The #SaytheWord movement reveals a critical paradox in well-meaning efforts to support marginalized communities: sometimes our attempts to be sensitive actually perpetuate harm. When we avoid saying "disability," we inadvertently participate in erasure at the exact moment when visibility is most crucial for political survival. This creates a unique challenge for psychology as a field–unlike other forms of diversity that psychology has embraced, disability exists at the intersection of identity and lived experience in ways that make it simultaneously medical, social, and political. The field's hesitation to fully engage with disability as a cultural identity may stem from its own clinical roots—viewing disability through a deficit lens rather than recognizing it as a legitimate form of human diversity. For psychology to truly advance social justice, it must move beyond protecting people from their own identities and instead focus on protecting their right to those identities.