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Examples of
Acceptable and Offensive Language:
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Acceptable |
Offensive |
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| disabled | handicapped, crippled, deformed |
| non-disabled | able-bodied, normal, healthy |
| people with
disabilities persons with disabilities | the
disabled the handicapped |
| uses a wheelchair is a wheelchair user | is confined to a
wheelchair is wheelchair bound |
| has a cerebral palsy | is a cerebral palsy victim |
| has had polio | suffers from polio |
| has a specific learning disability | is learning disabled |
| people who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, or hearing impaired | the blind, the visually impaired deaf or the hearing impaired deaf and dumb |
| person with mental illness | the mentally ill, crazy person, psycho, psychopath |
| person with developmental
delay person with cognitive disability | the mentally retarded, retardation, mentally deficient, retard or retardate |
| person with Down Syndrome | the Down's Syndrome
child Mongoloid (Never)! |
| people who have epilepsy | epileptics |
| seizures | fits |
| congenital disability | birth defect |
Last updated 99/11/18