Talking About Disability: The Paradigm Shift

Deficit-Focused Language: Pathologization  In the past, language surrounding disability was most often used in dehumanizing and stigmatizing ways. Words like “disabled” “retarded” and “handicapped” were used to “other” or dehumanize people. Disability was seen as a negative trait and a person’s only defining feature. Over time, a paradigm shift has occurred, moving from deficit-focused language […]

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