Ableism is pervasive in our everyday language and you might not be aware of it. So here is a thread of common ableist words and phrases and alternatives you can use instead to get your point across without being harmful to people with disabilities.

Let's expand our language!

Ableist words: Stupid, dumb, idiot, moron, r***rd

Alternatives: Foolish, unintelligent, dense, ignorant, mindless

Ableist word: lame

Alternative: wack

Ableist word: crazy, insane, psychotic

Alternatives: wild, unbelievable, absurd, intense, ridiculous

Ableist phrase: tone deaf

Alternative: missing the point, out of touch

Ableist phrase: Blindly follow, turn a blind eye to

Alternative: follow without question, willfully ignore

That's all I got off the top of my head right now!

Please feel free to add on to this thread in the replies with more alternatives to common ableist words/phrases!

Ableist word: crippling

Alternative: intense, overwhelming, heavy