Question: (Edit: Ok, I've gotten enough answers. Thank you!)
I’m an English tutor and the words disability and accessibility has come up, and she asked what do we call people with disabilities. And I immediately thought “disabled”, but now I’m not sure if that’s the correct terminology anymore. So I thought “people with disabilities” was politically correct, but then there’s the word impaired, and I don’t know if “physically impaired” or “mentally impaired” is correct. I tried asking my mother who is hearing impaired, and she says she’s always used “disabled”, but she’s also over 50.
And then in China, they usually used the English word handicapped, but if they translate directly to Chinese you will sometimes come across a translation that’s “the deformed man toilet”, which I know damn well isn’t right, and I’m trying desperately to teach her the right thing.
Edit: I've gotten enough answers now. Anyone who is wondering, my mother uses hearing-impaired, yes I get that the deaf community of America usually doesnt, and she uses it because she's HoH and doesnt mind using hearing-impaired bc there was a problem before of people not understanding what HoH was.
