This post in general is pretty awesome, but especially:
Also, as FWD points out in their expanded introduction to the Ableist Word Profile, this is a series about language, origins, and ideas: becoming conversant with the ideas that make these words problematic is far, far more useful than simply treating this archive as a "Thou Shall Not Use" checklist.
Thank you for this. Nothing drives me up a wall faster than a knee-jerk insistence that I not use a word (especially in reference to my own disabilities) without examining any of the context. Oh, lord, I'm getting more postmodern by the day. *thwaps self*
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Also, as FWD points out in their expanded introduction to the Ableist Word Profile, this is a series about language, origins, and ideas: becoming conversant with the ideas that make these words problematic is far, far more useful than simply treating this archive as a "Thou Shall Not Use" checklist.
Thank you for this. Nothing drives me up a wall faster than a knee-jerk insistence that I not use a word (especially in reference to my own disabilities) without examining any of the context. Oh, lord, I'm getting more postmodern by the day. *thwaps self*