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Re:The moral case against equity language by perilunar on Friday March 03, 2023 @08:06AM (#35009041)
English has "handicapped" which is similar and also became offensive. I thought it was a good word because it allowed for more nuance than the binary abled/disabled.
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Re:The moral case against equity language by andsoitis on Friday March 03, 2023 @10:17AM (#35010693)
Ha, I wasn’t aware that “handicapped” is considered offensive. Is that an American thing? A British thing?
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Re:The moral case against equity language by opportune on Friday March 03, 2023 @10:56PM (#35018016)
It doesn’t feel offensive so much as a little outdated, especially for physical disabilities, since the current vogue is the term “disabled.” Which taken literally is not as nice as the term handicappped, but it works better with language like “I have a disability”
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