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Inclusive Language
 INSTEAD OF    USE
the visually impaired/blind 
  • person who is blind
  • person who has a visual impairment
the aged/elderly 
  • seniors
disabled community 
  • disability community
disabled, handicapped crippled 
  • person with a disability
  • people with disabilities
lame 
  • person who has a mobility impairment
physically challenged 
  • person with a physical disability
deaf, mute, dumb, hearing impaired 
  • person who is deaf...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 who has schizophrenia
  • person who has depression
mentally retarded, defective, feeble minded, idiot,
imbecile, moron, simple,
mongoloid		 
  • person with an intellectual disability
  • person who is intellectually impaired
suffers from, afflicted by, stricken with, victim of 
  • person with a disability or mobility impairment
  • person who has multiple sclerosis, etc.
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