[MR] handicaps/disablitiesPERIOD EYEWARE

[Marybeth Lavrakas]

One of my all time favorite purchases was a pair of wooden period style frames. 
I had reading lenses put in, so I still have to wear contacts with them but they 
sure are fun! I'll have to take a look at Stefan's links -- the person I got my 
frames from stopped making them ... 


Kateryn Rous



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From: Stefan li Rous <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>
To: Atlantia maillist <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Sent: Fri, July 1, 2011 3:57:49 AM
Subject: [MR] handicaps/disablities

Gerita said:
<<<  Oh, and most of us really, truly dislike the 'disabled' label, no
matter how its used.  "Handicapped" or "...with a handicapping
condition" is far more acceptable to those the label applies to.  Why?
Disabled implies that there is no way we can do (much of anything, I
find).  Handicapped implies that things are difficult, but do-able. >>>

Sigh. Years ago, I had a file and a section in the Florilegium for HANDICAPS.

I got taken to task for that, and was told that the preferred term was 
"Disablilties" not "Handicaps", for similar reasons as explained above. So I 
changed both the file name and the section name.

I guess before the complaints I had thought of things the way Gerita is. Argh! 
People, make up your minds! :-)

And yes, I've always been "handicapped"/"disabled" etc, my best eye is 20/200 
with glasses. From birth. I've also been a Type I diabetic since 1976. On the 
otherhand, I qualify for MENSA. So?

See this file in the DISABILITIES section of the Florilegium:
Diabetes-SCA-art (20K) 12/22/09 "Surviving Diabetes in the SCA" by Forester 
Padraig MacRaighne and THL Geniveve Rose D'Glendalough (called GenRose).
http://www.florilegium.org/files/DISABILITIES/Diabetes-SCA-art.html

15C-Eyeglsses-art (10K) 4/14/02 "Eyeglasses and Concave Lenses in 15th C. 
Florence and Milan" by Lord Anton de Stoc
http://www.florilegium.org/files/DISABILITIES/15C-Eyeglsses-art.html

eyeglasses-msg (78K) 1/16/08 Period eyewear. Making replicas.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/DISABILITIES/eyeglasses-msg.html

Stefan
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THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
   Mark S. Harris           Austin, Texas          StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
**** See Stefan's Florilegium files at:  http://www.florilegium.org ****


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