Disability language is constantly evolving, aiming to be respectful, accurate, and inclusive. The most common … Meer weergeven

Contemporary understandings of disability derive from concepts that arose during the scientific Enlightenment in the west; prior to the Enlightenment, physical differences were viewed through a different lens.
Ther… Meer weergeven

Like many social categories, the concept of "disability" is under heavy discussion amongst academia, the medical and legal worlds, and the disability community.
The academic discipline focused on theoriz… Meer weergeven

People-first language is one way to talk about disability which some people prefer. Using people-first language is said to put the person before the disability. Those individuals who prefer people-first language woul… Meer weergeven

Disability activism itself has led to the revision of appropriate language, when discussing disability and disabled people. For example, the medical classification of 'retarded' has since been disregarded, due to it… Meer weergeven