— Kathryn, What a great job explaining the terminology! Many non-disabled people are completely unaware the language they use continues to stigmatize disability. Also many non-disabled people speak for us from a place of ignorance. If they really got it, they wouldn’t be speaking for us at all.

You might want to use this story I read in Twitter:

Disabled woman: I prefer being called “disabled.”

Non-disabled man: I don’t like that terminalogy. I’m going to still say “differently-abled.”

Disabled woman: What’s your name?

“George.”

“Okay, Mark.”

“My name is George!”

“I know, but I prefer to call you Mark.”