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Subject:Word choice and "ADD/ADHD" as a social construct From:Dick Margulis <margulisd -at- comcast -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 17 Jun 2004 14:08:06 -0400
Starting in the 1920s (that I know about, but maybe earlier, and yes, I
know that my excessive use of long parenthetical asides is symptomatic)
schools started tracking kids into "gifted and talented" programs. It
was more fun being special then than it must be now for the same kids to
be "identified" as having a "disorder" or "syndrome." I think it
probably led to better outcomes, too. I'm glad I was born when I was.
I don't want to get into a long rant about political correctness. My
only point is that the words we use really do shape the way we classify
phenomena in the world, and that this is something to bear in mind when
we make word and syntax choices in technical communication, as well.
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