Something I am very passionate about is advocating for people with disabilities. In fact if you know me well enough you're probably rolling your eyes right now because you know where this is going. PERSON FIRST LANGUAGE, PEOPLE.
This is so important to me. Ignorance. Yeah yeah... "they" don't hear you call somebody a retard and "they" don't hear you call them that autistic guy--but it's not about that. It's about having common courtesy and respect for individuals with disabilities. PERSON FIRST.
[let me explain...autistic kid switches to kid with autism. downs kid switches to kid with down syndrome. and I am begging you, just remove retard and any form of it from your vocabulary.]
Putting the individual FIRST acknowledges you are respecting that person as an individual, not the disability they have. Look past the label and see the person!
Ok I'm off my soap box now...but if you're interested for more information or need to be convinced more on this subject check out this guy, he speaks better than me.
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