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Normalization of Mine
I know that some people say that I have an old-fashioned habit in my terminology and thoughtful speech. I have heard some people say that I have an old-fashioned habit in my terminology and thoughtful speech.
The term "normalization" is a recent example.
I am not unaware of the appropriateness of the term "diversity and inclusion," but my long history as an activist has led me to choose the archaic term "normalization.
When I was an active activist in the 1980s, the term "normalization" was a revelation for those of us who were involved in disability issues as people with disabilities. It was a self-awareness that we were normal in spite of our disabilities! We should be just like other people! And then, "Disability is individuality! Then comes the cry, "Disability is individuality! Then we went beyond being normal! I did not want to leave such a glorious term, normalization, buried in the history of concepts.
But times and concepts change. I am not old enough to be sentimental, but the closer time gets to my concept, the more frustrated I become. While the strategic presentation of mad psychosis as an escape from fascism and religious fascism through individual worship may be possible, the fact remains that in reality there are those who are "saved" by cults.
One of the fatal problems of the concept of normalization is the homogenization and levelling of people and their existence in society, now that the term "diversity" has become a household word. In other words, I would like to object to the current situation in which the term "diversity and inclusion" is used as a key term for the revitalization and reinvigoration of the entire society.
There was a time when people with disabilities (I would like to write "people with disabilities" but let me pause for a moment) were easily reintegrated into society, especially in the case of people with mental disabilities, to re-exist after being excluded from society. There was a time when we said, "I am going to enter society. Now I would say I am included in society, but my resentment toward the society that excluded me is a little more aggressive. However, since it seems that I will not leave the realm of "I am" at this point, I will not mention it further.
The discussion has become long and rambling. I will revise the article.
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