Showing posts with label ableism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ableism. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Ableist Language I'm Going to Try to Avoid

I know that I use ableist language with some frequency. I'm going to try to work on that. I figure that it will be easier to do such now than later. So these are the words and phrases I'm going to try to avoid. If you hear me using these terms please point it out to me. I imagine I'll be making some mistakes for a while. I'm not going to include words that I already avoid.

-Lame (I don't think I use this word too much, but I'm not sure)
-Crazy (I know I use this one a lot)
-Insane (See crazy)
-Blinded to/by/etc. (Actually, when I use this one, I tend to say I'm blind because I can't find something. Still not acceptable.)
-Normal (Say, as opposed to disabled or similar)
-Paranoid (Not sure if I use this one.)
-Hysterical (I don't think I use this one too much, but I may)
-Idiot (I know I use this one all the time.)

If you notice me using these or other ableist words, you have my full permission to tell me.