By now you’re probably one of the over 600,000 people on YouTube who’ve watched the new PSA from the R-word Campaign.
If not, here you go:
I’ve sent it round to a few AB friends who need the occasional reminder, with positive feedback.
New R-Word PSA Tells It Like It Is
June 10, 2011 | 1 Comment
June 17, 2011 at 5:02 am
I fully agree that people need to stop saying the R word but as a disabled person I think that this is simply not enough to end disableism. My problem with this PSA and the recent drive to encourage people to change their language is that it does not include words like lame, idiot, or even crazy used as a negative descriptor.
It also fails to tackle issues of access, the high rate of poverty for disabled people,etc.,