Janice Harayda
Dec 27, 2021

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Thanks, Nancy. This issue seems to me much more challenging than what to call people in other groups. There's now near-universal agreement, for example, that saying "people with disabilities" is preferable to the old "handicapped." We don't have that kind of consensus on age-related issues because, as you say, language is evolving along with attitudes. So it makes sense to avoid imposing a "house style" on Crow's Feet contributors.

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Janice Harayda
Janice Harayda

Written by Janice Harayda

Critic, novelist, award-winning journalist. Former book editor of the Plain Dealer and book columnist for Glamour. Words in NYT, WSJ, and other major media.

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