Zoe Brennan-Krohn

You hope that you live long enough to age into the kind of disabilities that come with living a long life. And so I think it's very often viewed as this very other thing and this very tragic thing. And there are things that are difficult about living with a disability. And a lot of those are difficult because of how society sets up care, and we're going to talk about all of that.

You hope that you live long enough to age into the kind of disabilities that come with living a long life. And so I think it's very often viewed as this very other thing and this very tragic thing. And there are things that are difficult about living with a disability. And a lot of those are difficult because of how society sets up care, and we're going to talk about all of that.

Some of them are difficult intrinsic to the disability. Having a disability isn't all like puppies and rainbows necessarily. That's true. That's part of life too. But that it's just part of the neutral, natural, inevitable fabric of society. And in terms of language, I think people get very anxious talking about disability because they don't want to say the wrong thing.

Some of them are difficult intrinsic to the disability. Having a disability isn't all like puppies and rainbows necessarily. That's true. That's part of life too. But that it's just part of the neutral, natural, inevitable fabric of society. And in terms of language, I think people get very anxious talking about disability because they don't want to say the wrong thing.

Some of them are difficult intrinsic to the disability. Having a disability isn't all like puppies and rainbows necessarily. That's true. That's part of life too. But that it's just part of the neutral, natural, inevitable fabric of society. And in terms of language, I think people get very anxious talking about disability because they don't want to say the wrong thing.

And I think it very much comes from a good place. I think the most basic sort of tips I'd share about language are that disability is not a bad word. That is a neutral thing to say. And it's actually a better thing to say than euphemisms, which is sometimes what people try to do to not say disability, to say, well, you're... specially abled or you're handy capable. These are terms I've heard.

And I think it very much comes from a good place. I think the most basic sort of tips I'd share about language are that disability is not a bad word. That is a neutral thing to say. And it's actually a better thing to say than euphemisms, which is sometimes what people try to do to not say disability, to say, well, you're... specially abled or you're handy capable. These are terms I've heard.

And I think it very much comes from a good place. I think the most basic sort of tips I'd share about language are that disability is not a bad word. That is a neutral thing to say. And it's actually a better thing to say than euphemisms, which is sometimes what people try to do to not say disability, to say, well, you're... specially abled or you're handy capable. These are terms I've heard.

People don't like those. Disabled people do not like this sort of like pretending it's something it's not. You have a disability. And by using these euphemisms, it's actually sort of entrenching that like, this is bad. So we have to use this funny euphemism. It's just, you have a disability.

People don't like those. Disabled people do not like this sort of like pretending it's something it's not. You have a disability. And by using these euphemisms, it's actually sort of entrenching that like, this is bad. So we have to use this funny euphemism. It's just, you have a disability.

People don't like those. Disabled people do not like this sort of like pretending it's something it's not. You have a disability. And by using these euphemisms, it's actually sort of entrenching that like, this is bad. So we have to use this funny euphemism. It's just, you have a disability.

And there's some difference in the community between whether you say like a person with a disability or a disabled person, or like person with autism or on an autistic person and sort of My rule of thumb is that when I'm talking generally, like here, I would kind of use those terms interchangeably. Person first, person with a disability, or disability first, disabled person.

And there's some difference in the community between whether you say like a person with a disability or a disabled person, or like person with autism or on an autistic person and sort of My rule of thumb is that when I'm talking generally, like here, I would kind of use those terms interchangeably. Person first, person with a disability, or disability first, disabled person.

And there's some difference in the community between whether you say like a person with a disability or a disabled person, or like person with autism or on an autistic person and sort of My rule of thumb is that when I'm talking generally, like here, I would kind of use those terms interchangeably. Person first, person with a disability, or disability first, disabled person.

If you're talking about a specific individual, it's good to use the terms that they prefer, as you started with, Kamau. So if they say, I'm an autistic person, definitely don't tell them, oh, no, no, you're a person with autism. Yeah.

If you're talking about a specific individual, it's good to use the terms that they prefer, as you started with, Kamau. So if they say, I'm an autistic person, definitely don't tell them, oh, no, no, you're a person with autism. Yeah.

If you're talking about a specific individual, it's good to use the terms that they prefer, as you started with, Kamau. So if they say, I'm an autistic person, definitely don't tell them, oh, no, no, you're a person with autism. Yeah.

Exactly. It has happened. Try to assume that people know what works for them. And also, you know, I think when you, as a general matter, if you ask questions, if you come from a place of curiosity and respect, people want to meet you where they are. We want to have more people in our world talking about our issues.

Exactly. It has happened. Try to assume that people know what works for them. And also, you know, I think when you, as a general matter, if you ask questions, if you come from a place of curiosity and respect, people want to meet you where they are. We want to have more people in our world talking about our issues.

Exactly. It has happened. Try to assume that people know what works for them. And also, you know, I think when you, as a general matter, if you ask questions, if you come from a place of curiosity and respect, people want to meet you where they are. We want to have more people in our world talking about our issues.