The language of disability

Or: How not to offend (most) people

“If someone feels like labeling me as ‘disabled’ makes me less of a person in some way, that’s really saying a lot about them, isn’t it?” — Shayla Maas [1]

I love words. But the words English has on the subject of disability are insufficient and confusing. 

For example, I myself would love to have a word for that exquisite swirl of joy and pain that comes…