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[–] Apollo 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fyi disability and handicap are interchangeable in this context.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thanks for the information (sometimes I hate language).
Wasn't aware of it being the same in english nor my native language. You never stop learning, right?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, handicapped is the supposedly "polite" way to say disabled, but me and every other disabled person I've really talked to about it finds it rather patronizing tbh.

[–] Apollo 3 points 1 year ago

I like to describe myself as legally retarded, it makes people either laugh or get so awkward that I laugh.

[–] Apollo 3 points 1 year ago

That's a great attitude to have my man!