2. People with Disabilities
• Cripple
▫ Offensive term sometimes used to describe those
who are lame or disabled
• Mentally Retarded
▫ Should be mentally disabled
• Handicap
▫ Never used to describe a disability
• Correct term is disabled whenever referring to
someone with a physical or mental disability
3. People with Sight Problems
• Blind
▫ Someone with a complete loss
of sight
• Visually impaired
▫ Describes someone with slight
loss of vision
• Person with low vision
▫ Describes someone with slight
loss of vision
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4. People with Hearing Problems
• Deaf
▫ Someone with total hearing loss
• Partial hearing loss or partially deaf
▫ Someone with partial hearing loss
• Deaf-mute, and Deaf and Dumb
▫ SHOULD NEVER BE USED
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5. Terms to Avoid
• Uncle Tom
▫ Refers to the practice of kowtowing to whites to
curry favor
▫ Should never be used in reference to an individual
due to libelous connotations
• Rednecks
▫ Refers to poor, white rural residents of the south
• N-Word
▫ NEVER TO BE USED!
6. Terms to Avoid
• Uncle Tom
▫ Refers to the practice of kowtowing to whites to
curry favor
▫ Should never be used in reference to an individual
due to libelous connotations
• Rednecks
▫ Refers to poor, white rural residents of the south
• N-Word
▫ NEVER TO BE USED!
