billcreswell

Playing with the new Yahoo! Player http://developer.yahoo.com/blogs/ydn/posts/2011/08/introducing-yahoo-webplayer/ http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810190842/info

Yuck. Hate that word. Who really is disabled? Really? "Disabilities is an umbrella term, covering impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions. An impairment is a problem in body function or structure; an activity limitation is a difficulty encountered by an individual in executing a task or action; while a participation restriction is a problem experienced by an individual in involvement in life situations. Thus disability is a complex phenomenon, reflecting an interaction between features of a person’s body and features of the society in which he or she lives."  —World Health Organization "An individual may also qualify as disabled if he/she has had an impairment in the past or is seen as disabled based on a personal or group standard or norm." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability Disability? Reminds me of "Diss" Who doesn't have a disability? Really? I'm socially awkward, have a short attention span, ...

Conflation occurs when the identities of two or more individuals, concepts, or places, sharing some characteristics of one another, become confused until there seems to be only a single identity — the differences appear to become lost. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflation

  Pearl Jam "The Fixer"