Disability Language - Deeper Than You Imagine
https://b-side.city/post/did-i-say-it-right/ A very insightful article (link above) with profound deep thought from someone who has been working with various disabilities for a decade or so! Sharing some of my personal takeaways and reflections: FIRSTLY, CONTEXT MATTERS Different terms could be appropriate in different contexts SECONDLY, MORE THAN A JUST A TERMINOLOGY The most recent trend in the disabled community is to advocate for Identity-First language (such as "Autistic person") as opposed to Person-first language (such as "person with autism") I LOVE the part of the article about the values behind the choice of words. Indeed, some conveniently shrug it off as "semantics" or conveniently say "don't get hung up with mere terminology" - when in reality, there is a lot of DEEPER meanings , value , societal value , meaning and paradigm underneath the terms. The more we use certain terms, the more we reinforce the desired or undesi