A lot of folks have been writing about ableist language and what that means. My semantically obsessed brain starts with the words we as #a11y advocates and pracitioners use. Disabled is a problem. It means "apart" from able. All humans are apart from some "able". In GEnie BBS 1).
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A key point is to distinguish the purpose. To turn a cognitive impairment into an insult is unacceptable: moron, imbecile, etc. To call a government decision stupid is not offending any individual and is not, in my view, ableist.
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Replying to @onsman
Context, it's said, is everything. I agree with your distinction here. Exception: People don't understand what they see, even psych and med folks can't differentiate comorbidity or cause in complex cases (hiya) and end up blaming the patient for what they do not know.

Jan 23, 2021 · 10:05 PM UTC
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