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Fiacra O'Connor

Advocacy Project Worker at Inclusion Ireland; MSc Equality Studies; disability rights advocate and self-advocate speaker.

Jul 27, 2026

41:32
And we're constantly learning from each other as language evolves and changes.
41:36
Yeah, totally.
41:37
I think it's all about kind of being humble and being kind of open to getting it wrong.
41:42
But as long as you have that intention to really listen to the people that it's affecting and trying to use better language, that's the main thing.
41:49
Like words and language really are like the vehicle through which we understand the world, if you think about it.
41:54
So the way we talk about disability or use disability related words really then informs how we treat disabled people as a society.
42:02
So people might not think words can really harm a group of people.

8 MINS LATER

49:39
So what can we do collectively then to fight ableism?

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