Language to Use and Avoid
Hover your mouse over the flip cards below to improve your understanding of language to use and language to avoid.
Avoid
Disabled, Handicapped
Try
Person with disability,
People with disability
Avoid
Mental, Crazy, Mad
Try
Person with a mental health condition
Avoid
Mentally retarded
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Person with a
cognitive disability
Avoid
Simple, Mentally disabled,
Mentally defective
Try
Person with an intellectual disability
Avoid
Suffers from
Try
Has disability
Avoid
Brain damaged
Try
Person with a brain injury
Avoid
Wheelchair bound, bound to a wheelchair
Try
Person who uses a wheelchair,
wheelchair user
Avoid
Normal person, able bodied person
Try
Person without disability