Disability Wellness

Traditional words and definitions associated with disability can be damaging to a person with circumstances of disability because of  the connotations and labelling associated with disability.  Moreover, they are usually premised from the standpoint of ablism.  A quick reference to any dictionary for the meaning of disability and disabled soon illustrates this point.  On the same token, attempts to restate and  redefine terminologies associated with disability and being seen or treated as disabled can serve to attract even  more negative connotations.  In fact, sometimes these attempts can be more damaging than the terminology they are attempting to restate or redefine because they too themselves can soon become irrefutable labels.   Isn't it therefore simply enough to say that some people are persons with circumstances of disability and  leave it at that?    Otherwise, attempting to restate and redefine circumstances of disability can be prone to do nothing more than validate Disablism, Disabilitism, and Disabledism.