1. Say: Instead Of:  children/adults with disabilities  handicapped  disabled  special needs

2. Say: Instead Of:  person who has  afflicted  suffers from  victim

3. Say: Instead Of:  receives special education services  in special ed; a special ed kid

4. Say: Instead Of:  typical  normal

5. Say: Instead Of:  typical  normal

6. Say: Instead Of:  cognitive disability  mentally retarded

7. Say: Instead Of:  has autism  autistic

8. Say: Instead Of:  has Down syndrome  Down’s kid

9. Say: Instead Of:  has a learning disability  is learning disabled

10. Say: Instead Of:  has a physical disability  quadriplegic  crippled

11. Say: Instead Of:  uses a wheelchair  confined to/wheelchair bound

12. Say: Instead Of:  accessible parking, hotel room, etc.  handicapped parking, hotel room, etc.

13. Say: Instead Of:  mental health condition  emotionally disturbed  mentally ill

14. Say: Instead Of:  has a developmental delay  is developmentally delayed

15. Say: Instead Of:  congenital disability  birth defect

16. Say: Instead Of:  brain injury  brain damaged

17. Say: Instead Of:  has a hearing impairment/loss  the deaf

18. Say: Instead Of:  uses a communication device  is deaf and dumb  mute

19. Say: Instead Of:  has a visual impairment  the blind

20. Say: Instead Of:  has epilepsy  a seizure disorder  an epileptic  a victim of epilepsy

21. Say: Instead Of:  emotional disorder  mental illness  crazy  insane

22. Say: Instead Of:  medically involved  has chronic illness  sickly

23. Say: Instead Of:  developmental delay  slow