests fall on hearing ears"
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Being Blind is being unable to see. I think that it is an accurate description of the actions that people take n a panic as they dont see the potential outcomes.
It is NOT a word reserved for disability uses.
Why are half the posts on this blog whining about the use of terms and descriptions? Surely it would be more productive to look at some actual stories affecting disabled people rather than rehashing this old tripe.
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