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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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    In 2012, Japan ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities which laid the groundwork for an official definition of disability and equitable treatment in Japan. [27] In 2013, Japan added two core principles of the UN convention into law, prohibition of discrimination ( sabetsu kinshi ) and reasonable accommodation ...

  4. Paraphasia - Wikipedia

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    Neologistic paraphasias, a substitution with a non-English or gibberish word, follow pauses indicating word-finding difficulty. [13] They can affect any part of speech, and the previously mentioned pause can be used to indicate the relative severity of the neologism; less severe neologistic paraphasias can be recognized as a distortion of a real word, and more severe ones cannot.

  5. 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).

  6. Anosognosia - Wikipedia

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    Anosognosia is a condition in which a person with a disability is cognitively unaware of having it due to an underlying physical condition. Anosognosia results from physiological damage to brain structures, typically to the parietal lobe or a diffuse lesion on the fronto-temporal-parietal area in the right hemisphere, [1] [2] [3] and is thus a neuropsychiatric disorder.

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

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    "Disability is not a bad word, but some people think that it is," Pol says. She wants to dismantle the "fear" non-disabled people have about disabled experiences. recently she asked her almost ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. Intellectual disability - Wikipedia

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    Intellectual disability (ID), also known as general learning disability (in the United Kingdom), [3] and formerly mental retardation (in the United States), [4] [5] [6] is a generalized neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by significant impairment in intellectual and adaptive functioning that is first apparent during childhood.