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Fiacra O'Connor
Advocacy Project Worker at Inclusion Ireland; MSc Equality Studies; disability rights advocate and self-advocate speaker.
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Jul 27, 2026
The Right to Ordinary Begins Here
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Derval McDonaghHOST
And we're constantly learning from each other as language evolves and changes.
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41:37Fiachra O'ConnorGUEST
I think it's all about kind of being humble and being kind of open to getting it wrong.
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41:42Fiachra O'ConnorGUEST
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.
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41:49Fiachra O'ConnorGUEST
Like words and language really are like the vehicle through which we understand the world, if you think about it.
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41:54Fiachra O'ConnorGUEST
So the way we talk about disability or use disability related words really then informs how we treat disabled people as a society.
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