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[tufguy]

Hi guys,

We say " He is being naive or jealeous" but can we say " He is being handicape" or " he is being disable".

 

[emsr2d2]

Hi guys,

We say "He is being naive or [STRIKE]jealeous[/STRIKE] jealous" but can we say "He is being handicapped" or "He is being disabled"?

Note my corrections in red.

No, the first examples refer to temporary states (naive and jealous). "Handicapped/disabled" are not temporary states. They are permanent. Note also that many people don't use those terms anymore as offence might be taken.

 

[tzfujimino]

Should we use 'physically challenged' to describe those people?

 

[bhaisahab]

Should we use 'physically challenged' to describe those people?

No.

 

[tzfujimino]

Thank you, bhaisahab.:-D

I'm afraid "handicapped", "disabled" and "physically challenged" are all I know to describe people with some sort of disability.
What should we use then?

(Edit) How about "physically impaired"? Would it be OK?

 

[Matthew Wai]

My disability card reads "People with disabilities", is this term acceptable?

 

[Rover_KE]

'Disabled' is OK.

 

[emsr2d2]

The PC brigade have come up with terms such as "differently able(d)".

 

[MikeNewYork]

And that is silly.

 

[Raymott]

'Disabled' is currently the most acceptable term in AusE.

 

[MikeNewYork]

And in the US, we have the Americans with Disabilities Act.

 

[tufguy]

Ok, so we can't say "He is being disabled or handicaped", we just have to say he is disabled, is this right?

 

[emsr2d2]

If those terms are adaptable to your listener, yes. "He/she is ...", not "He/she is being ..".