…je međunarodni dan osoba sa invaliditetom.
Ne volim reč invaliditet. Niti hednikep.
Oba su mi izraza ponižavajuća.
Engleski jezik ima jednu “odgovarajuću” reč: disability. Ne znam kako se ova reč prevodi na srpski, ja ne umem da je jednom rečju prevedem. Oni koji nisu u mogućnosti, koji ne mogu (ili ne umeju dodala bih ja). Terminologija je čudna stvar. Interesantno je kako je ona i u engleskom jeziku evoluirala. Od “invalid”, preko “handicapped person” do “person with a disability” (ne “disabled person”).
U srpskom jeziku, i dalje je zvaničan izraz “osoba sa invaliditetom”. Neki od njih sebe nazivaju osobama sa hendikepom, tako recimo postoji Udruženje Studenata sa Hendikepom.
A poreklo ovih izraza je:
invalid – od not valid, pogrešno, neispravno;
handicap – od hand-a-cap, prositi, pružiti posudu da se udeli pomoć.
Pročitajte ovde više Disability Definitions, Models and Terminology
Svaki je jezik živ.
World Health Organisation (WHO)
In 1980 the WHO commissioned Philip Wood [Reference] to devise a classification system for disability. The resulting definitions are shown below:
- Impairment
- any loss or abnormality of psychological, physiological or anatomical structure or function.
- Disability
- any restriction or lack (resulting from an impairment) of ability to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being.
- Handicap
- a disadvantage for a given individual, resulting from an impairment or disability, that limits or prevents the fulfilment of a role that is normal (depending on age, sex and social and cultural factors) for that individual.
Barnes et al (1999) [Reference] are amongst the critics of this definition; they make several points including:
- How do we define abnormality and normality?
- It doesn’t say anything about environmental factors;
- because disability and handicap are caused by psychological and physiological impairments there has been a focus on ‘cure’ by psychological and medical intervention.
The WHO is considering releasing a second version of this definition which include a fourth category of environmental effects. However, disabled people’s groups and disability activists say that the definition needs completely rewriting.
Izvor: DEMOS Project
Moramo biti svesniji različitosti, i drugačijih potreba drugih ljudi u odnosu na naše potrebe.
Moramo učiti svoju decu da nisu svi isti, i da nije ništa loše biti različit, u bilo kom pogledu.
Neko hoda, neko ne hoda, neko govori, neko ne govori, neko vidi, neko ne vidi, neko čuje, neko ne čuje, neko ima plave oči, neko ima crne oči, neko ima kovrdžavu kosu, neko ima ravnu kosu…
Drugačiji, pa šta!