✏️ Typo corrections: Métis, gaslighting #437
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lowercase i*
(Admittedly I've been inconsistent about managing this, so we have a lot of capitalised words that shouldn't be!)
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| Since medieval times, the word "idiot" was used to describe an ignorant person, and from the 14th century specifically someone with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). |
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We typically lead the definition with the clear, concise definition. I'd repeat what you have in the excerpt here first. Then, I'd add a header, like ## Etymology or ## Context.
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| exerpt: previously a psychiatric term for someone with a profound intellectual disability; typically used as a generic exclamation of frustration at the actions of another person |
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previously a psychiatric term to describe someone with an intellectual disability; colloquially, is used as a derogatory term for someone or generic exclamation of frustration
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| Since medieval times, the word "idiot" was used to describe an ignorant person, and from the 14th century specifically someone with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). | ||
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| In the early 20th century, the term was adopted by the legal and psychiatric communities to refer to an intellectual disability resulting in function equivalent to a neurotypical two-year old according to contemporary intelligence scales. Like those intelligence measurement systems, the term itself has been replaced in technical settings by more specific medical language. |
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In the early 20th century, the term was adopted by the legal and psychiatric communities to refer to a person with I/DD who functions equivalently to a neurotypical two-year-old using contemporary intelligence scales. Like those intelligence measurement systems, the term itself has been replaced in many medical settings by more specific language.
I made some edits here for clarity and flow, and to take advantage of our defined abbr above.
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| In modern times, "idiot" is rarely used to describe someone with an ID/D, but rather someone who is acting in a manner the speaker finds thoughtless or selfish. Nevertheless, ableist language perpetuates entrenched, dehumanising attitudes toward people with intellectual disabilities. |
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Today, the term is rarely used to describe someone with I/DD(S) (which is outdated to do anyway), but rather as a derogatory term. Given the historical nature of the term, ableist language perpetuates entrenched, dehumanising attitudes toward people with I/DD.
A few copy edits
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| Since "idiot" is frequently an exclamation of frustration, use a term that describes the frustrating *action* rather than suggesting an ID/D suffered by the *actor*: "I hated it when that driver cut me off in traffic." |
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Since the term is usually an exclamation of frustration, use a term that describes the frustrating action rather than insulting the actor with an ableist term.
For example: "I hated it when that driver cut me off in traffic."
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Thank you for submitting your first PR with us, @grahampcharles ! I left you notes on idiot—mostly some syntactical changes for flow, and excluding unecessasry references to the word. Let me know if you have any questions. Appreciate the typo catches as well! |
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Corrected a missed space and extra capital letter