Some of these seem like legitimate improvements. A lot are inconsequential (e.g. "homeless person" vs "a person without a home"). But some are genuinely degrading our ability to communicate. E.g. "paraplegic" and "quadriplegic" should both be replaced with: "person with a spinal cord injury, person who is paralyzed" But this lacks the old term that distinguished paralysis below the waist with paralysis below the neck. A non-powered wheelchair is only going to help the former. Not to mention "person with a spinal cord injury severing the nerves to their legs, but not their arms" is a bit of a mouthful. If only there were a pair of words, perhaps using the roots to denote 2 and 4, that could convey these two things more concisely...
It feels like this whole list was compiled by one or very few people with no actual expertise.
Why don't they ever consult the people about what words should make it on the list? I bet you most of the terms on that list are not even found offensive by those who they allegedly describe.
