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  2. List of disability-related terms with negative connotations

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    The Disabled or Disabled people May be offensive to some, [1] [17] [22] who may prefer "person with a disability" or "people with health conditions or impairments". [7] However, many people prefer "disabled person" or "disabled people", in part due to the social model of disability. [27] [28] [29] Disorder [30] Dotard [31] Downie: Used of ...

  3. Disability hate crime - Wikipedia

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    The treatment of disability hate crimes has been affected by the perception of disabled people as inherently vulnerable. [21] This is a multi-faceted issue. Unfounded application of the 'vulnerable' label to a disabled person is considered a form of infantilization, a type of ableism in which disabled people are regarded as childlike, rather ...

  4. Bias against left-handed people - Wikipedia

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    Some are just slang or jargon words, while other references may be offensive or demeaning, either in context or in origin. In some parts of the English-speaking world, cack-handed is slang for 'left-handed', and is also used to mean 'clumsy'.

  5. “Born Gifted”: 40 Stereotypes And Misconceptions Netizens ...

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    Mental disability is real, and its BS to get told "well you don't looked disabled" when you have to fight every second of the day, pretending to be normal and keep your sh!t together until you can ...

  6. Disability abuse - Wikipedia

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    Disability abuse is when a person with a disability is abused physically, financially, sexually and/or psychologically due to the person being disabled. This type of abuse has also been considered a hate crime . [ 1 ]

  7. There's a movement to change the way we see handicapped ... - AOL

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    The Accessible Icon Project is one of the main groups behind changing the international symbol of accessibility. We spoke to one of their organizers.

  8. Disabilities affecting intellectual abilities - Wikipedia

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    Intellectual disability, also known as general learning disability, [2] and previously known as mental retardation (a term now considered offensive), [3] [4] is a generalized disorder characterized by significantly impaired cognitive functioning and deficits in two or more adaptive behaviors that appears before adulthood.

  9. List of age-related terms with negative connotations - Wikipedia

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    Oldster: [31] An offensive term that gained strong pejorative status during the COVID-19 pandemic; used to describe senior citizens affected by the pandemic. Old white man/men : A derogatory term for older white men usually in reference to that demographic's perceived disproportionate political power and higher rate of conservative belief.