Olympic organizers apologize for ‘inappropriate language’
June 2nd, 2008
From the Sydney [Australia] Morning Herald:
Beijing Olympics organizers have apologized for offending disabled people and scrapped a training manual for volunteers which sparked a wave of protest.
The offending guide has been pulled while authorities revise “inappropriate language” applied to the disabled.
“Some mistakes were made in describing people with disabilities,” said a website statement from the organising body BOCOG.
The manual for volunteers said disabled people could be unsocial, stubborn, controlling, defensive and have a strong sense of inferiority. Earlier, the manual had been withdrawn without apology.


