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This Is How to Talk About Disability, According to Disabled People

By JR Thorpe — 2017

When the problems facing the disabled community are so material, it may seem inconsequential to have a conversation about words, but a debate about how we talk about disabilities, and how disabled people talk about themselves, has been going on for decades, and it’s especially important now, with disability rights at risk, to make sure we’re all on the same page. A growing number of people in the disabled community are using identity-first language, and this is how to figure out if you should be using it, too.

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