Talk:Cripple

Pupil called a cripple

The following is an extract fron an article published by the BBC on 5 January 2007:

Teacher 'called pupil a cripple'

Amy suffered complications after heart surgery A school is investigating after a disabled 14-year-old pupil claimed she was called a "cripple" by a teacher. Lynne Wild is making a formal complaint about the comment which was aimed at her daughter Amy at Reddish Vale Technology College, Stockport. The teenager uses a wheelchair after heart surgery complications left her with damaged nerves in her legs. Doctors do not know if Amy will walk again and she uses a wheelchair and crutches to get around. Amy told her mother that a male teacher said "move, cripple", as he passed her in the school's dining hall. "My daughter has been through a lot over the past few years and really tries to put a brave face on it," said Mrs xxxxx. "She shouldn't have to put up with this kind of insult, particularly from teachers. This incident upset her and has enraged me. "I am furious and think it is totally unacceptable. This is a man in a responsible job, who should be setting a good example to the pupils."

Question is: Is the teacher's position defensible in Law given the historic meaning of the word "Cripple"? Was the teacher simply linguistically correct in his utterance?

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I say yes. Cripples always get in the way. --Prince Paul of Yugoslavia (talk) 00:56, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Is this word offensive?

This word is often used by mean people or bullies in which they want to be angry with someone else. Some people might think this word offensive, so I suggest that we should not use this word in writing about somebody which is crippled in Wikipedia.--218.190.113.146 (talk) 04:10, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

There is actually some debate about this in the "disabled" community. I know some disability advocates who say: "Don't call me disabled. Dis-abled means I am unable to do things. Not true. My legs don't work any more, but I can do many different things. I'm just crippled, not disabled. Call me crippled." This is certainly not a universal view, but I know more than one person who prefers "crippled" to "disabled." Newell Post (talk) 16:19, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

The 'politically correct' word for it seem even more offensive though: "Differently Abled". I like the term "Handicapped" much more. Atheuz (talk) 09:59, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Person-first language should always be used when referring to people with disabilities, if the disability has to be mentioned. I agree that words like "cripple" and "handicapped" (and the like) are outdated in their use in society. We should move toward using appropriate language to reflect the publications occurring elsewhere (books, journals, etc.). The use of person-first language is a push going on here in writing about disabilities in the United States, but I do know writings from other continents use terms we have retired. Jackiekoerner (talk) 02:28, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

house m.d.

in the tv serie house m.d., doctor gregory house who has a disfuntional leg use to call himself "cripple" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.208.215.216 (talk) 19:46, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

While it might be true that a fictitious television character referred to himself as a "cripple," House was also self-deprecating and not really that interested in being politically correct. I find in society's awareness, the use of "cripple" is offensive. Jackiekoerner (talk) 02:23, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

Ships

When reading accounts of naval combat, ships are sometimes referred to as "crippled", "disabled" or "straddled". Are these all the same meaning? And what exactly does it mean to "cripple" a ship? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.246.132.178 (talk) 21:03, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Similar to the example of Cripple#Software

• Adjective: with impaired function(s)
• Verb (transitive): to impair the functionality of sthing

--Deborahjay (talk) 06:19, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

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narrow minded?

In this article there is no mentioning of (Sorry for German) Kriegskrüppel(Friedenskrüppeln?). This is a very severe shortcoming. After WO I there so many that that obliged consideration. But it seems that in the UK they "never have existed".

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145.129.136.48 (talk) 18:53, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Why would this be a very severe shortcoming? Does it appear in the German-language wikipedia? Why would a German term be notable in the English-language wikipedia, unless it had seen widespread use as a calque or loanword? sheridan (talk) 19:31, 17 August 2019 (UTC)

OK. You stumble about the language. But that is not the question. It is about the content of the expression. Is it "full" or "definite" (this is never true!).

Regards.

145.129.136.48 (talk) 12:48, 18 November 2019 (UTC)