WHAT WORDS ARE COMMONLY USED TO DESCRIBE PEOPLE PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITH DOWN SYNDROME?
This is one conversation I feel very emotional talking about. Several times I didn’t just hear people say hurtful words about the children in my care, I see it in their eyes.
Words are powerful. They can kill or heal. If you use the words below, you’ll be destroying lives. Please do no label people with Down syndrome with these words;
Imbecile
Retard
Stupid
Idiots
Morons
McVay, an inclusion specialist said, ‘The best name to call someone is the name he or she was born with.”
Socially accepted names for people with disability could be;
Differently-abled
Neurodivergent
Also, DS is not something people suffer from or are afflicted with. In my opinion, they are simply ENGRACED.
My call is for you to see the individual and not put DS or any other condition forward.