Who Am I To Stop It

Tag: identity-first language

  • Especially good reasons to not say “special needs”

    Listen to this post: I’m gonna come right out and say it:  I don’t like euphemisms. I love the words “can’t,” “hate,” and “no.” I’m a fan of throwing my hands over my ears and yelping, “I’m done! It’s loud!” and running out of the room as opposed to mulling about in painful noise and…

  • Gimplecapped and other normal things

    Listen to this post: PC language. Sigh. For those of you who haven’t yet asked me, I do not like PC language. Even the term bothers me because it has “correct” in it. We’re talking about people and communities, cultures and histories, oppression and identity. Please don’t say there is any one way to be,…

  • I know you want to crack some jokes about disability

    Listen to this post: This is a call for submissions! The media likes to tell us that having a disability is clearly a sad thing. Sure, there are sad parts and sad times, but who doesn’t have a little or a lot of that? Disability in and of itself isn’t sad. It’s reality. And for some…