PC Naming of things

[pasley]

I was recently asked what is the PC term for SCUBA Divers with a handicap? Handicapped - from the English tradition of evening up the odds on a horse race by having the best jockey hold his cap under his arm (inhibiting his use of the whip) during the horse race. Hence to be handicapped was to compete without being able to use of all you have, or to say you are the best, a compliment if you will.

So if you were going to name an area, website, forum, or item and want to easily identify that it is intended for SCUBA divers with a handicap what would you call it?
Handicapped SCUBA Divers
Disabled Divers
Physically Challenged Divers
?

 

[knotical]

Well, as you know, both:
Handicap Scuba Association
and
IAHD 10 year Anniversary
use the word handicap (or handicapped) followed by scuba or diver, which seems to lean toward your first choice of Handicapped Scuba Divers.

But as someone pointed out in another thread, this should be about divers who happen to have handicaps or disabilities (emphasis on diving, not the handicap). So I like the name of this forum in which you asked the question: Divers with Disabilities.

 

[Walter]

Save us from PC thought control.

"Challenged Divers" would refer to any diver who is pushing their own limits or who is involved in a contest of some type.

 

[Rhone Man]

The PC police would be a lot more popular if they were more creative in their names.

I always like the suggestion of calling people "nutritional over-acheivers" instead of "fat", and referring to "superior cranial refraction" instead of "baldness".

 

[cudachaser]

Divers with Disabilities

 

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[almitywife]

when my nephew was born he was mongoloid, then we got a letter and he had downs syndrome, few years later another letter and he was a disabled person, a few more years and he was declared a person with a disability and then about 4yrs ago the government declared he was a person with ability

labels dont mean much to my family - but if they must exist i ask that its done with respect to the person

cheers and goodluck!

 

[maynard.hogg]

My famous neighbor turned it around: barrier free.
That's why I carry a "support diver" card from the Japan Barrier Free Diving Association.

 

[rollerboi]

I'd call 'em a "diver". Nothing else matters.

Edit: Oh, I re-read and see that you're looking to name an area. I like "Barrier Free Diving" for a name. Or "Divers with Disabilities", although I don't much care for the term "disability" or "disabled". Usually the term is used to marginalize and separate people from the mainstream crowd without regard to the particular skill sets they may have. I like specifically addressing the circumstance in question, be it Deaf, amputee, blind, et cetera.

 

[candudave]

"Divers with Disabilities"
DWD