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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]
The disability studies scholar Alison Kafer describes how those narratives reinforce the problematic idea that disability can be overcome by an individual's hard work, in contrast to other theories, which understand disability to be a result of a world that is not designed to be accessible. [54]
This list appears to be made exclusively with the comfort of abled people in mind. Words like "autistic", "blind", "deaf-mute" or even the so controversial "wheelchair bound" are proper terms used to talk about disabilities. Putting those words on such a list only contributes to making disabilities seem like something to be ashamed of.
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 ...
"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 ...
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 ...
Superordinate semantic paraphasias replace a specific target word with a more generalized group to which the target word involves, such as replacing pear with fruit. Subordinate semantic paraphasias are the opposite of superordinate semantic paraphasias and replace the target word with one that is more specific – rose, for flower, for example.
Disability is scary, because the very word implies a loss or a deficit. And we’re socialized to believe that not having the ability to do something makes that person somehow less than someone ...