Edited on Fri Mar-20-09 05:55 PM by The empressof all
Honestly we don't call someone with cancer A Cancer. We don't call Michael J Fox a Parkinsons. Yet individuals with brain or learning challenges are labeled in such a way that they "become" their disease or condition. It's easy to say John is Schizophrenic, or Mary is Epileptic. I don't know how that turn in our language came to be but I do know it bothers many who suffer from such afflictions or challenges.
A person who has a low IQ that falls below certain levels usually is determined to have a developmental disability. Yet, not all individuals with developmental disabilities have low IQ's. It's not really that easy to pigeon hole people into certain labels. In some states individuals with epilepsy are automatically categorized as being developmentally disabled regardless of what caused their condition. I think it's just odd that we label each other in this manner.
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