• Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    I wouldnt call it a disability as more of a handicap.
    It’s just that the communication may be different and that may be the reason he doubles down.
    I am by no means a psychotherapist so my opinion should be taken as an atom of salt at best.

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      Fyi disability and handicap are interchangeable in this context.

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        1 year ago

        Thanks for the information (sometimes I hate language).
        Wasn’t aware of it being the same in english nor my native language. You never stop learning, right?

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          Yeah, handicapped is the supposedly “polite” way to say disabled, but me and every other disabled person I’ve really talked to about it finds it rather patronizing tbh.

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            I like to describe myself as legally retarded, it makes people either laugh or get so awkward that I laugh.

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          That’s a great attitude to have my man!