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Inclusive Language
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the visually impaired/blind person who is blind
person with a visual disability
the aged/elderly seniors, older adults
disabled community disability community
disabled, handicapped crippled person who has a mobility disability
person with a disability, people with disabilities
lame person with a mobility disability
physically challenged person with a physical disability
deaf, mute, dumb, hearing impaired person with a hearing disability
person with hearing loss
person who is hard of hearing
confined to a wheelchair
wheelchair bound		 person who uses a wheelchair
insane, crazy, demented, deviant, loony, lunatic, mad, maniac, mental mentally diseased, neurotic, nut case, pyscho, schizophrenic, unsound mind person with a mental health disability
person with mental illness
person who has schizophrenia
person who has depression
mentally retarded, defective, feeble minded, idiot, imbecile, moron, simple, mongoloid person with an intellectual disability
person with a developmental disability
suffers from, afflicted by, stricken with, victim of person with a disability
person who has multiple sclerosis, etc
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