Language can have an immense impact on a community, good and bad, especially in regards to the disability community, who has a complex history of misrepresentation, stigma, erasure, and overall misunderstanding. How we choose to identify and discuss people with disabilities, especially for those who are able-bodied, carries immense weight.
Read MoreThe ideas and beliefs that ableists have are ultimately grounded in the notion that people with disabilities are immensely ‘dependent’, ‘weak’, and in need of ‘fixing’.
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