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The difference between handicapped vs disabled needs to be redefined. If you know someone living with physical limits then you may have heard this before. If not then please read with an open mind.

Here is a popular definition:
"As traditionally used, impairment refers to a problem with a structure or organ of the body; disability is a functional limitation with regard to a particular activity; and handicap refers to a disadvantage in filling a role in life relative to a peer group."

It sounds like all handicapped people have a disability of some sort but not all disabled people have a physical handicap. That's not nearly clear enough.

People refer to me as disabled and it is more than a little insulting. I am handicapped and it is a serious pain in my ass but I am not disabled. Neither am I "differently abled". That one really chaps my bony azz.

If someone is one of those poor souls with severe cerebral palsy and are incapable of independent movement of any sort then that is disabled.

Even those suffering with quadriplegia are capable of some function with the help of a modern wheelchair.

Label me as impaired or handicapped but not disabled. I've worked too hard for the past 23 years to regain and retain my independence.

I know this sounds trivial but a recent event tried to trivialize me and I'm not having it. I became very angry.

Thanks for reading and for the respect you guys have given me in these pages.

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