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Of course! We don’t know what we don’t know
March 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Additionally, “low-functioning” or “severely” has a lot of implications and makes a lot of assumptions with just a word, whereas “high/low support needs” highlights interdependent ideology rather than pathologizing the individual
March 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“Less abled” would have a negative connotation due to the word “less”, and “special needs” paternalizes and infantilizes disabled folks with “special” and “needs”, disabled is generally the preferred term, and also you may meet disabled folks that have different preferred language
March 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Gimme dat
February 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
(I’ve only used Reddit to search for answers to very specific questions so I’ve been blissfully unaware until recently)
February 16, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I had no clue the Portland Reddit was such a toilet until I discovered the Portland state subreddit last year and whooooboy
February 16, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Both things can be true
February 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM