*sighs*

[conuly]

So, somebody posted that annoying flashy image saying that "Marriage is not about Race, Religion, National Origin, Gender, Physical Disability, Et Cetera" on a couple of comms I'm in.

Wait... physical disability?

Which is pretty much what I said, prompting the reply that "well, people with mental disabilities have to be screened to make sure that they understand and consent to marriage".

Maybe I'm wrong here, but I thought that depression was considered a mental disability? And bipolar disorder? And our favorite syndrome, asperger's (let's not get into that debate again, I have a point to make)? And I suppose dyslexia could be considered a mental disability, being as how it's a disability of the mind (though I recognize that this isn't the normal term used), and ADD, and... well, other things. Heck, one could make the case that being in love is a mental disability.

But maybe I'm mistaken.

Comments

[stejcruetekie.livejournal.com]

Mental retardation would be more accurate - and I wouldn't consider that a physical disability (maybe it technically is though, being biological and all), although some form of physical disability isn't uncommon.

[leora.livejournal.com]

The US government classifies it as a "learning disability" for the purposes of qualifying for educational accomodations. The teaching community would refer to it as a "learning disability". Within the field of psychology, it'd probably be called a "cognitive disability", because "cognitive" means thinking. However, teachers use the term "cognitive disability" to refer to the mass of issues that don't involve IQ and are fairly brain-related (dyslexia, autism, ADD, etc.).