"In my view, using the word "altered" is vastly better than the word 
"abnormal." This isn't simply a polite euphemism. The word "abnormal" 
is too often extended from describing some aspect of a person to 
labeling the person as a whole. The same thing happens when people 
are classified as "high functioning" or "low functioning" on the 
basis of their ability to physically demonstrate knowledge, initiate 
speech, or accurately move their bodies. As a result, we miss the 
real person and stop looking for their competence, because we've 
already put them in a tidy box. "
...
""Presuming competence - then going about the work of finding it - is 
always the least dangerous assumption."

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