On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Jim Westrich wrote:
> I would not get into the obvious representation fallacy (who do you
> "see" and who don't you "see"?) of your casual observation
Oh but do. That's the whole question. Now that I think of it, there's a half-way house on my block for people with mental and emotional disabilities, so almost every time I go out I walk by a dozen people who are disabled. But I never think of them as disabled so they didn't come to mind without a half hour's reflection. Is this a bad thing, not thinking of them as disabled? And is there a social solidarity between the physically and mentally disabled that mirrors their statistical unity?
Also do you have any stats on what proportion of the disabled are are suffering exclusively mental or emotional disabilities? And what their total number would be if it was corrected for what you suggest is a systematic undercount?
Michael