Reply #16: I wish they would stop saying "wheelchair-bound"

[KamaAina]

unless perhaps there is an S&M angle I am unaware of :evilgrin: The correct terminology is "a third-party candidate who uses a wheelchair".

This is not some sort of arcane knowledge hidden away on dusty papyrus scrolls in the vaults of some obscure independent living center. Everything a reporter needs to know about disability (but is apparently too clueless to ask) is here:

http://www.rtcil.org/products/RTCIL%20publications/Media/Guidelines%20for%20Reporting%20and%20Writing%20about%20People%20with%20Disabilities.pdf

EMPHASIZE ABILITIES, not limitations. For example:
uses a wheelchair/braces, walks with crutches, rather than
confined to a wheelchair, wheelchair-bound, differently-abled,
birth difference, or crippled. Similarly, do not use emotional
descriptors such as unfortunate, pitiful, and so forth.