I would say that crip is an internal "group" term which I can use and
other crips can use without offense. If a reporter uses it - and my
newspapers are always full of things crippled - it is offensive because it
is not appropriate and we should tell that to the reporter. Handicap is
not yet (around me) an in-term.
David
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Center on Disability Studies
University of Hawai`i at Manoa
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