‘Disabled’ is not a bad word. Stop telling people with disabilities it is

Re:‘Disabled’ is not a bad word. Stop telling people with di... by chillacy on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @03:59PM (#31172415)

I get the sense that "disabled" is still in its avant-garde phase. "retarded" passed that in my circles maybe a few years ago, but also there was a time where it was much like "disabled" is today.

Aside, somehow "retarded" got replaced by "special needs" or "short bus" in some circles which also sounds insulting to me, so maybe we'll continue this treadmill for awhile longer.

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Re:‘Disabled’ is not a bad word. Stop telling people with di... by jfengel on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @05:53PM (#31173644)

"Short bus" was always a slur.

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Re:‘Disabled’ is not a bad word. Stop telling people with di... by paxprose on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @04:27PM (#31172735)

this button is disabled this button is retarded this button is special needs

I could go with the first two in a code review.

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Re:‘Disabled’ is not a bad word. Stop telling people with di... by krnlpnc on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @04:35PM (#31172830)

And then you could go explain that second one to HR.

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Re:‘Disabled’ is not a bad word. Stop telling people with di... by adamomada on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @05:22PM (#31173365)

It’s the French translation

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