"Damsel" > wrote in message
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>>I disapprove of euphemism. People used to be crippled, then
>>handicapped, then (god forbid) differently-abled.
>
> People with disabilities. They/we are, first and foremost, people.

Yes, but if you are crippled, you are crippled. A fancy name does not
change the facts. Slang names (such as the "gimp" referred to) are hurtful,
but our society would rather change names than deal with the fact. Cripple
has been in the dictionary for a few centuries.

What is more demeaning than the "human resources" department instead of the
personnel department? Are you merely a resource or are you a person?

If you looked at me you'd say I'm bald. It does not alter the fact if you
called me a "person of hair growth impairment" instead.