 Hello friends, let's talk about differently-abled. I'm Jo, your friendly neighborhood, amputee and disabled person. And every once in a while, people will throw around this phrase differently-abled instead of disabled because we shouldn't say disabled because isn't that kind of bad? No, false, good try though. Honestly, differently-abled kind of makes me want a low key throw up because it's so patronizing. Being disabled is not a bad thing. I am a person with a disability. I'm missing a leg. I can't walk without metal parts and pieces strapped onto me. And that's alright. Saying that I'm differently-abled as if I am not missing a leg, as if this is not a reality carries the implication that being disabled is bad in some way. People with disabilities are aware that they are disabled. We don't need any patronizing terms made up. We try to make us feel better about it.