Spanish government has changed its constitution to eliminate "handicapped" in official language in favour of "people with disabilities". This follows after the Prado changed its Goya catalogue entries to delete the word "dwarf".* They say it puts the description after the word people which according to them makes it more acceptable. But what if you say "disabled person" isn't this the same as "handicapped person"? Anyway, what happened to the word "spastic"? I haven't heard that for awhile. Then there was "mongol". In my school days and beyond it was quite common to call somebody a "mong" as a sort of mocking laugh not to be taken too seriously.
* Some of the labels now read "skeletal dysplasia". What then of midgets who don't suffer from any disability, but who are just small? Is "midget" banned?