#disabled stuff

I've been seeing a rise in people using the term limb difference and also rise in (what I think are well meaning) folks shouting "Amputee is not a dirty word, stop talking over disabled people, just say amputee" and while I love the energy, that's not what's going on here lol.

Amputee refers to anyone who has lost a limb or was born without one/multiple of their limbs.

Limb difference is a broader umbrella term to refer to anyone with a physical disability the effects the person's limbs specifically, usually (but not always) in ways that are visible to others to some degree. It can refer to amputees, but also people with single-limb paralysis, people who's limbs didn't develop properly (even if it's not severe enough to be considered an amputation) and more!

All amputees have a type of limb difference, but not everyone with a limb difference is an amputee.

As far as I'm aware, the term actually started in congenital amputee circles (people who were born without a limb) because they felt the word amputee didn't really fit them properly. amputee implies they had the limb but it was removed, but they never had it to begin with. It eventually spread to become an umbrella term, but it was created by and for disabled people.

Yeah, a lot of body horror does become disability

What that means is I don't have energy to hang out or even come to school most days. I can't drive to the beach for 5 hours because most beaches don't accommodate me. I can't walk too much either.

People who say that don't realise that there is a population of isolated disabled people. It's not because we did something wrong. The world just isn't accessible enough for us.

P.s. This doesn't apply to every disabled person, but I feel it needs to be talked about even if it's a small minority.