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From: Alinga Fisher (Graduate Student Southern University, Baton Rouge, La.)
Date: 22 Oct 2010
Time: 13:38:10 -0500
Remote Name: 72.207.220.98
I wasn't saying that at all. My wish is for everyone to be comfortable without feeling obligated to be labeled when they do not feel like they should be. In this case the term "disabled", is the label at hand. I was trying to say, that because Julia Roberts is a person who stutters, maybe she would shed a more positive light on the term. This would only be if she decided to do so of course. She may get upset herself at any type of label, including disabled. I used her as an example, because of her public popularity. I in no way was saying that she was disabled. I didn't think that I was conveying that she "was disabled", in my comments, but I apologize for clearly offending anyone. I am a little saddened that it was taken the wrong way, especially when I enjoyed the article so much.