[Gllug] BETT at Olympia

[Jason Clifford]

On Fri, 3 Jan 2003, Chris Ball wrote:

>    > Both are accurate descriptions, yet one is deemed acceptable, and
>    > one not. Why? Is there some sensible explanation, or is it just
>    > political correctness rearing its ugly head?
> 
> I'm told that this is owing to the etymology of ``handicapped'' being
> the phrase ``capped hands'', which has begging implications; not that 
> I - or, I imagine, the majority of people using the word - would have
> thought of that.  :-)

Indeed. For myself the word "disabled" would seem the less acceptable as 
it simply means "unable to do something" rather than the more accurate 
"handicapped" meaning, to me, that doing such is only difficult.

Jason Clifford
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