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Originally Posted by ownedbycats
As a disabled person: please, I'm begging people to not use the term differently abled. We're disabled.
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Exactly. In addition to that a self-quote from the "current phrases you can't stand" thread:
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Originally Posted by Freeshadow
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what I really hated was "differently abled" (is that still in use?) in English. Differently?
Unless you can prove that you develop psionic powers or tastebuds on your fingertips when I cut your legs off or poke your eyes out - spare me that euphemistic drivel.
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Because that would be really different abilities instead of the not present from the standard setup. Or to speak with prefixes: We are disabled, not altabled.