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  2. Crip (disability term) - Wikipedia

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    Crip, slang for cripple, is a term in the process of being reclaimed by disabled people. [1] [2] Wright State University suggests that the current community definition of crip includes people who experience any form of disability, such as one or more impairments with physical, mental, learning, and sensory, [1] though the term primarily targets physical and mobility impairment.

  3. Cripple - Wikipedia

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    A cripple is a goods wagon or a passenger coach which although safe to run on the railway, is not fit for use and requires a repair before it can be used in service. This could be a coal wagon with a hole in the floor (which would allow coal to fall out of the wagon), or a passenger coach with a broken window.

  4. List of disability-related terms with negative connotations

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    Cripple "A person with a physical or mobility impairment". Its shortened form ("crip") has been reclaimed by some people with disabilities as a positive identity. [6] [7] [17] [24] Confined to a wheelchair: Implies helplessness, and that someone is to be pitied. [7]

  5. Disability - Wikipedia

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    For example, the medical classification of 'retarded' has since been disregarded, due to its negative implications. Moreover, disability activism has also led to pejorative language being reclaimed by disabled people. Mairs (1986) [76] explained how disabled people may choose to self-describe themselves as a 'cripple'. This may appear ...

  6. Cripple (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    A cripple is a person or animal with a physical disability; the term is now pejorative when referring to a person. Cripple may also refer to:

  7. Cleveland Cripple Survey - Wikipedia

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    Within the survey, a "cripple" is defined "as a person whose muscular movements are so far restricted by congenital defect, results of disease or accidents as to affect his capacity for self-support.". [3] Individuals classified as blind or with cardiac problem were excluded from this definition. [citation needed]

  8. Nancy Mairs - Wikipedia

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    She wrote several essays on her experiences as a self-described "cripple", including "On Being a Cripple," "Sex and the Gimpy Girl," and the memoir Waist High in the World. [1] In her 30s, she converted to Roman Catholicism, a faith that she frequently wrote about in her essays. [1] She was married to George Mairs. [2]

  9. Retard (pejorative) - Wikipedia

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    In typical usage, retard is a pejorative term either for someone with an actual mental disability, or for someone who is considered stupid, slow to understand, or ineffective in some way as a comparison to stereotypical traits perceived in those with mental disabilities. [1]