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Watch Your Language!
Afflicted -- Very negative and a definite downer! Person (who has) or is (affected by) is much better.
Confined to a wheelchair- On the contrary. a wheelchair is the key for mobility for some people. Better to say he or she (uses) a wheelchair.
Drain or Burden -- We wouldn't touch this with a ten-foot pole. Added responsibility is much better,
Disease -- It is better to say condition
Wheelchair Bound -- Leaves the impression that the (wheelchair user) is glued to his or her transportation.
Victim -- A person with a disability was neither sabotaged nor necessarily injured in a plane, train or car crash.
Unfortunate -- What's unfortunate is that this word is often used to describe people with disabilities.
Crippled or crippler -- This paints a mental picture at which noone wants to look.
Suffers from -- If someone with a disabiliity is independent and copes with life as well as most of us, then this phrase definitely doesn't apply.
Poor -- Disabilities have nothing to do with how wealthy someone is.
