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The “Disability Issues” category is getting really big and unwieldy. I have ideas for a few new subcategories that would make it easier to find things: 1. Disability Forms Permits and Benefits (for all things relating to forms) 2. Blind and Low Vision 3. Deaf and Hard of Hearing (I do not have any vision- or or hearing-related disabilities, so the names are based on what articles say the proper terminology is. If you’re blind or Deaf or anything related, please feel free to offer a better name!)

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Here are all the articles I could find: 1. Disability Forms Permits and Benefits http://www.wikihow.com/Get-a-Free-Car-if-You-Have-a-Disability http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Social-Security-Disability http://www.wikihow.com/File-for-Disability-in-Georgia http://www.wikihow.com/File-for-Disability-in-Maine http://www.wikihow.com/File-for-Disability-in-New-York http://www.wikihow.com/File-for-Disability-in-Montana http://www.wikihow.com/File-for-Disability-in-New-Hampshire http://www.wikihow.com/File-for-Disability-in-Washington http://www.wikihow.com/File-for-Disability-in-Wisconsin http://www.wikihow.com/File-for-Disability-in-Utah http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Disability-Claim http://www.wikihow.com/Obtain-a-Disabled-Parking-Permit-in-New-York http://www.wikihow.com/Obtain-a-Disabled-Parking-Permit-in-Colorado http://www.wikihow.com/Obtain-a-Disabled-Parking-Permit-in-Texas 2. Blind and Low Vision http://www.wikihow.com/Apply-Nail-Polish-when-You-Have-a-Visual-Disability http://www.wikihow.com/Be-a-Confident,-Independent-Person-With-a-Visual-Impairment http://www.wikihow.com/Be-Confident-and-Outgoing-in-a-Job-Interview-When-You-Are-Blind-or-Visually-Impaired http://www.wikihow.com/Be-Independent-When-Visually-Impaired http://www.wikihow.com/Choose-a-White-Cane-if-You-Are-Partially-Sighted-or-Blind http://www.wikihow.com/Cope-With-Being-Blind http://www.wikihow.com/Donate-a-Used-Foldable-White-Cane-for-the-Blind-or-Visually-Impaired http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Respect-As-a-Blind-Person http://www.wikihow.com/Get-a-Job-when-You-Are-Blind-or-Visually-Impaired http://www.wikihow.com/Guide-Someone-Who-Is-Blind/Visually-Impaired http://www.wikihow.com/Help-in-the-Kitchen-if-You're-Partially-Sighted http://www.wikihow.com/Cope-With-Discrimination-when-You-Are-Blind-or-Visually-Impaired http://www.wikihow.com/Interact-with-Blind-People http://www.wikihow.com/Live-Independently-if-Vision-Impaired http://www.wikihow.com/Watch-a-Movie-with-a-Visual-Impairment http://www.wikihow.com/Work-With-Families-With-Visual-Impairments http://www.wikihow.com/Walk-With-a-Blind-Person http://www.wikihow.com/Understand-Blind-People http://www.wikihow.com/Train-a-Seeing-Eye-Dog http://www.wikihow.com/Tell-if-Your-Cat-Is-Blind http://www.wikihow.com/Self-Diagnose-a-Visual-Impairment http://www.wikihow.com/Use-a-White-Tipped-Cane http://www.wikihow.com/Love-a-Blind-Man 3. Deaf and Hard of Hearing http://www.wikihow.com/Avoid-Irritation-with-Hearing-Loss-Patients http://www.wikihow.com/Cope-With-Being-Deaf http://www.wikihow.com/Help-a-Deaf-Child-Make-Friends http://www.wikihow.com/Live-a-Happy-Life-if-You-Are-Deaf http://www.wikihow.com/Meet-a-Deaf-Person-at-Your-Church http://www.wikihow.com/Read-to-the-Deaf http://www.wikihow.com/Talk-to-a-Hearing-Person http://www.wikihow.com/Understand-Your-Teachers-in-School-when-You-Have-Hearing-Loss http://www.wikihow.com/Communicate-With-Deaf-People http://www.wikihow.com/Ask-Someone-if-They-Are-Deaf http://www.wikihow.com/Communicate-With-a-Deaf-Person-Through-an-Interpreter http://www.wikihow.com/Wake-a-Deaf-Person http://www.wikihow.com/Hear-TV-Sound-Without-Blasting-Everyone-Else-Out http://www.wikihow.com/Communicate-With-a-Deaf-Person http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Doorbell-for-Deaf-Person http://www.wikihow.com/Understand-Deaf-and-Hard-of-Hearing-People http://www.wikihow.com/Ask-a-Deaf-Person-for-a-Date http://www.wikihow.com/Hire-a-Sign-Language-Interpreter http://www.wikihow.com/Become-an-Interpreter-for-the-Deaf-and-Hard-of-Hearing Then there are three articles regarding people who are both deaf and blind. http://www.wikihow.com/Communicate-With-a-Deaf-and-Blind-Person http://www.wikihow.com/Get-a-Job-As-a-Deafblind-Person http://www.wikihow.com/See-What-Helen-Keller-Went-Through

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Approve! Good work Luna

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That sounds like a great idea!

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Great work collecting those articles! Well done Luna:slight_smile:

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Sounds great! I support this category.

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Good idea! I think the proper term for low vision would be impaired vision, so perhaps use that instead. I guess the three that are blind and deaf could go in both categories. Great work Luna!

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I’m pleased to hear that people support the idea! I used the term “low vision” because I’ve read that some people in the disability community dislike the term “impaired” (I think because it makes them sound defective? I haven’t read much from the blind community, so I’m not familiar with the nuances of the argument).

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I’ve never seen the term “low vision” used before. The category itself could be called “Blindness and Vision Impairments” since the category is not specifically about the people who have the disability. Similar with deaf/hoh. Deafness and hearing impairments.

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@Lojjik - in my experience, folks in the Deaf community are often not big fans of the term hearing impaired. There’s a lot of strong feeling among Deaf self-advocates about labeling preferenced. I think Luna’s suggestion of Deaf and Hard of Hearing or Deafness and Hardness of Hearing is more in line with the common preference there? (I’m not an expert but just talking based on my past experience with clients, classmates, and coworkers in disability services. If none of us is certain, though, I’m sure we can do some research to find out more!) I just chatted with my friend Laine who works for the Idaho Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired, and is herself blind, and she said the preferences are much more split for folks with B/VI. Her take was that Blindness and Visual Impairment would probably be the most universal.

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@Anna , thanks for the info! “Low Vision” was just a term I had heard used before, but again, I haven’t researched it much. I appreciate you asking Laine—she sounds like a great expert—and if she says that “Blind and Visually Impaired” is better, then we should go for it! I think “Deaf and Hard of Hearing” would sound a little better than “Deafness and Hardness of Hearing” (a little less awkward, and uses parallel structure with the B/VI category).

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@MissLunaRose (cc: @Anna ) http://www.wikihow.com/Category:Disability-Forms-Permits-and-Benefits http://www.wikihow.com/Category:Blind-and-Visually-Impaired http://www.wikihow.com/Category:Deaf-and-Hard-of-Hearing