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Re:‘Disabled’ is not a bad word. Stop telling people with di... by tempnow987 on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @06:40PM (#31174061)
Where I am disabled is not in common use.

Differently abled is OK. Learning differences or special needs also works. Disabilities I think is still OK.

I'm kind of on board with getting away from retarded and disabled.

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Re:‘Disabled’ is not a bad word. Stop telling people with di... by matt-attack on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @07:49PM (#31174609)
I literally recall "differently abled" as being the punch line to a joke (Simpsons perhaps?). A character put his foot in his mouth, and tried to back-pedal and sort of ad-hoc formulated the phrase "differently abled" as a way to sound more PC and sensitive. It was quite literally supposed a joke at the time.
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