Say: Instead Of:  children/adults with disabilities  handicapped  disabled  special needs

Say: Instead Of:  person who has  afflicted  suffers from  victim

Say: Instead Of:  receives special education services  in special ed; a special ed kid

Say: Instead Of:  typical  normal

Say: Instead Of:  typical  normal

Say: Instead Of:  cognitive disability  mentally retarded

Say: Instead Of:  has autism  autistic

Say: Instead Of:  has Down syndrome  Down’s kid

Say: Instead Of:  has a learning disability  is learning disabled

Say: Instead Of:  has a physical disability  quadriplegic  crippled

Say: Instead Of:  uses a wheelchair  confined to/wheelchair bound

Say: Instead Of:  accessible parking, hotel room, etc.  handicapped parking, hotel room, etc.

Say: Instead Of:  mental health condition  emotionally disturbed  mentally ill

Say: Instead Of:  has a developmental delay  is developmentally delayed

Say: Instead Of:  congenital disability  birth defect

Say: Instead Of:  brain injury  brain damaged

Say: Instead Of:  has a hearing impairment/loss  the deaf

Say: Instead Of:  uses a communication device  is deaf and dumb  mute

Say: Instead Of:  has a visual impairment  the blind

Say: Instead Of:  has epilepsy  a seizure disorder  an epileptic  a victim of epilepsy

Say: Instead Of:  emotional disorder  mental illness  crazy  insane

Say: Instead Of:  medically involved  has chronic illness  sickly

Say: Instead Of:  developmental delay  slow