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I have difficulty accepting definitions of sexuality labels that may claim on being definitive due to the fact that these were so many idiosyncratic meanings within particular spaces of the community as a whole.

… I'm fine with definitive meanings being used to facilitate discussion – that is, within a conversation you might say quote a homosexual is in denial and a gay person isn't". I am not okay with saying those words have those meanings always and I am definitely not okay with an individual claiming they have the right to choose which meaning is "right".

I actually agree. And in the whole blog post, the author never actually asked if there should be a specific word for disability-accepting individuals, or what that word should be – just whether or not readers noticed if the Disability community had a similar cultural divide.

It is I who is wondering about specific words that would be good candidates for general "disability-accepting label." As I said elsewhere in this journal, I've chosen "cripple" as my personal pride word, because deep in my core, my subconscious equates crawling with being true to myself, and walking on crutches and using the wheelchair with trying to fit myself in the cultural norms that don't fit me. But the Disability community is much wider than mobility impairment … And the word "cripple" may have to steep a negative-connotation slope to get over forest of the appropriate communitywide (aside: it was Dragon NaturallySpeaking the decided "communitywide" is one word; I didn't realize that was an option).

But perhaps I could start a semi-serious campaign for the acceptance of "Monster." ;-)