Girl with down syndrome making art and smiling.
Girl with down syndrome making art and smiling.

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  • autistic, Autistic

  • Deaf or deaf, or hard of hearing
  • Deafblind
  • disabled

  • multiply-disabled

  • people with disabilities
  • people with communication disabilities, etc.
  • people with mobility disabilities
  • person with an intellectual disability
  • person with [diagnosis]

 


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