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The person-first stance advocates for saying "people with disabilities" instead of "the disabled" or "a person who is deaf" instead of "a deaf person". [5] [6] [7] However, some advocate against this, saying it reflects a medical model of disability whereas "disabled person" is more appropriate and reflects the social model of disability. [8]
In the United States "special needs" is a legal term applying in foster care, derived from the language in the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997. It is a diagnosis used to classify children as needing more services than those children without special needs who are in the foster care system.
Baby: Term often used to tease others for being childish or too young, or for behaving in an immature way. Bag lady : A homeless old woman or vagrant . Barely legal : [ 6 ] A term used to market pornography featuring young people who are "barely legal" (only just reached legal age of majority or the age of consent , or both).
A dozen senators led a last-ditch effort to strike the measure that would ban the military's health insurance program from funding gender affirming care for the children of servicemembers.
Political correctness" (adjectivally "politically correct"; commonly abbreviated to P.C.) is a term used to describe language, [1] [2] [3] policies, [4] or measures that are intended to avoid offense or disadvantage to members of particular groups in society.
Intellectual disability (ID), also known as general learning disability (in the United Kingdom), [3] and formerly mental retardation (in the United States), [4] [5] [6] is a generalized neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by significant impairment in intellectual and adaptive functioning that is first apparent during childhood.
He told those gathered for the National Federation of Independent Businesses 75th Anniversary Celebration, “I don’t say ‘mankind’ anymore, I say ’humankind’…I don’t know. They want ...
Since 2023, seven babies in the neonatal intensive care unit of a Richmond hospital have suffered unexplained fractures and other injuries. Police last week arrested former nurse Erin Elizabeth ...