Disability etiquette is a set of guidelines dealing specifically with how to approach disabled people. There is no consensus on when this phrase first came into use, although it most likely grew out of the Disability Rights Movement that began in...
Disability etiquette is a set of guidelines dealing specifically with how to approach disabled people. There is no consensus on when this phrase first came into use, although it most likely grew out of the Disability Rights Movement that began in the early 1970s.[citation needed] The concept may have started as a cynical play on existing rule sheets, written for non-disabled audiences, that were seen as patronizing by civil rights activists