Only use clinical terms and medical diagnoses in the correct context

Certain terms, which in the previous decades used to signify certain medical or physical conditions, have become negatively-tinged and are sometimes used as derogatory terms or slurs. Because people with certain conditions were seen as unusual or strange, the names of their diagnoses became hurtful terms in themselves. Instead of being used as neutral medical terms, words such as “cretin”, “imbecile” or “retard” became hurtful and offensive. As did, for example, words such as “mentally ill”, “unwell” or “sick”, which are now often used to describe people who.