“People with disabilities,” however, has “people” right there. No one’s humanity is erased.

I shudder every time I hear “blacks,” for example, instead of “black people.”

It’s somebody with an “obvious” disability, someone you can look at it and know – someone who uses a wheelchair or a cane. The accessories make the disability.

Also, something physically obvious is easy to fix – look, we’ve got braille (and noise with our fire alarm) and ramps! So the ramps are a mile out of the way, they’re here.

“The disabled” also takes away the fact that we disagree about things related to disability and accessibility and language… and act like humans! Again with the de-humanization – we never speak for ourselves, we’re always children.