| Do Not Use These:
| Use These Words & Phrases: |
| Handicapped |
Barrier Free or Accessible |
| Handicapped parking |
Accessible parking |
| Birth Defect |
born with a disability |
| Deaf-Mute; deaf and dumb; suffers a hearing loss |
Person who is deaf; person with a hearing impairment |
| Mongoloid; retarded |
has Down Syndrome |
| Contracted polio, polio syndrome, afflicted w/ polio |
is post-polio |
| is stupid; slow; a moron; retarded |
has a learning disability; has developmental disabilities |
| Crazy, deviant |
has a mental illness |
| Able-bodied |
Non-disabled |
| Partially Deaf |
is Hearing Impaired |
| Partially Blind |
is Visually Impaired |
| The Handicapped, the Disabled, Physically Challenged, Differently-abled,
Handicapable, Supercapable |
People with disabilities |
| The blind |
Person who is blind; person with a visual impairment |
| Crazy; psycho; lunatic |
Person with mental illness |
| Retarded; mentally defective |
Person with mental retardation |
| Confined or restricted to a wheelchair; wheelchair bound |
Person who uses a wheelchair; wheelchair user |
| Crippled; lame; handicapped; deformed; suffers from a disability |
Person with a physical disability; person with a mobility
impairment |
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