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What is the purpose of the Twitter hashtag #CripTheVote mentioned in the text?
What is the purpose of the Twitter hashtag #CripTheVote mentioned in the text?
- To reclaim and redefine offensive language
- To highlight issues affecting disabled people during election campaigns (correct)
- To criticize disability-related taboo words
- To campaign against the use of the 'r-word'
Why have advocates reclaimed the word 'cripple' despite its perceived offensiveness?
Why have advocates reclaimed the word 'cripple' despite its perceived offensiveness?
- To campaign against the use of the 'r-word'
- To highlight issues affecting disabled people during election campaigns
- To criticize disability-related taboo words
- To reclaim and redefine offensive language (correct)
What is the primary focus of campaigns against the use of the 'r-word'?
What is the primary focus of campaigns against the use of the 'r-word'?
- To reclaim and redefine offensive language
- To criticize disability-related taboo words
- To campaign against the use of the 'r-word' (correct)
- To highlight issues affecting disabled people during election campaigns
According to the text, what do disabled people think of disability-related taboo words?
According to the text, what do disabled people think of disability-related taboo words?
What term is dropping out of use because the person it was named after was associated with the Nazis?
What term is dropping out of use because the person it was named after was associated with the Nazis?
Why is it never acceptable to use the word 'retarded', according to the text?
Why is it never acceptable to use the word 'retarded', according to the text?
What do wheelchairs, canes, and scooters represent, according to the text?
What do wheelchairs, canes, and scooters represent, according to the text?
Which term should not be used to describe someone using a wheelchair, according to the text?
Which term should not be used to describe someone using a wheelchair, according to the text?
What is the evolving nomenclature of disability complete with, according to the text?
What is the evolving nomenclature of disability complete with, according to the text?
What has significantly changed in academic scholarship over the past several years, according to the text?
What has significantly changed in academic scholarship over the past several years, according to the text?
Why is it challenging to have concrete guidelines and rules regarding disability terminology, according to the text?
Why is it challenging to have concrete guidelines and rules regarding disability terminology, according to the text?
What do people with disabilities have varied preferences about, according to the text?
What do people with disabilities have varied preferences about, according to the text?
What does the text highlight as a phenomenon that evolves and varies over time in response to cultural shifts?
What does the text highlight as a phenomenon that evolves and varies over time in response to cultural shifts?
What is the evolving nomenclature of disability complete with, according to the text?
What is the evolving nomenclature of disability complete with, according to the text?
