Handicapped Vs. Disabled Vs. Differing Abilities, which is better?

One of the newer fights in advocacy for individuals with differing abilities has been the language of handicapped, disabled, and trying to find another term recently. I've fought with multiabled, but it's confusing and sounds like people who are the status quo have only one ability, which is simply not the case, and I've thought about saying individuals with differing abilities and differently abled, which is what I'm starting to have as my language, depending on the situation. Obviously, you want people-first language at most costs- you would want someone to say "an individual with autism", "an individual whose blind", or "an individual whose in a wheelchair" for a few examples. But when it comes to language in this arena it's trickier- people have to use what works for them. I have many friends who have differing abilities, but I think disabled makes them "sub-human" and less likely to reach acceptance in this world where oppression and hate for these people groups is still rampant. So as a Leadership Studies minor and working towards a Public Relations certificate (after 12 credits, it's a done deal for that, I will have 7 credits elsewhere before I'm a Boise State graduate), I want to practice positive PR and say people with differing abilities or people that are differently abled. It's something that I picked up from a Special Olympics Rally that I went to on a day when I was in a newspaper story several years ago, but the point on my retired P.E. teachers shirt that one day still rings true today- "do not confuse disability with inability" and that's what many people tend to do. Even though, for example, I have autism, I am still able and willing to do just about anything that anyone else does or that my medication will allow for. I also see some other individuals who have differing abilities use so much power for good and change the world starting with their town. so I don't use disabled and encourage more people to switch to differing abilities. it sounds more correct and nicer. but never use handicap unless referring to a parking pass, which passes shouldn't hardly ever be used anyway. Handicap is an archaic term from the early 1900s and is an oppressive term that should never be used. it refers to the caps on people who have differing abilities that they used to put on them in other countries (or something to that effect), and it's a destructive term that needs to be eradicated. saying someone is handicapped is like saying someone is sub-human. I have autism and ADHD, but I will never be sub-human and never was. I don't look at myself as different, I look at myself as a human being. And the handicap term makes people like me seem less than ordinary. Thus ends the language section of this blog. I hope that you all learned something. have a great night.