TW discussion of ableism
By using Disability words that perpetuate the idea that disability is negative, you’re saying that being Disabled is wrong and that anyone being the attributes of a disability is wrong.
These words refer to:
- People with mental illnesses
- People with intellectual and developmental disabilities
- People with physical disabilities
- Deaf/HOH/self identified Hearing Impaired people
- Blind/Low Vision/Visually Impaired people
- People of any other disability category I did not list here
There is nothing wrong with being a disability. Stop using these words.
Use these words listed instead (under the Non-ableist language section).