The term “handicapped” is outdated and largely replaced by “disability”. Whether using person-first or identity-first language, “disability” is widely used and universally accepted, with major organizations adopting it as standard. However, many alternative terms have been proposed, such as “differently abled”, “special needs”, “physically challenged”, and “handicapable”. While meant to counteract negative associations of disability by accentuating strengths, these euphemisms are considered problematic in disability culture as they are often developed by nondisabled people, is infantilizing and patronizing, reveal discomfort with disability, reinforce the implication that disability is inherently negative and undesired, and can undermine social justice goals by making disability sound “more positive” while erasing the reality of social oppression.