Crip Linguistics

“Crip” is a reclaimed word from “crippled,” used by some disabled people as a proud, political identity. Crip Linguistics challenges ideas about what “normal” or “correct” language looks like. It asks us to see all forms of communication (including sign, echolalia, AAC, and body language) as valid ways of expressing meaning. It also looks at how social power shapes whose voices are heard or dismissed.

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