Recently there was a discussion I was a part of debating weather people living with disabilities had to use “pc” terminology when they were talking about disabilities. My response to this is that they can. Because they know more about their disability then anyone else since they have to live with it then they can talk about it in any way they want. The danger in this is that they, by using non-pc terminology will allow others to use it. When people take things that are said and apply it to everyone living a disability. Just like in movies, people will use non-pc terms and allow them to set their schemas. This will only help to take a step back in the disability awareness movement. Pc terminology is used to help shape societies view on people living with disabilities and with people who are living with a disability using negative language about the group they are a part of it hurts all people living with disabilities in the long run.
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