able bodied NDs and mentally ill people are hurt by casual use of the "r" word, talk about how damaging it is, ask for people to shift their vocab away from using it .....
but when physically disabled people message NDs saying something like "hey stop using 'crippled/crippling' that word has a long derogatory history and is not for you to reclaim" they go off about how there's no point trying to get people to stop using it because "language rebranding doesn't work" ummmm Damn ok bestie
that's pretty cruel/disrespectful if you ask me; taking a hard stance on things that only affect you and ignoring the way your language impacts other communities. it's our word not yours - show a little solidarity for us, please.
consider using one of these instead - crushing, severe, incapacitating, unmanageable, debilitating, damaging when you describe your struggles/symptoms/etc.
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