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What words to use when talking to someone with a disability

There’s somewhat of a debate about how words should be used when referring to people who have disabilities.

The word handy caped is an appropriate word to use when talking about people with disabilities. Some might say that being physically challenged is a more appropriate word. What about the word crippled, most people would say that’s offensive to use. The word retarded is very offensive to the disabled community but it also could be how you are using the word retard.

What gets lost in all of this is how you say it in the manner you say it.

Yes if you call somebody a retard or cripple then yes that is offensive and it’s not right to talk about somebody with a disability like that.

If you tell somebody to walk and they’re a paraplegic. Didn’t, that’s not good. That’s also very mean as well to sell. Somebody can’t walk to walk somewhere.

The problem with this debate is that people are either too sensitive or too harsh when talking to somebody with a disability.

Yes, words do matter but also how you say it matters as well it is never appropriate to ever call somebody a retard a cripple, or a nothing just because they have a disability.

A very important factor to keep in mind when talking to somebody with a disability is that not all disabilities are the same almost every disability is different and every person with a disability is different as well it all depends on their IQ and the degree of their disability.

One thing to keep in mind when talking to somebody with a disability is that you can easily make them feel like crap I know from experience that’s why I hated High School and well School in general because kids did a very good job making me feel like crap.

Part of the problem why kids are so mean to people with disabilities is that they’re not educated enough and to some degree the parents aren’t educated enough on how to talk to somebody with a disability and to talk to them and not make them feel less than.

Believe it or not, it can be a problem with family members as well especially when it comes to aunts and uncles they don’t know how to talk to their niece or nephew who is disabled they don’t know a positive way to get through to them it a way that’s productive for the aunt or uncle, even for the disabled child. The reason for this issue is that they’re not emotionally involved as a father or mother would be who has a child with a disability.

To be fair there are kids out there that do make an effort to talk to a kid who has a disability but they just don’t know the right words to say or how to say it is it a problem yes it is but that also falls on the parent to a certain degree.

Adults like kids should be educated on disabilities and what they are and why not every disability is the same which is what I said before in other blog posts is a problem with Society a problem with the government not a lot of people pay attention to two people with disabilities or the issues surrounding people with disabilities which is another problem.

The problem with disabilities is that they don’t make stores out there where you can go out and buy a book about different disabilities and what they are and where they came from luckily the internet exists where you can look up stuff and educate yourself that’s one of the good things about the internet is that you can look up stuff like that positive stuff to educate yourself and loved ones about disabilities.

When talking to somebody with a disability ask yourself how would you like to be talked to would you like to be referred to as a retard or stupid dumb. When you think about it it’s not that difficult.

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