Preferred Terms and
Expressions

Person with a Disability

Disabled

Hearing Impaired

Deaf

Vision Impaired

Non-disabled

Developmentally Disabled

Mentally Retarded

Mobility Disability

Wheelchair-User or Uses a Wheelchair

Person With Cerebral Palsy

Person With Paraplegia

Blind

Low Vision

Psychological/Emotional Disability

The ideal is to incorporate these words into our language in a way that expresses the dignity of the person.