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  2. Disability - Wikipedia

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    Disability activism itself has led to the revision of appropriate language, when discussing disability and disabled people. 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.

  3. List of disability-related terms with negative connotations

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    Some people consider it best to use person-first language, for example "a person with a disability" rather than "a disabled person." [1] However identity-first language, as in "autistic person" or "deaf person", is preferred by many people and organizations. [2] Language can influence individuals' perception of disabled people and disability. [3]

  4. Social model of disability - Wikipedia

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    In the late 20th century and early 21st century, the social model of disability became a dominant feature of identities for disabled people in the UK. [26] Under the social model of disability, a disability identity is created by "the presence of impairment, the experience of disablism and self- identification as a disabled person." [7]: 110

  5. Special needs - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Intellectual disability - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. 11 Ways to Respond When Someone Insults a Loved One's Disability

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    Lots of people she knows have a disability but also have strong, capable bodies; Lachi, for example, can run a 5-minute mile. “I’m an able-bodied person who identifies as a person with a ...

  8. 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.

  9. It’s Perfectly OK To Call A Disabled Person ‘Disabled,’ And ...

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