u/Aggravating_Pear1874

As a wheelchair user, I don’t hear the word “crippled” very often, but when I do it really angers me. It feels dehumanising and like I’m being reduced to my disability rather than seen as a person.

I understand people might not think much of it when they say it, but language like that carries a long history of disrespect towards disabled people.

I don’t think most people realise the impact it can have until they’re on the receiving end of it.