Thanks for that answer – I wonder if there is a regional aspect as well (like that is more common in Europe etc). Or if it is just a new term.

But it also highlights that it is important to use the terms people want you to use, and the only way you are going to find that out is by talking to us!

Haha, yeah, sounds like a platinum achievement 🤣 But we deserve it

“Challenge Breaker,” now that’s a term I could get behind, after all aren’t People with Disabilities given extra challenges to overcome? (Haha maybe I’ve played too many videogames 😆)

Generally from what I’ve seen, the average American tends to say “Disabled Person,” arguably it’s an improvement over “The Handicapped,” which is seen as crude and insulting (Over the last decade or so even the “Handicapped Parking” signs have been traded out for “Disabled Parking,” I don’t remember exactly when I last saw the former).

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Yeah, from what I know, “visual impairment” and “hearing impairment” are commonly used (if I’m wrong, someone please correct me!).

I had never heard “persons with impairments” until the Paralympics. But, the more I go over it in my head, I can see it may be better than “person with a disability”. Disability focuses on a lack of ability,…

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