A change in the title and Other matters

The first slide was titled "Problems of Definition", I am changing that to "Difficulty of defining Disability" based on Altman, 2001. The four points in that slide were:

1. Complicated, multidimensional concept due to variety in the nature of the problem


2. Problems of language


3. Confusion and misuse of disability terms and definitions


4. Variety of ideas and form

There was issue regarding point number 3, it shouldn't find place under the earlier title "Problems of Definition" and even under the revised title, it's difficult to see how this point is included. Altman speaks of this point in the context of the existing ways that disability has been defined, namely, based on (i) simple statements (e.g., PwD 1995), (ii) on theoretical models (e.g. UNCRPD 2006), (iii) on classification schemes (e.g. PwD 1995 again), and (iv) on measurements (again PwD 1995). This, according to her, has led to confusion and misuse of disability terms and definitions, "particularly when operationalized measures of disabilities are interpreted and used as definitions".

We decided today to shift this point to the slide titled "Need for Definition" -- but I think it's now not necessary given the clarification as above.

However, point no. 4 seems like a bit of repetaion, although it's subtley different from point no. 1. Variety of ideas and forms has to be understood in the context of points (i) to (iv) in the para above and not to be confused with localized defintion of disability that point 1. refers to.