International Day for Persons Living with Disabilities is held on 3 December and forms part of the 16 Days of Activism.
PREFERRED TERMINOLOGY |
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Down syndrome | Mongol or mongoloid |
Person with cerebral palsy | Cerebral palsied and spastic |
Person with an intellectual disability, or person with a psychiatric disability |
Mentally retarded, Insane, Slow learner, Learning disabled and Brain damaged |
Person with epilepsy or with a seizure disorder | Epileptic |
Disabled person or person with disabilities | Physically challenged or differently abled person |
Person of short stature | Dwarf or midget |
Person with paraplegia or quadriplegia | Paraplegic or quadriplegic |
Uses a wheelchair | Wheelchair-bound or Confined to a wheelchair |
Disability | Physically/mentally challenged (who isn't?) or cripple |
Able-bodied or people without disabilities | Normal and whole |
Person with diabetes | Diabetic |
Deaf with a capital "D" | Deaf-mute or Deaf and Dumb |