What is the politically correct way to say blind?

What is the politically correct way to say blind?

visually impaired
What do we say?

Don’t use	Acceptable Alternative
Blind (the), visually impaired (the)	Say “person who is blind”, “person with vision impairment or low vision”
Confined to a wheelchair, wheelchair-bound (a wheelchair provides mobility not restriction)	Say “uses a wheelchair” or is a “wheelchair user”

What can I say instead of blind?

Synonyms & Antonyms of blind

• eyeless,
• sightless,
• stone-blind,
• visionless.

Is it offensive to use the word blind?

The terms blindness, blind, and low vision are also not offensive- these are actually diagnostic terms used by doctors. The term visually impaired is not offensive either. Some people use low vision and blindness interchangeably, as many “blind” people still have at least some degree of sight.

What do you call someone who is blind?

What is another word for blind?

sightless	visionless
purblind	typhlotic
visually impaired	destitute of vision
stone blind	stone-blind
half blind	partially sighted

Is visual impairment politically correct?

“Visual impairment” is considered the accepted and politically correct term for describing the whole spectrum of vision, or the lack thereof, experienced by people with a visual disability. First, the term “blind” is often used to describe someone as being ignorant.

Is invalid politically correct?

Invalid may refer to: Patient, a sick person. one who is confined to home or bed because of illness, disability or injury (sometimes considered a politically incorrect term) .

Is it OK to say blind?

Therefore, “blind” or “legally blind” is acceptable for people with almost complete vision loss. Many people with vision loss are not considered blind. Visually impaired: Similar to the term “hearing impaired ,” some may object to it because it describes the condition in terms of a deficiency.

Is mute an offensive term?

This term is generally agreed to be offensive toward a person or group of people. We strongly recommend you do not use this term and instead use a term not usually thought to be offensive.

Is wheelchair bound offensive?

Do not say: “Wheelchair bound” or describe someone as “confined to a wheelchair”. Instead say: “Wheelchair user or “person who uses a wheelchair”. Remember that a wheelchair represents freedom to its user.

Is it politically correct to say mute?

Is the term’blind’offensive to the sighted?

Sighted folks tend to be freaked out by blindness and deal with it by using the pc term sight impaired. The blind aren’t offended by the descriptor, blind, as much as they are by the host of assumptions that able bodied people make about them all the time.

What is the meaning of the word blind?

A philosophical observation: By using the term impaired, society has expanded the meaning of the word, making it less precise. “Impaired” means weakened, diminished, or damaged. “Blind” means unable to see, sightless, lacking the sense of sight. It can also mean unwilling or unable to perceive or understand.

Do you have to yield the right of way to a blind person?

You don’t need to remember some “politically correct” term, “visually impaired”, “sight challenged” etc. Keep it simple and honest, just say blind. In all 50 states the law requires drivers to yield the right of way when they see my extended white cane.

What is the difference between impaired and blind?

Simply put, impaired refers to a diminishment of ability while blind refers to an inability. The words have different meanings. In an attempt to be politically correct, we have conflated the meanings of the two words such that they mean the same thing.