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Originally Posted by atisketatasket
If she is helping your daughter, I wouldn’t worry about the language.
I am disabled and have no issues with the term disabled person, it’s less clunky than person with a disability. I really hated differently abled when that was in vogue, though.
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I agree - I'm disabled, my son is disabled (I refer to him as autistic - he refers to himself as autistic and he is also deaf). I never worry about the language anyone uses - although I also hated differently abled.