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In the United Kingdom, people within the [[disability rights movement]] commonly use the term "Disabled" to denote someone who is "disabled by society's inability to accommodate all of its inhabitants."
The [[Person First Movement]] has added another layer to this discourse by asking that people with disabilities be identified first as individuals. "Person First Language" -- referring, for example, to a “woman who is blind,” rather than to "a blind woman" - is a form of [[political correctness]] designed to further the aims of the social model by removing attitudinal barriers.
Some people with disabilities support the Person First Movement, while others do not. People who are [[Deaf]] in particular may see themselves as members of a specific community, properly called the [[Deaf culture]], and so will reject efforts designed to distance them from the central fact of their identity.
The American Psychological Association style guide devotes a large section to the discussion of individuals with disabilities, and states that in professional writing following this style, the person should come first, and nominal forms describing the disability should be used so that the disability is being described, but is not modifying the person. For instance, "people with autism," "man with schizophrenia," "girl with paraplegia." Similarly, a person's adaptive equipment should be described functionally as something that assists a person, not as something that limits a person. "A woman who uses a wheelchair" -- she is not "in" it or "confined" to it, and she leaves it at the very least for sleeping and bathing. "A boy who communicates primarily through the use of a voice-output computer device." "A girl who breathes only with the support of a ventilator." "A man who takes antipsychotic medications to optimize his daily functioning."
A human rights based approach has been adopted by many organizations of and for disabled people. In 2000, for example, the United Nations Assembly decided to start working on a comprehensive convention for the rights of disabled people.
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