Arthur D. Hlavaty

Whenever I see someone claim that my language is "politically correct", I feel really dismissive of that person (as I do of you right now), because that implies that, rather than having given some thought to how my language might be damaging, and coming to a decision that I want to avoid hurtful language, I'm instead toeing some party line with no meaning behind it.

There's a really good discussion of why ableist language is hurtful here: http://vito-excalibur.livejournal.com/223281.html