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<blockquote data-quote="Eater of Worlds" data-source="post: 2417336" data-attributes="member: 70689">This man is not calling his son &quot;special&quot;.&nbsp; Special needs is a term that is often used clinically to describe people who need assistance.&nbsp; It's not once I'm fond of because of the use of calling people with disabilities special, but the difference is like using oriental for carpets but using Asian for people.&nbsp; His son also has no hearing loss nor does the other man in this story so he in no way lumped deafness in with special needs.&nbsp;Also, while it's offensive calling people who are Deaf mute, when someone has mutism it's not offensive to call them mute.&nbsp; I have a friend who has a neurological disorder that often prevents him from talking, he has intermittent mutism and uses ASL when that happens.&nbsp; Being mute is a completely different condition from being deaf and when someone is mute it's appropriate to call them mute.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Eater of Worlds, post: 2417336, member: 70689"] This man is not calling his son "special". Special needs is a term that is often used clinically to describe people who need assistance. It's not once I'm fond of because of the use of calling people with disabilities special, but the difference is like using oriental for carpets but using Asian for people. His son also has no hearing loss nor does the other man in this story so he in no way lumped deafness in with special needs. Also, while it's offensive calling people who are Deaf mute, when someone has mutism it's not offensive to call them mute. I have a friend who has a neurological disorder that often prevents him from talking, he has intermittent mutism and uses ASL when that happens. Being mute is a completely different condition from being deaf and when someone is mute it's appropriate to call them mute. [/QUOTE]

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