Words to avoid at all costs

The following includes slurs and terms that rely on stereotypes or are outdated or rude.

• afflicted (or “the afflicted”)
  
  
• burden
  
  
• crip
• cripple, crippled
  
  
• deformed
• deviant
• dull
• dumb
  
  
• feeble-minded
• fool
  
  
• handicapable
• handicapped, “the handicapped”
  
  
• idiot
• imbecile
  
  
• lame
• lunatic
  
  
• midget
• Mongol, Mongoloid, Mongolian idiot
• monster
• moron
  
  
• r*****ed
  
  
• scrounger
• spaz
• sped
• stupid
  
  
• vegetable
• [disability] victim

(You’ll notice that only one of these I didn’t type out in full.)