Disability/Impairment

[Perad]

Me and my girlfriend were chatting about it, she has dodgy feet which stops her from walking long distances. I have a stammer, she says she has a disability and i have an impairment. Do you guys think a stammer is an impairment?

I think it is to a certain extent, while i can do whatever i want, when it comes to talking i am held back a little.

Also if you think it is an impairment it should put on the disability section of an applicaton form.

[sloth]

Recently i had to fill out a form a scholorship application, and there were places to mark whether the applicant had a speech impediment or a disability. Most of the time (where i'm from) a stutter is not considered a disabilty unless it is a very severe stutter that accompanies head jerks or ticks. I guess it would depend on what the application was for to determine whether your stutter would show as a disability in that situation.

[Asif]

Depends where you live.
In Canada, anything out of the ordinary is called "challenged".
This makes me want to throw up, but there you are.
So you are "verbally challenged".
If you were a midget you would be "vertically challenged".
If you were a dumbo you would be "cerebrally challenged".
This is one of the reasons I don't live in canada any more:)
I'm "geographically challenged".
Asif.

[llw03c]

This is one of the reasons I don't live in canada any more:)
not to change the subject too much, but what are the other reasons you don't live in canada anymore?? i'm considering moving there.

[Asif]

Nonono :)
I won't be drawn into that one.
I could fill several pages with reasons I don't live there any more.
Best not to get me going on that one.
Suffice it to say: if you want to disappear into a bug-ridden, freezing, barren wilderness and you don't mind living like a caveman and starving yourself in splendid isolation amid wonderful scenery, then Canada is for you.
If - on the other hand - you imagine that because Canadians speak your language, that they are even remotely like you, then maybe you might want to think again about moving there.
By the way: I am English.
All I know is that after 18 years of trying to adjust to living in a place I simply was never supposed to be in, I finallly gave up and moved to Mexico where I was was very, very happy :)
I've met Canadians I liked, but very, very few.
I might as well have been living on Mars.
Asif.
p.s: There: I told you not to get me going :)