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Not sure I agree with all these; as others have said, "all hands" and "disabled [software]" are rather nitpicky and are perhaps not useful in this conversation. On the other hand, I notice you've missed a few major ones:

Dumb (used to call things/people stupid), means mute/unable to speak.

Idiot(ic) likewise used to be a diagnosis of intellectual disability and is used abusively

Blind to smth, turn a blind eye, etc. when not referring to actual blindness / visual impairment

Tone-deaf, referring to saying something rude, or something falling on deaf ears, meaning not being taken seriously, both attribute negativity to deafness

Barren to refer to people unable to get pregnant, is sexist and ableist

Crippling, as in the phrase crippling depression, or really any use of cripple, is alienating to disabled people (unless they, themselves, are reclaiming it)

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Dr. Casey Lawrence
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