Hannah, the ever popular writer, uses disabled people in her imagery consistently. Unfortunately, she still refers to disabled people as “differently abled”.
As someone who is disabled, I’m tired of seeing this type of “kind patronizing” language. Disabled and disability aren’t dirty words and they’re apt descriptors.
I would expect more from someone who touts themselves as being socially conscious, a word smith, and politically active.
If you don’t think this is something to be annoyed about, cool! However, the disabled community is the only community you can become a part of at any point in time. Using language we chose for ourselves means a lot and doesn’t come across as “unintentionally ableist but well intending” like “differently abled” does.
by Alarmed-Sorbet1550
2 Comments
So…a beauty creator FOR ONCE is using people of all kinds in her fashion videos, but she’s still bad for it. Some people do prefer differently abled as a label.
It’s just frustrating sometimes seeing people working so hard to criticize someone else.
my grandma’s been hemiparalyzed since she was 35 years old and prefers ‘differently abled’ and literally any word other than ‘disabled’ when the word is being applied specifically to her. some people do genuinely prefer not to be referred to as disabled because it puts them into a different headspace.