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  2. List of disability-related terms with negative connotations

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    Some people consider it best to use person-first language, for example "a person with a disability" rather than "a disabled person." [1] However identity-first language, as in "autistic person" or "deaf person", is preferred by many people and organizations. [2] Language can influence individuals' perception of disabled people and disability. [3]

  3. Ableism - Wikipedia

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    The social model of disability suggests that people with impairments are disabled at the result of the way society acts. When students with disabilities are pulled out of their classrooms into receive the support that they need, that often leads their peers to socially reject them because they don't form relationships with them in the classroom.

  4. Cognitive disengagement syndrome - Wikipedia

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    In many ways, those who have a CDS profile have some of the opposite symptoms of those with predominantly hyperactive-impulsive or combined presentation of ADHD: instead of being hyperactive, extroverted, obtrusive, excessively energetic and risk takers, those with CDS are drifting, absent-minded, listless, introspective and daydreamy. They ...

  5. 'Disability is not a bad word': Mya Pol is fighting for ...

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    In her words, "at least once a month," she would upload essentially the same video about the spectrum of disability. "It looks like we're due for another one of those videos," she said cheerily in ...

  6. Sanism - Wikipedia

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    Reportedly even within the disability rights movement internationally, "there is a lot of sanism", and "disability organisations don't always 'get' mental health and don't want to be seen as mentally defective." Conversely, those coming from the mental health side may not view such conditions as disabilities in the same way. [18]

  7. We should use our words to focus on people, not their illness ...

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    Another thing to consider is using our words to focus on the person, rather than using a label focusing on the illness or disability. Instead of saying someone is an addict, try saying they are a ...

  8. Idiot - Wikipedia

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    The word "idiot" ultimately comes from the Greek noun ἰδιώτης idiōtēs 'a private person, individual' (as opposed to the state), 'a private citizen' (as opposed to someone with a political office), 'a common man', 'a person lacking professional skill, layman', later 'unskilled', 'ignorant', derived from the adjective ἴδιος idios 'personal' (not public, not shared).

  9. Disability - Wikipedia

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    Disability is the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society. [1] Disabilities may be cognitive, developmental, intellectual, mental, physical, sensory, or a combination of multiple factors.