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		TexanFeller on Dec 20, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initi... Elsewhere in the comments jojobas informed us that "differently abled" is also offensive now: https://www.betterup.com/blog/differently-abled

fallingknife on Dec 20, 2022 | [–]

And fair enough. If I were disabled, and you called me "differently abled," or any of these other awful bureaucratic terms, I would probably want to punch you in the face. It's just dripping with condescension.

AustinDev on Dec 20, 2022 | [–]

Haha now that’s hilarious.

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