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Taboo Words and Disability Language

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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?

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'?

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?

There are differing views among disabled people Signup and view all the answers

What term is dropping out of use because the person it was named after was associated with the Nazis?

Asperger’s syndrome Signup and view all the answers

Why is it never acceptable to use the word 'retarded', according to the text?

Because it is offensive and hurtful Signup and view all the answers

What do wheelchairs, canes, and scooters represent, according to the text?

Freedom and liberation Signup and view all the answers

Which term should not be used to describe someone using a wheelchair, according to the text?

Confined Signup and view all the answers

What is the evolving nomenclature of disability complete with, according to the text?

Its own language, definitions, jargon, and symbols Signup and view all the answers

What has significantly changed in academic scholarship over the past several years, according to the text?

The use of disability language Signup and view all the answers

Why is it challenging to have concrete guidelines and rules regarding disability terminology, according to the text?

Language is a phenomenon that evolves and varies over time Signup and view all the answers

What do people with disabilities have varied preferences about, according to the text?

The language they use to describe themselves Signup and view all the answers

What does the text highlight as a phenomenon that evolves and varies over time in response to cultural shifts?

Language Signup and view all the answers

What is the evolving nomenclature of disability complete with, according to the text?

Cultural shifts Signup and view all the answers

Taboo Words and Disability Language

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Questions and Answers

What is the purpose of the Twitter hashtag #CripTheVote mentioned in the text?

Why have advocates reclaimed the word 'cripple' despite its perceived offensiveness?

What is the primary focus of campaigns against the use of the 'r-word'?

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?

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?

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 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?

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 is the evolving nomenclature of disability complete with, according to the text?

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