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élèves handicapés moteurs

English translation: pupils with a motor disability

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French term or phrase:	élèves handicapés moteurs
English translation:	pupils with a motor disability
Entered by:	jenn22

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09:14 Jun 24, 2004

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Education / Pedagogy

French term or phrase: élèves handicapés moteurs

In a specialized school

jenn22 KudoZ activity Questions: 138 (none open) (1 without valid answers) Answers: 5
Local time: 09:44

pupils with a motor disability

Explanation:
Disability is more generally acceptable as a non-offensive term than handicap these days. Also "person with a disability" is preferred to "disabled person".

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By the way, we\'d normally say \"special school\" rather than \"specialized school\" when talking about a school for children with disabilities, at least in the UK.

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Jane Griffiths
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:44

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4 +7

pupils with a motor disability

Jane Griffiths

4 +1

pupils who have movement difficulties

Vanessa Lindsey

explanation

hirselina

physically handicapped pupils

Amy Grieve

pupils with a physical disability

Felicite Robertson

motor handicapped pupils

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Answers

2 mins confidence:

motor handicapped pupils

Explanation:
Many ways to say this but here is one.

cf. users.volja.net/cskupine/Nekaj%20o%20inkluziji.htm

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Note added at 2004-06-24 09:22:39 (GMT)
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I forgot the http:// www. before the site reference

xxxCMJ_Trans
Local time: 09:44
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 51

2 mins confidence:

élèves handicapés moteurs physically handicapped pupils

Explanation:
Depends on the context really, but I would suggest that this refers to pupils with a motor or physical handicap.

Amy Grieve
Local time: 08:44
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

élèves handicapés moteurs pupils who have movement difficulties

Explanation:
'handicapés moteurs' technically means 'spastic' which is the stiffening of muscles resulting in jerky movements. I have suggested the above in preference to simply 'spastic pupils'.

Vanessa Lindsey
Local time: 08:44
Native speaker of:

English

1 hr confidence:

élèves handicapés moteurs pupils with a physical disability

Explanation:
The school caters for children presenting a wide range of special needs which includes pupils with a physical disability or serious medical condition.

Felicite Robertson
Local time: 08:44
Native speaker of:

French,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

élèves handicapés moteurs

pupils with a motor disability

Jane Griffiths
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:44
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

1 hr confidence:

explanation

Explanation:
The terminology problem in the field of handicap goes way beyong the question of being politically correct or not. Often the choice of terms is based on the WHO International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities and Handicaps (ICIDH), which was replaced recently by the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). In this complex three level classification, a clear distinction is made between impairment, disability and handicap ("disability" summarizes a great number of different functional limitations. People may be disabled by physical, intellectual or sensory impairment, medical conditions or mental illness. The term "handicap" means the loss or limitation of opportunities to take part in the life of the community on an equal level with others. It describes the encounter between the person with a disability and the environment.

http://www.dpa.org.sg/definition_disability.htm

So it important to know whether a particular client explicitely wants to use WHO terminology or not, because this might explain a preference for "with mobility impairments" or "with mobility disabilities"
or "with a mobility handicap"

(impairments: see www.independentliving.org/docs6/berg20030520.html

www.teachernet.gov.uk/

www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_susttravel/ documents/page/dft_susttravel_504053-08.hcsp

"pupils with mobility disabilities"

www.flintshire-edunet.gov.uk/ castellalun/ information/Prospectus%20July%202001.pdf

www.sidmouth-stnicholas-jun.devon.sch.uk/ docs/governors_report_2003.pdf -

An official translation of the WHO classification is available in a number of languages.

http://www.apf-moteurline.org/aspetsmedicaux/dmsh/introducti...

Concernant le handicap moteur, on voit qu’il peut se décliner selon ces trois
composantes : déficience motrice (déficience touchant l ’appareil locomoteur au sens large),incapacité motrice (en rapport avec la motricité,la locomotion,les
déplacements …), désavantage du fait de déficiences et/ou d ’incapacités mo-
trices. Handicap moteur n ’est donc pas synonyme de déficience motrice.

This explains why some texts use "élèves handicapés moteurs"
and other "élèves déficients moteurs"

hirselina
Local time: 09:44
Specializes in field
PRO pts in category: 8

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