>Part of the role a phrase like “differently abled” plays is to estrange your base assumptions about disability and to signal the existence of and your membersh

>Part of the role a phrase like “differently abled” plays is to estrange your base assumptions about disability and to signal the existence of and your membership in a group of people concerned to change the conditions around disability This is part of why this political language is so abrasive. Who are you (the "general you," not "you the person who posted this comment") to tell me what my current assumptions about the group are? It's incredibly presumptive and sanctimonious.