
Use
Person with diabetes, person who has diabetes
Avoid
Diabetic
When we refer to someone as “diabetic”, we portray their illness as a defining characteristic, which is unethical. So in this case we should also use “person first language”, if it is necessary to mention the state of the person’s health at all.
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