Department of Psychiatry, Psychosis Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2020 Aug;66(5):424-430. doi: 10.1177/0020764020913308. Epub 2020 Apr 13.
Despite several fruitful attempts in destigmatization, disability is still associated with stigma. The role of language, especially when addressing a disabling condition and people, has been the matter of social as well as scientific debates. This article poses an intriguing question about the language we apply when addressing people and disability.
A narrative review of different models of disability with the emphasis on how labels and more generally language affect identity formation, and the extendibility of positive psychology concepts on the field of disability studies.
In this theoretical paper, the authors suggest that the term disability per se is contributing to increasing the stigma and has disempowering effect. Considering previous evidence from different lines of literature, the authors suggest a new approach of destigmatization, namely changing the term disability to a less stigmatizing one. Moreover, the authors discuss some theories to support this perspective.
Replacing 'dis' in 'disability' with the prefix 'para' in the term 'Para-ability' is suggested.
尽管在消除污名化方面进行了几次有益的尝试,但残疾仍然与污名联系在一起。语言的作用,尤其是在描述残疾状况和残疾人士时,一直是社会和科学辩论的主题。本文提出了一个有趣的问题,即我们在描述人和残疾时所使用的语言。
对不同残疾模式的叙述性评论,重点关注标签以及更普遍的语言如何影响身份形成,以及积极心理学概念在残疾研究领域的可扩展性。
在这篇理论论文中,作者认为残疾一词本身就加剧了污名化,具有剥夺权力的影响。考虑到来自不同文献的先前证据,作者提出了一种新的去污名化方法,即把残疾一词改为一个污名化程度较低的词。此外,作者还讨论了一些支持这一观点的理论。
建议用前缀“para”代替“disability”中的“dis”,将术语“Para-ability”。