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  2. List of disability-related terms with negative connotations

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    The Disabled or Disabled people May be offensive to some, [1] [17] [22] who may prefer "person with a disability" or "people with health conditions or impairments". [7] However, many people prefer "disabled person" or "disabled people", in part due to the social model of disability. [27] [28] [29] Disorder [30] Dotard [31] Downie: Used of ...

  3. Social model of disability - Wikipedia

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    "Over 200,000 disabled people were some of the earlier victims of the Holocaust, after Communists, other political enemies, and homosexuals." [37] A 1986 article stated: [38] It is important that we do not allow ourselves to be dismissed as if we all come under this one great metaphysical category 'the disabled'.

  4. Disability and poverty - Wikipedia

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    Man with disabilities in Bangladesh. A multitude of studies have been shown to demonstrate a significant rate of disability among individuals living in poverty. The evidence on the association between disability and poverty was recently reviewed in the United Nations' first Flagship Report on Disability and Development [1] The association between disability and poverty has been shown to be ...

  5. Disability - Wikipedia

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    The inaccessibility of appropriate education (at any stage), can lead to difficulties in finding employment, which often results in the vicious cycle of being 'bound' by one's experience as a poor and disabled person to remain in the same social structure and experience socio-economic exclusion.

  6. What Is Ableism? The Sneaky Assumption That Hurts Disabled People

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    Ask any disabled person: they likely have a script or standard way of responding when someone asks a rude or insensitive question, grabs their mobility aids or tries to pet a service dog or tries ...

  7. Voices: Why are disabled people being kicked off trains? - AOL

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    The current so-called ‘modernisation programme’ is a step backwards into a set of circumstances that leaves wheelchair users, visually impaired travellers, elderly travellers, and parents ...

  8. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act - Wikipedia

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    the child's current levels of physical, cognitive, communication, social or emotional, and adaptive development; the family's resources, priorities, and concerns to help in their child's development; the desired end result for the child and for the family (goals/outcomes), as well as the steps needed to achieve said end result (objectives).

  9. Disability in the United States - Wikipedia

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    People with disabilities in the United States are a significant minority group, making up a fifth of the overall population and over half of Americans older than eighty. [1] [2] There is a complex history underlying the U.S. and its relationship with its disabled population, with great progress being made in the last century to improve the livelihood of disabled citizens through legislation ...