Three River’s Fog has a question about language.
“What term should we be using to indicate lack of disability?”
Her post, titled “Open floor: What is the opposite of “disabled”?” brings up the point of inclusion, as TAB (the best acronym I’ve seen so far, ‘Temporarily Able Bodied’, leaves out mental illness and other non-physical disabilities, which the author pointed out, and although I consider the mind a part of the body it doesn’t quite fit since mental illness (‘cetera & so forth) has been considered, at least largely in Western culture to be a moral, personal failing subject to willpower).
I like TAB, since you can add, remove, and add it to a single individual (say, me. Or hey! Even you. 
) for particular things as a situation warrants. But it does leave a gaping hole since a body (whether yours or theirs) is far from the only thing to give grief. Which I’ve a post on in my head, but it’s a bit painful and serious, been …putting it off. Really needs to be done, though, much like cleaning this room. Stagnant.
Anyway, Three River’s Fog requests ideas for alternate vocabulary! She encourages t’link the post around, so please do. Not sure of suggestions myself, need to Ponder.
- Edited to add two short explinations.
