By Ouyang Dan on 19 October, 2009
Welcome to Ableist Word Profile, a (probably intermittent) series in which staffers will profile various ableist words, talk about how they are used, and talk about how to stop using them. Ableism is not feminism, so it’s important to talk about how to eradicate ableist language from our vocabularies. This post is marked 101, which [...]
Posted in Ableist Word Profile, language, mental health, Uncategorized | Tagged ableism, disability 101, OCD, things people say, word use
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