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<blockquote data-quote="CathytheChef" data-source="post: 2376619" data-attributes="member: 39439"><p>Oh I completely agree! Something that annoys me even more is being called a "PWD" ... generally because people who refer to "PWDs" tend to do it with an air of superiority. <em>"I know diabetics don't like to be called diabetics, so I refer to them as PWDs" </em>I've seen in several times in the last year or two, I even replied to an email advert for a diabetes app to complain once when they said some stat like "85% of PWDs find their blood glucose control is improved when they use our app" ... it's not the term we object to, it's being labelled!! If they don't get that then they shouldn't be in the business of anything to do with dealing with people in general frankly. I had a conversation with someone who works for diabetes UK about this recently, she said that around their office it's standard to refer to people who have diabetes as PWDs and I think that by the end of our conversation she was still annoyingly unconvinced there was anything wrong with it. Why can't they just call us "people" or refer to us by our names, or if you're talking about a general group, then "this group of people who all happen to have diabetes" ... just please don't shorten it or I will refer to you as a PWSI (person who secretes insulin) rather than using your name in future, as if that bodily function is only thing about you that matters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CathytheChef, post: 2376619, member: 39439"] Oh I completely agree! Something that annoys me even more is being called a "PWD" ... generally because people who refer to "PWDs" tend to do it with an air of superiority. [I]"I know diabetics don't like to be called diabetics, so I refer to them as PWDs" [/I]I've seen in several times in the last year or two, I even replied to an email advert for a diabetes app to complain once when they said some stat like "85% of PWDs find their blood glucose control is improved when they use our app" ... it's not the term we object to, it's being labelled!! If they don't get that then they shouldn't be in the business of anything to do with dealing with people in general frankly. I had a conversation with someone who works for diabetes UK about this recently, she said that around their office it's standard to refer to people who have diabetes as PWDs and I think that by the end of our conversation she was still annoyingly unconvinced there was anything wrong with it. Why can't they just call us "people" or refer to us by our names, or if you're talking about a general group, then "this group of people who all happen to have diabetes" ... just please don't shorten it or I will refer to you as a PWSI (person who secretes insulin) rather than using your name in future, as if that bodily function is only thing about you that matters. [/QUOTE]
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