Even using language and words like “stupid,” “insane,” “crazy,” “lame” or “dumb,” unknowingly or not, is participation in ableist language, The Harvard Business Review reported.

But also, ableism is so much larger than just the language people use; ableist language reveals to us our unconscious biases and our attitudes towards people with disabilities or disabilities in general.

Gone are the misguided Asian jokes, the sizeism slander, the ableist language and the whole pedophilia plot.

"Usually I pay attention to the character or characters the editor or the author asks me to read for, but I also look at the whole novel or nonfiction work and make suggestions to replace ableist language or phrases," Ameen says.

In scientific papers and commentaries published in recent months, some have decried ableist language among their colleagues whereas others have defended traditional terminology—with both sides saying they have the best interests of autistic people in mind.